BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Papa Luna Kuhikuhi
Pat Lindquist - President
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Pat founded the Napili Bay and Beach Foundation in late 2006, when changes to the shape of the beach and clarity of bay waters was becoming a concern to community leaders up and down the bay. Why Napili? Beginning in 1972, this is the beach and bay that had become the ‘island home’ for her parents, siblings, children and grandchildren. Why offer her help? A Master’s degree in cell and molecular biology combined with a career in academic and biotech labs; and capped with years of project planning and management experience made the mission of protecting and improving the health of Napili bay and beach a happy fit.
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Gregg Nelson - Vice-President
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Gregg’s long career in the hospitality industry followed his graduation from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Hotel School and has included hotels all over the United States, from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, Dallas to Vancouver with many years spent in Honolulu, Kauai and on Maui. He has been a resident of Maui since 1978 when he was transferred from the Ilikai Hotel in Honolulu to open the Westin Wailea Beach Resort. Though his hotel career took him to a number of assignments on the mainland, Gregg always maintained home base here on Maui, and returned in 2004 to take role of General Manager at Napili Kai Beach Resort. He has served as Vice President of Napili Bay and Beach Foundation since its beginning, in late 2006.
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Nane Aluli - Secretary
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After attending UH, Manoa to study business, Nane began his extensive career in the hospitality industry working as Director of Sales for Hawaiian Airlines. This was followed by being Director of Sales and Marketing for Coco Palms Resort in Kauai, and then VP Sales and Marketing for Premier Resorts during the 1990’s. In 2000, Nane’s uncle asked him to come to Napili, to run The Mauian Hotel, which had been converted from condominiums to a hotel shortly before. Nane has been General Manager of The Mauian since that time, overseeing an extensive renovation inside and out to create a beautiful boutique hotel on Napili Beach. Nane has been Secretary of Napili Bay and Beach Foundation since 2006.
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Jamie Lung Ka’eo - Director
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Jamie has been the General Manager of Hale Napili since 2011, serving as the third generation of the Kamaka family who have managed the beach front resort since 1960. She is a native Hawaiian who is a professional hula dancer and runs a hula halau as well. Her aloha spirit is pervasive and natural, and she makes it a point to welcome all ‘back to their Napili home’. Jamie has helped Hale Napili through an extensive renovation process, always maintaining the aloha spirit. She joined Napili Bay and Beach Foundation as a Director in 2015.
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Norm Runyan - Director
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General Manager of Napili Shores Resort since 2014, Norm has more than two decades of hospitality management experience. After finishing his education at Northern Michigan University, he began his career in Culinary Arts, working as Executive Chef at several establishments before transitioning into resort management as COO and General Manager. He moved to Maui from Northern California just prior to taking his current position as General Manager at Napili Shores. He has been a Director with Napili Bay and Beach Foundation since 2017.
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Tano Taitano - Director
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General Manager of Napili Surf Beach Resort since 2014, Tano has had a diverse career in hospitality industry for more than 20 years. Born and raised on Guam, he attended University of Guam and began his career there, at one point working to establish a national marine park for preserving coral reef life. He was Director of Human Resources at the Grand Hyatt Kauai, then General Manager of Cambria Inns in California. Relocating to Maui in 2012, he took the position of Director of Training at Makena Beach and Golf Resort. Since assuming General Manager at Napili Surf Beach resort he has overseen a major restoration project for the resort and is now heavily involved in public beach access stair replacement at south end of beach. Tano joined the NBBF Board in 2020.
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Scott Ullrich - Director Emeritus
OPERATIONS OFFICERS
Yvonne Fisher - Marketing/PR/Fundraising
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Yvonne and her husband, Clint, were introduced to Napili Bay in 2007 and instantly fell in love. They visited Napili every year thereafter and looked for a ‘hale’ for 5 years before finding their island home at Napili Shores in 2012. Pat Lindquist was the first person to approach and welcome Yvonne to the Napili Shores ‘ohana’. Yvonne and Clint have seen the health of the bay and beach decline drastically in the past 14 years. They have been financially supporting NBBF for several years and since 2018, Yvonne has worked to support Pat and the Foundation’s efforts. Yvonne has a BS and MBA from Loyola Marymount University. When not in Napili, Yvonne and Clint reside in Torrance, California.
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Terence Fossgreen - Project & Contract Management
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Terence (Terry) Fossgreen is no stranger to Napili Bay and Beach. He made his first trip to Napili in 1972 when his Grandparents (Noel and Agnes Brown) bought their first condominium at Napili Kai. He has many fond memories of playing on the beach as a kid and later with his own kids, and has watched with utter dismay over the years as his beloved Napili beach has continually eroded into the sea, and is very motivated to restore the beach. Terry retired from the Army as a Major in September 2006 after serving 20 years, and he has a Master’s Degree from National University. He has attended numerous leadership and management courses both inside and outside the military. He has Project Management Professional certification and works as a Program Manager and Director of Talent Acquisition.
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Ian Horswill - Coastal Engineer
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Ian Horswill is President of Rising Tide Engineering, Inc. established in 2015, in Paia, Maui. The company specializes in beach restoration projects, particularly for the environmentally challenging Hawaiian coastal waters. In 2017, in response to NBBF’s RFP for work needed to do a Small Scale Beach
Restoration project for Napili, Rising Tide was awarded the contract. Since that time, Rising Tide Engineering has conducted necessary offshore sand quantification and qualification, beach profile studies in different seasons of the year, benthic habitat survey and documentation, set up and evaluation of live camera monitoring data for purposes of understanding beach mechanisms. In the past year, efforts have been focused on the plans and permit applications needed to make Napili beach ‘shovel ready’ for beach restoration, ideally in 2022. |
Dana Reed - Environmental Quality Consultant
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Dana, a retired Electrical Engineer, got involved with Napili Bay and Beach Foundation in 2012, when she attended a Water Quality training session at the beach and at Maui Preparatory Academy in Napili. She took to the subject so well, that she soon assumed the job of training the Maui Prep science students how to sample water for turbidity, pH, temperature and salinity using the one pH meter Napili Bay and Beach Foundation had purchased. She saw a big need to help gather WQ samples from coastal waters as there was one County employee who was responsible for all sampling on the three islands in Maui County. By, 2016, with a lot of work and interface with Hawaii’s Department of Health, a full-fledged volunteer water sampling program was launched, which is ongoing today. Dana joined Napili Bay and Beach Foundation as a Director in 2014 and has transitioned to Technical Consultant since moving to the East Coast in late 2018.
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Steve Rhodes - Webmaster, Information Technology
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Steve and his family have been visiting Napili Bay for a quarter century. After discovering the bay by accident, he knew then that this was unlike any other place in Hawaii and wanted Napili Bay to a big part of his family's life. Visiting almost every year since 1997, sometimes twice, Napili Bay has become their second home. While the Rhodes ohana enjoys all of the islands as often as they can, they all agree, there's no place more special than Napili and it's spectacular bay. Professionally, Steve is co-founder and President of a Portland-based IT services company and oversees operations that include a staff of over 150 people. He's earned two degrees in Earth Sciences and is a keen chess player. Steve excels in solving problems, managing people with tact, and is a highly effective communicator. He also enjoys technology, environmental causes, leading motivated teams... and Napili Bay. His professional profile can be found here.
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