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Date(s) - March 7, 2025
11:30 am - 1:30 pm

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Please join us for our first meeting of the year on March 7, 2025 at the O’ahu Club as we welcome new members to our Aloha Chapter and hear from Kukui and Gary Maunakea-Forth, co-founders of  Waiʻanae Community Re-Development Corporation (WCRC, dba MAʻO Organic Farms), and Cheryse Kauikeolani Sana, Director of Farm Operations, to learn about MAʻO’s vision to transform vacant lands into thriving, productive spaces that enrich ola (holistic health and well-being) of the entire Kaiāulu.

About MAʻO Organic Farms
Community members founded the WCRC to grow two of the communityʻs greatest assets: the rich food producing traditions of the region and the youth who were not achieving their academic potential. WCRC created a social enterprise called MAʻO Organic Farms (MAʻO) and began developing programming to mentor, educate and empower youth. For 25-years, MAʻO has catalyzed educational and entrepreneurial opportunities around youth and land assets to redefine their community by its strenghts and address the root causes of intergenerational cultural, social, economic and environmental poverty. Thanks to a generous land grant from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, MAʻO now has a rare opportunity to transition nearly 250 acres in Mākaha into agriculturally productive land for the benefit of the community.

As part of this effort, MAʻO plans to adopt a model of community stewardship to support the long-term health, equity and sustainability of the region. This vision includes developing housing for local people and following agroforestry-based agricultural practices that cultivate opportunity, abundance, and a rooted sense of community.  This transformative vision of community for Mākaha is a beacon of immense hope that holds the promise of strengthening food security, restoring the ʻāina, and providing housing for the next generation of local ʻāina stewards.

Please help us welcome our new members to the Aloha Chapter!

Danielle Bass, Sustainability Coordinator, State Office of Planning and Sustainable Development

Jordan Brant, SVP of Leasing, Alexander & Baldwin

Kirk Caldwell, Former Mayor, City and County of Honolulu

‘Olu Campbell, President & CEO, Hawaii Land Trust

Chris Conger, Vice President, Sea Engineering, Inc.

Thomas Lee, SVP, Development, Hunt Companies

Cayenne Pe’a, Founder, Alaka’i Development

Karen Piltz, Director, Government Affairs, Chun Kerr

Sohrab Rashid, Principal, Fehr & Peers

Adam Roversi, Director, Kaua’i County Housing Agency

Jeff Ueoka, Manager, Wells Street Law, LLC

Trisha Watson, President, Honua Consulting

Dean Yamamoto, Managing Member, Yamamoto Caliboso Hetherington, LLC

2025 New Members