Board of Regents and Administration
University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents
Updated January 2023
Randolph G. Moore, Honolulu County, Chair
- Alapaki Nahale-a, Hawaiʻi County, Vice Chair
- Ernest Wilson, Maui County, Vice Chair
- Eugene Bal III, Maui County
- Wayne Higaki, Hawaiʻi County
- Robert Frank Westerman, Kauaʻi County
- Kelli K.K. Acopan, Student Regent
- William F. Haning III, Honolulu County
- Diane Paloma, Honolulu County
- Laurie Tochiki, Honolulu County
- Gabriel Lee, Honolulu County
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. Kristen Roney
- Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- B.A., Norfolk State University
- M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia
- Dr. Christopher Holland
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
- Carla Hoʻā
- Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs
- B.S., M.B.A, University of Colorado-Denver
- Alyson Y. “Aly” Kakugawa-Leong
- Interim Director of University Relations and Director of Media Relations
- Joseph Sanchez
- Library Director
- B.A., California State University San Marcos
- M.L.I.S., San Jose State University
- Dr. Michael Bitter
- Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
- Professor of History
- B.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1999, University of Minnesota
- Dr. Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa
- Director, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language
- Associate Professor of Indigenous Education
- B.A. 1978, M.Ed. 1985, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Ph.D. 2012, Union Institute and University
- Dr. Miriam Mobley Smith
- Interim Dean, The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- B.S., University of Michigan
- Pharm.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
- Dr. Bruce Mathews
- Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management
- Professor of Soil Science
- B.S. 1986, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
- M.S. 1989, Louisiana State University
- Ph.D. 1992, University of Florida