Board of Regents and Administration
University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents
Updated August 2024
Gabriel Lee, Honolulu County, Chair
- Laurie Tochiki, Honolulu County, Vice Chair
- Laurel Loo, Kauaʻi County, Vice Chair
- Ernest Wilson, Maui County
- Wayne Higaki, Hawaiʻi County
- William F. Haning III, Honolulu County
- Diane Paloma, Honolulu County
- Neil Abercrombie, Honolulu County
- Lauren Akitake, Maui County
- Mike Miyahira, Hawaiʻi County
- Joshua Faumuina, Interim Student Regent
More information on the Board of Regents can be found on the Board of Regents and Leadership website.
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Administration
Dr. Bonnie Irwin - Chancellor
- A.B. 1981, M.A. 1983, Ph.D. 1991, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa - Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- Associate Professor of Indigenous Education
- B.A. 1978, M.Ed. 1985, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Ph.D. 2012, Union Institute and University
- Dr. Christopher Holland
- Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- M.S., M.A., State University of New York
- Ed.D., University of Alabama
Kaleihiʻiikapoli “Kalei” Rapoza - Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs
- B.S. 2002, J.D. 2008, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Amy Kalili - Interim Director of University Relations
- B.B.A. 1997, B.A. 2001, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.B.A 2006, J.D. 2006, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Chris Matz - University Librarian and Learning Services Director
- B.S., University of Oregon
- M.A., University of Memphis
- M.L.I.S., University of North Carolina Greensboro
Dr. Michael Bitter - Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
- Professor of History
- B.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1999, University of Minnesota
Dr. Simon Kattenhorn - Dean, College of Natural and Health Sciences
- M.S., University of Akron
- Ph.D., from Stanford University
Dr. Todd Inouye - Director, College of Business and Economics
- Associate Professor of Management
- Executive M.B.A. 2007, Shidler College of Business
- Ph.D. 2016, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Dr. Norman Arancon - Director, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management
- Professor of Horticulture
- B.S. 1989, Xavier University
- M.S. 2000, Ph.D. 2001, The Ohio State University
Leslie Kaʻiu Kimura - Interim Director, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language
- B.A. 2000, M.A. 2009, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Dr. Rae Matsumoto - Dean, The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- B.S., Creighton University
- Sc.M., Ph.D. Brown University