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