Ka Papa Alakaʻi
Kauanoe Kamanā
He Lālā Hoʻokumu a Pelekikena hoʻi
He lālā mai ka MH 1983.
ʻO Dr. Kauanoe Kamanā kekahi o nā lālā i hoʻokumu i ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo a ʻo ia nō ka pelekikena. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Oʻahu a hānai ʻia ma Kalihi a me Kalamaʻula ma Molokaʻi. ʻO ia ka luna hoʻokele no ke kula hoʻokolohua ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, he kula kaiaʻōlelo hoʻokolohua P-20 o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. Ma ke ʻano he kumu a alakaʻi, hana pū ʻo ia me nā haumāna, nā kumu a me nā ʻohana no ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a me ka mauli ola Hawaiʻi ma Hawaiʻi. I ko Kauanoe manaʻo, he kuleana ko kākou ma ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke ola o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no ko mua aku.
Pila Wilson
He lālā mai ka MH 1983
ʻO Dr. William H “Pila” Wilson kekahi o nā lālā i hoʻokumu i ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Oʻahu ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana mai o kona mau mākua i Hawaiʻi ma hope o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua. He polopeka ʻo Pila ma ke Koleke ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻo Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. He mākaukau kona ma ka pilinaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, a me ka hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. He mea nui kāna hana ma ka hoʻomohala i nā kānāwai mokuʻāina no ka hoʻonaʻauao ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi piha me nā kulekele pekelala e mālama a kākoʻo i ke ola o nā ʻōlelo ʻōiwi o ʻAmelika.
Larry Kimura
He lālā ma i ka MH 1983
Ua ulu a nui ʻo Larry Lindsey Kimura ma Waimea i Kohala Hema ma nā 1940 me kona mau kūpuna, kekahi o nā mānaleo hope loa o kona kaiaulu. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no 40 a ʻoi makahiki ma nā Kulanui o Hawaʻi a he polopeka nō ʻo ia ma Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani, ke Koleke ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. ʻO ia kekahi o nā lālā hoʻokumu hoʻi o ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo e kū mau nei.
Keawe Lopes
He lālā mai ka MH 2011
He polopeka ʻo Dr. Keawe Lopes ma Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa a ʻo ia nō ka hoʻolaukaʻi ʻo Ka Waihona A Ke Aloha, Ka Papahana a Hoʻoheno Mele. ʻO kona mākaukau ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi kekahi kahua ma kona hālau, Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, i hoʻokumu ʻia me kāna wahine ma ka MH 2005. Ua hoʻopaʻa leo pū ʻo Keawe a ua lilo i moho ma ka Nā Hōkū Hanohano no nā ka Pā ʻŌlelo Hawaʻi me Ka Haku Mele.
Kīʻope Raymond
He lālā mai ka MH 1986 - 2004, 2011 - a i kēia manawa
No Lahaina ʻo Kīʻope a ma Waiakoa, Kula, Maui ʻo ia e noho nei i kēia manawa me kāna wahine, ʻo Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond. Ua puka kā lāua mau keiki ʻelua, ʻo Kuaola a me Kaleʻa, mai ka Pūnana Leo ʻo Maui; na Kīʻope hoʻi i hoʻokumu i ia honua. Ua hoʻomaha loa ʻo Kumu Kīʻope mai kāna ʻoihana he polopeka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ke Koleke ʻo Maui Kulanui o Hawaiʻi. Akā, ma ka papa alakaʻi ʻAha Pūnana Leo, mau kona kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Mahalo nui ʻo ia i nā mākua a me ka poʻe a pau o nā kaiaulu o ko Hawaiʻi pae ʻāina, a me ka poʻe a puni ka honua, i komo pū i ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.
Hulilau Wilson
He lālā ma i ka MH 2011
He mānaleo ʻo Hulilauākea Wilson. Ua puka ʻo ia mai ka Pūnana Leo a me ke Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu ma ka MH 1999, ka papa mua loa ma hope 100 a ʻoi makahiki i hoʻonaʻauao ʻia ma o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Ua puka pū ʻo ia me Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani a he kākoʻo kumu nō ʻo ia o ka Pūnana Leo o Hilo ma mua.
Ka Papa Hoʻokele
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Cristin Gallagher
Chief Financial Officer
ʻO Cristin Gallagher ka Luna Waiwai o ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo. No kona ʻike mālama moʻohelu kālā, he kaʻakālailai kāna e hoʻoikaika ai i ke kūlana waiwai a me ka ʻōnaehana kālā o ka ʻoihana.
ʻIke ʻo Cristin no ka ʻoihana ʻauhau ʻole a me ka mālama kālā ʻoihana, a he anahulu makahiki a ʻoi kona hana ʻana me nā ʻoihana like ʻole ma ka hoʻolālā moʻowaiwai, ka hoʻomākaukau moʻohelu, a ma ke kū ʻana i nā kānāwai. Ua hana mua ʻo ia me nā keʻena hoʻokele a me nā papa alakaʻi ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kaʻakālai kumuwaiwai, ka mālama ʻana i nā haʻawina kālā, a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana kālā. Ma mua o kāna hana ma ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo, he hoa kūkā ʻo ia no nā ʻoihana a me nā hui ʻauhau ʻole ma Hawaiʻi nei e kālele ana ma nā moʻolelo kālā, ke kālailai i nā lilo, a me ka hoʻolālā hikiāloa. He mau kūlana alakaʻi kālā koʻikoʻi kona ma nā ʻoihana olakino a me ka mālama moʻohelu kālā no ka lehulehu, kahi āna i ʻauamo ai i ka hōʻoia moʻokālā, ka hoʻomākaukau ʻauhau, a me ka hoʻoponopono pōʻaiapuni kāloaʻa.
ʻO Hilo ka ʻāina hoʻokama o ia nei, a he puni ia i ka hana ma ka māla, ka hele i kahakai me ka ʻohana, a me ka pāʻani pōwāwae me kāna kāne. He lālā ʻo ia ma kekahi mau papa alakaʻi ʻauhau ʻole, a kūpaʻa ʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke kūlana waiwaiō o nā ʻoihana ma Hawaiʻi nei.