Meet the PIPES Alumni
University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Internship Program Alumni
On this page:
- 2023 Alumni (38)
- 2022 Alumni (18)
- 2021 Alumni (12)
- 2020 Alumni (26)
- 2019 Alumni (48)
- 2018 Alumni (50)
- 2017 Alumni (42)
- 2016 Alumni (56)
- 2015 Alumni (54)
- 2014 Alumni (50)
- 2013 Alumni (54)
- 2012 Alumni (42)
- 2011 Alumni (52)
- 2010 Alumni (62)
- 2009 Alumni (38)
- 2008 Alumni (46)
- 2007 Alumni (42)
- 2006 Alumni (40)
- 2005 Alumni (30)
- 2004 Alumni (44)
- 2003 Alumni (32)
- 2002 Alumni (38)
- 2001 Alumni (30)
- 2000 Alumni (26)
- 1999 Alumni (32)
- 1998 Alumni (24)
- 1997 Alumni (16)
2023 UH-HIP Alumni
Alohi Kekahuna-Cole
From: Arizona.
Mentor: Adam Johnson & Lei Brown.
Host Organization: National Park Service - Puʻukoholā Heiau.
Bethany Okamoto
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Carly Plesic & Lynda Wetzl.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Service.
Glenn Kealoha
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Naftalia Flatte & Caleb Houck.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Service.
Harmony Ahin-Ganir
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Anna Kon.
Host Organization: Nā Maka Hāloa.
Kaleikaumaka Lorenzo
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: C. Kalā Lindsey-Asing.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project.
Kamūaliʻi Estrada
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Leila Dudley & Aleʻa Evangelista.
Host Organization: Pilina ʻĀina.
Keamalukāhelanuimoku Baclig
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: C. Kalā Lindsey-Asing.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project.
Kieran Mitchell
From: Kauaʻi.
Mentor: John Burns & Haunani Kane.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo - Multiscale Environmental Graphical Analysis (MEGA) Lab.
Kilipohe Ventura
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Leila Kealoha & Makani Gregg.
Host Organization: Pohaku Pelemaka.
Kuʻumakanalei Atay
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Moani Pai & Hoku Pihana.
Host Organization: NOAA Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
Leinalu Enesa
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Mahina Patterson.
Host Organization: Kohala Watershed Partnership.
Lesly Enciso-Cruz
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy & Roberto Rodriguez.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization (SDAV) Lab.
Lillian Lewis
From: Washington.
Mentor: Pat Hart & Ann Tanimoto-Johnson.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo - Listening Observatory for Hawaiian Ecosystems (LOHE) Lab.
Mia Takai
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Kathryn Besio & Anna Ezzy.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo - Geography Department.
Kaʻiʻinipuʻuwai Keliʻihoʻomalu
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Sam Keliʻihoʻomalu & Gina McGuire.
Host Organization: Uncles Kokua Center.
Nainoa Alefaio
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Kamalani Johnson.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo - Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani.
Tyler Jeschke
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Cynthia Punihaole Kennedy & Kathleen Clark.
Host Organization: The Kohala Center - Kahaluʻu Marine Education Center.
Waileia Tupou
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Sebastian A.W. Maʻa & Aviva Gottesman.
Host Organization: Forest Solutions Inc..
Wyatt Steele
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Peter Mills & Sara Hotchkins.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo - Anthropology Department.
2022 UH-HIP Alumni
Sabrina Bejang
From: Marshall Islands.
Mentor: Jessica Kirkpatrick.
Host Organization: Center for Maunakea Stewardship.
Imio Hicking
From: Marshall Islands.
Mentor: Katie Strong, Karen Pellegrin.
Host Organization: Big Island Drink Smart (BIDS).
Tromainne Joab
From: Pohnpei.
Mentor: Joseph Genz.
Host Organization: UH Hilo Anthropology Department.
Caitlin Kili Kawaiaea
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Hart, Noah Hunt.
Host Organization: UH Hilo - LOHE Lab.
Kainalu Keliʻikuli-Grace
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Ana Kon.
Host Organization: Na Maka Haloa O Waipio.
Dylan Aʻaliʻi Kelling
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: John Burns.
Host Organization: UH Hilo - MEGA Lab.
Arianna Lunow-Luke
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kodie Solis-Kalani, Bronson Palupe.
Host Organization: Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili.
Amy Patterson
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Leilā Dudey.
Host Organization: Teaching Change.
Sophia Smith
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy.
Host Organization: UH Hilo - SDAV Lab.
2021 UH-HIP Alumni
Grant “Kaʻehukai” Goin
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Gina McGuire and Lisa Kelley.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Geography Department.
Kara Neal
From: Montana.
Mentor: Karla McDermid and Rose Criscione.
Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture Resources Center.
Kauʻi Aguiar
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry and Kualiʻi Camara.
Host Organization: Maunakea Watershed Alliance.
Lennon Helekahi
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Bryce Masuda and Amy Durham.
Host Organization: Keauhou Bird Conservation Center.
Darienne Kealoha
From: ʻOahu.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner and Steven Colbert.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Lehua Patnaude
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kodie Solis-Kalani and Haley Kailiehu.
Host Organization: Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili.
2020 UH-HIP Alumni
Cole Dill-De Sa
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Alison Flanagan, Bryce Masuda.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Dylan Moniz
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance.
Jacob Andrew Wessling
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: John Burns.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, MEGA Lab.
Kaitlyn Evans
From: Maui.
Mentor: Hanna Mounce, Laura Berthold.
Host Organization: Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.
Kamamaluwaiwai Wichimai
From: Kauaʻi/Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance.
Kauʻi Aguiar
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Marina Karides.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Island and Indigenous Sociology track.
Kauʻi Kalili
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Marina Karides.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Island and Indigenous Sociology track.
Mackenzie Fugett
From: Kauaʻi.
Mentor: Uma Nagendra, Katie Champlin.
Host Organization: The National Tropical Botanical Garden, Limahuli Garden & Preserve.
Russ Masuda
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Patrick Hart, Grady Weyenberg.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, LOHE Bioacoustics Lab.
Timon Skinner
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Patrick Hart, Bret Mossman.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, LOHE Bioacoustics Lab.
Kūpono Aguirre
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag, Rober Peck, Trebor Hall.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo / U.S. Geological Survey.
Ciarra-Lynn Parinas
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag, Robert Peck, Trebor Hall.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo / U.S. Geological Survey.
Kawainohiaakalani Navares
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Liat Portner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaii, Mānoa, Department of Geography and Environment.
2019 UH-HIP Alumni
Kaiʻanui Andaya
From: Kauai.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy and James Melcher IV.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Crystal-lynn Baysa
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Ulu Ching and Kehau Springer.
Host Organization: Conservation International.
Justice Castroverde-Moniz
From: Maui.
Mentor: Patty Miller.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Amberly Pigao
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kala Asing.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project.
Anianikū Chong
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Noʻeau Peralto.
Host Organization: Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili.
Cecilia “Momi” Jeschke
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: J.B. Friday and Kyle Rose.
Host Organization: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) at the University of Hawaii.
Matthew Kahoʻohanohano
From: Maui.
Mentor: Kekoa Gurat.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii.
Darienne Kealoha
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Kelsea Kanohokuahiwi Hosoda.
Host Organization: ʻIke Pāpālua.
Elizabeth Lough
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Jolene Sutton and Jared Nishimoto.
Host Organization: Conservation Genomics Research Group.
Taylor Maruno
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Norine Yeung.
Host Organization: Bishop Museum.
Mia Melamed
From: Kauaʻi.
Mentor: Cameron Kaʻilikea Shayler and McKenna Allen.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Division of Aquatic Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Twylah Morelli
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Wilds Pihanui Brawner.
Host Organization: Ka’ūpūlehu Dryland Forest Preserve/ Hawai’i Forest Industry Association.
Darrian Muraoka
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Katie Taladay.
Host Organization: NOAA Office for Coastal Management and He’eia National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Kamalani Oshiro
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Kiana L. Frank.
Host Organization: Pacific Biosciences Research Center, Kewalo Marine Laboratory.
Hiʻilani Pai
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Melanie Leilā Dudley.
Host Organization: Nāpuʻu Conservation Program.
Taylor Quinories
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Fritz Klasner and Jessica Kirkpatrick.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Mehana Sabado-Halpern
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Franny Brewer and Kawehi Lopez.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee.
Kohlby Soong
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Kawika Winter,Yoshimi Rii, and Frederick Reppun.
Host Organization: Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Zion Tamashiro
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Jefferson Chang and Frank Trusdell.
Host Organization: United States Geological Survey: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Scott Tamayo
From: Kauaʻi.
Mentor: Ashly Trask.
Host Organization: National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Yoko Uyehara
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Katie Taladay.
Host Organization: Office of Coastal Management and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Trevor Yatomi
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Chelsea Wolke.
Host Organization: Division of Aquatic Resources, Hawaiʻi Coral Restoration Nursery.
Desiree “Hoku” Fukuoka
From: Molokai.
Mentor: Pūlama Lima.
Host Organization: Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center.
Nahi Nawahine-Pilago
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kala Asing.
Host Organization: Division of Forestry and Wildlife.
2018 UH-HIP Alumni
William Dela Cruz
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance.
Christian Francis Flores
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Ikaika Lum.
Host Organization: Malama Loko Ea Foundation.
Sasha Giron
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Bruce Koebele.
Host Organization: Mālama Learning Center’s Ola Nā Kini.
Kiani Halushka
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Tiana Bolosan.
Host Organization: Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife.
Paige Hamada
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Kanaloa Bishop.
Host Organization: Paepae O Heʻeia Fishpond.
Tazman Shim
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: David Benitez.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Volcano National Park Service.
Veronica Coston
From: Maui.
Mentor: Hanna Mounce and Laura Berthold.
Host Organization: Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.
Talace Pai
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Ulu Ching and Kēhau Springer.
Host Organization: Conservation International Hawaiʻi.
Kira Rowan
From: Kauai.
Mentor: Ashly Trask.
Host Organization: National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Jon Allen Miranda
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Malia Rivera.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology.
Miles Thomas
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Evan Rehm, Stephanie Yelenik, Carla D’antino.
Host Organization: University of California Santa Barbara & United States Geological Survey..
Angelica Melone
From: Maui.
Mentor: Aurora Kagawa-Viviani.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Marissa Kwon
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Lucas Fortini.
Host Organization: U.S. Geological Survey.
Sheldon Rosa
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kalaionamoku “Luka” Mossman.
Host Organization: Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation.
Justin Higa
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Ati Jeffers-Fabro.
Host Organization: Department of Land and Natural Resources: Division of Forestry and Wildlife.
Darrian-Skye Muraoka
From: Kauai.
Mentor: Kawika Winter, Katie Champlain, Sari Pastore, and Uma Nagendra.
Host Organization: National Tropical Botanical Gardens - Limahuli Gardens and Preserve & Department of Aquatics.
David Russell
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Wilds Pihanui Ilaitia Brawner.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Forest Industry Association (HFIA).
Uliʻi Miyajima
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Norbert Schorghofer.
Host Organization: Office of Maunakea Management / University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Sebastian Wells
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Fritz Klasner.
Host Organization: Office of Maunakea Management / University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Marche Matsumura
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Leilā Dudley.
Host Organization: Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Nāpu’u Conservation.
Travis Toriki
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Kahiau Wallace.
Host Organization: Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi.
Samantha Shizuru
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Melissa Valdez.
Host Organization: Oahu Army Natural Resources Program.
Katherine Hiu
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Kahiau Wallace.
Host Organization: Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi.
Corbin Banua
From: O'ahu.
Mentor: Kawika Winter, Katie Champlain, Sari Pastore,.
Host Organization: National Tropical Botanical Gardens - [Limahuli Gardens and Preserve](https://ntbg.org/gardens/limahuli) & Department of Aquatics..
Stephanie Pasco
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Corie Yanger.
Host Organization: University of Hawai‘i Cooperative Extension Service.
2017 UH-HIP Alumni
Shawna Blackford
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Kala Asing.
Host Organization: : Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project (Department of Land and Natural Resources and Division of Forestry and Wildlife).
Stephanie Dawrs
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Curtis Ewing.
Host Organization: University of Hawaii Mānoa Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences.
Malia Hosoi-Gallucci
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Suzanne Frazer.
Host Organization: Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaiʻi.
Kiloaulani Ka’awa-Gonzales
From: Molokai.
Mentor: Tracy Johnson.
Host Organization: USDA Institute of Pacific Island Forestry.
Hannah Machiorlete
From: Maui.
Mentor: Hanna Mounce.
Host Organization: Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.
Serena Massrey
From: Kauai.
Mentor: Katie Champlin and Kawika Winter.
Host Organization: Limahuli Garden and Preserve National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Angelica Melone
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kirsten Oleson.
Host Organization: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Kialoa Mossman
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Kirsten Oleson.
Host Organization: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Claire Rossi de Leon
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kasey Barton.
Host Organization: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Department of Botany: Kasey Barton Lab.
David Russell
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Rose Hart.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization Lab.
Kodie Solis-Kalani
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Nāpuʻu Conservation Project.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Sebastian Wells
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Tyler Paikuli-Campbell.
Host Organization: Department of Interior: National Park Service.
Matthew Kahoohanohano
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Brandon Kobashigawa.
Host Organization: Hui Mālama Ola Nā ʻŌiwi.
Kalia Kaawa
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kala Asing.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project (MKFRP).
Aurora Jeffrey
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Lahela Camara.
Host Organization: Three Mountain Alliance: ʻImi Pono no ka ʻĀina.
Jarrett Keoni Kahookele, Jr.
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Aaron Pritchard.
Host Organization: TerraForm Power.
Flame Porter
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Bruce Koebele.
Host Organization: Mālama Learning Center.
Shola Kahiapo
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Fritz Klasner.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Management, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Sean Kirkpatrick
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Corie Yanger.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Cooperative Extension Services.
Candice Miner-Ching
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Noelani Puniwai and Cherie Kauahi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Mary Metchnek
From: Hawaiʻi Island.
Mentor: Kalani Soller.
Host Organization: Kamuola Marine Science Center, Kamehameha Schools.
2016 UH-HIP Alumni
Meleana Adams
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Chelsey Jay.
Host Organization: Mālama Learning Center.
Devon Aguiar
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Jason Adolf.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Department of Marine Science & Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science.
Paul Alexander “Alex” Awo
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kīhei Nahale-A.
Host Organization: Papahana Kuaola.
Shaye Lynn Baldos
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Katie Schwind.
Host Organization: Kohala Institute at ʻIole.
Jason Bayang
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kalisi Mausio and Mark Manuel.
Host Organization: National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) - Marine Debris Program.
Honour Booth
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kanaloa Bishop.
Host Organization: Paepae o He‘eia.
Nolan Caballero, Jr.
From: Kauaʻi.
Mentor: Ryan Kaipo Like.
Host Organization: Waipā Foundation.
Autumn “Koko” Chong
From: Kauaʻi.
Mentor: Ryan Kaipo Like.
Host Organization: Waipā Foundation.
William Michael Han
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Lorena Wada.
Host Organization: U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service.
Mahealani Hiraoka
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Katie Schwind.
Host Organization: Kohala Institute at ʻIole.
Tyler Iaea
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Ikaika Lum.
Host Organization: Mālama Loko Ea Foundation.
William “Kahua” Julian, Jr.
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kālā Asing.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project.
Natasha “Nāhōkū” Kahana
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: John Burns.
Host Organization: Kamaʻaha Education Initiative.
Tressie “Aloha” Kapono
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Paul Banko.
Host Organization: United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Kuʻupuamaeʻole Kiyuna
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Fritz Klasner.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Management.
Stephanie Kung
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Rebecca Niemiec.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee.
Kawehi Lopez
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Rebecca Niemiec.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee.
Candice Miner-Ching
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Lahela Camara.
Host Organization: ʻImi Pono no ka ʻāīna.
Kialoa Mossman
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy.
Host Organization: UH Hilo Geography Department.
Joseph “Crispin” Nakoa III
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Luka Mossman and Kala Mossman.
Host Organization: Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation.
Bronson Palupe
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Rebecca Ostertag and Ryan Perroy.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and Liko Nā Pilina.
Dylan “Iokepa” Paty-Miner
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kālā Asing.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project.
Flame Porter
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kahale Pali.
Host Organization: O'ahu Army Natural Resource Program.
Christopher Thomson
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Steven Colbert.
Host Organization: University of HawaiʻI at Hilo Marine Science Department.
Ryan Ueunten
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Jean Brokish.
Host Organization: Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council.
Rebecca Dumo-Qualters
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Timothy Sullivan.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Control.
Kamaki Maluo-Huber
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kanani Fraizer.
Host Organization: Moon phase project.
Kekuamakana “Makana” Lewis
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Hoʻoululahui “Erika” Perry..
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Pacific Island Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES).
2015 UH-HIP Alumni
Mele Adams
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Hoʻoululahui “Erika” Perry.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Devon Aguiar
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Cindy Among-Serrao
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Doug Harper.
Host Organization: National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA).
Kaiʻanui Andaya
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: David Benitez.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Division of Natural Resource Management.
Cyrus Aton
From: Maui.
Mentor: Francis Quitazol.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Maui.
Evelyn Braum
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Brenda Asuncion.
Host Organization: Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA).
Nolan Caballero
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Ana Kon.
Host Organization: Papahana Kuaola.
Jeffery Campbell
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: David Benitez.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Division of Natural Resource Management.
Jonah Dederik
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Celeste Hanley & Kim Welch.
Host Organization: O'ahu Army Natural Resource Program (OANRP).
Rebecca Dumo-Qualters
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Christina Leopold.
Host Organization: Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center USGS.
Mika Gallardo
From: Kauai'i.
Mentor: Kawika Winter.
Host Organization: Limahuli Garden & Preserve: National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Carin Jaber
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Jean Brokish and Shelby Ishida.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Resource Conservation and Development Council.
Natasha “Nāhōkū” Kahana
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Noel Campbell.
Host Organization: Paepae ʻo Heʻeia.
Christian Kapono
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Fritz Klasner.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Management.
Cherie Kauahi
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Noelani Puniwai.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management (CAFNRM).
Erika Kekiwi
From: Maui.
Mentor: Pomaikaʻi Kaniaupio-Crozier.
Host Organization: Puʻu Kukui Watershed Preserve.
Sean Kirkpatrick
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Ryan Perroy & Fritz Klasner.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) and UH Hilo Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization lab (SDAV).
Ku'upua Kiyuna
From: .
Mentor: Chelsey Jay.
Host Organization: Mālama Learning Center; US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Britni “Kaʻoi” Kuali'i
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Natalie Kurashima/ Jason Jeremiah.
Host Organization: Kamehameha Schools.
Cyra Macanas
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Rebecca J. Cole and Creighton M. Litton.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM).
Angelica Melone
From: Maui.
Mentor: Pomaikaʻi Kaniaupio-Crozier.
Host Organization: Puʻu Kukui Watershed Preserve.
Bronson Palupe
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Christina Leopold.
Host Organization: Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center USGS.
Janelle Quinn
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Noelani Puniwai.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management (CAFNRM).
Aimee Sato
From: .
Mentor: Lorena Wada.
Host Organization: US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Ashley-Ann “Nehu” Shaw
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Christian Gardina.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry (IPIF), USDA Forest Service.
Naoli Weller
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Julie Agliam.
Host Organization: Hui Mālama Ola Nā ʻŌiwi.
Candace Wharton
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Rebecca Niemiec.
Host Organization: Stanford University/Tropical Forestry Ecosystems and Agroforestry Management University of Hawaii.
2014 UH-HIP Alumni
Cindy Among-Serrao
From: .
Mentor: Kawika Winter.
Host Organization: Limahuli Garden and Preserve (NTBG).
Cyrus Aton
From: .
Mentor: Kim Welch.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Army Natural Resource Program.
Jane Bontuyan
From: .
Mentor: Susan Cordell, Amanda Uowolo, Sam Brooks.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.
Emily Cadiz
From: .
Mentor: Mehana Vaughan.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
Kyson Dunn
From: .
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.
Shari Frias
From: .
Mentor: Roxie Sylva.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy - Maui Marine.
Brandon Gurat
From: .
Mentor: Francis Quitazol.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy - Maui Terrestrial.
Ron Hudman
From: .
Mentor: Kendra Hart & Karla McDermid.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).
Shelby Ishida
From: .
Mentor: Duane Okamoto and Hannah Bergemann.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Resource Conservation and Development Council.
Erika Jardin
From: .
Mentor: Roxie Sylva.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy - Maui Marine.
Aloha Kapono
From: .
Mentor: Noelani Puniwai.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pacific Island Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES).
Kuʻupuamaeʻole Kiyuna
From: .
Mentor: Duane Okamoto & Hannah Bergemann.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Resource Conservation & Development Council.
Kamaka Lewis
From: .
Mentor: Joel Brunger and Springer Kaye.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee.
Margaux Mellott
From: .
Mentor: Ryan Perroy.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography Department and Office of Mauna Kea Management.
Sarah Mizokawa
From: .
Mentor: Kauaoa Fraiola.
Host Organization: University of California, Berkeley.
Hanoa Puaa-Freitas
From: .
Mentor: Pomaikai Kaniaupio-Crozier.
Host Organization: Puʻu Kukui Watershed.
Kyla Shetter
From: .
Mentor: Christian Andersen.
Host Organization: Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES).
Dean Snelling
From: .
Mentor: Ana Kon.
Host Organization: Papahana Kuaola.
Taylor Tomita
From: .
Mentor: Rebecca Cole & Creighton Litton.
Host Organization: UH Manoa, Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Management.
Taylor Warner
From: .
Mentor: Jonathan Price.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography.
Lindsey Watanabe
From: .
Mentor: Kawika Winter.
Host Organization: NTBG Limahuli Gardens and Preserve.
Aja Werner
From: .
Mentor: Erika Perry.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pacific Island Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES).
Mika Wong
From: .
Mentor: Jeremy Seriano.
Host Organization: Malama Learning Center.
Darcy Yogi
From: .
Mentor: Fritz Klasner & Casper Vanderwoude.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Office of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) and Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture.
Bradley Young
From: .
Mentor: James Akau & Richard McKenzie.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.
2013 UH-HIP Alumni
Leilani Abaya
From: .
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: EPSCoR ENDER.
Kaho Aiona
From: .
Mentor: Brenda Asuncion.
Host Organization: NOAA.
Kaiauni Andaya
From: .
Mentor: Kawika Winter.
Host Organization: Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
Cyrus Aton
From: .
Mentor: James Cogswell.
Host Organization: DLNR/DOFAW.
Amber Au
From: .
Mentor: Kuuipo McCarthy.
Host Organization: Aina Pono Education Foundation.
Tiana Bolosan
From: .
Mentor: Pauline Sato.
Host Organization: Malama Learning Center.
Emily Cadiz
From: .
Mentor: Dean Tokishi.
Host Organization: Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.
Veronica DeGuzman
From: .
Mentor: Colleen Cole.
Host Organization: Three Mountain Alliance.
Louise Economy
From: .
Mentor: Jason Adolf, Steven Colbert.
Host Organization: UH Hilo Marine Science.
Hanoa Freitas
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance/DHHL.
Brandon Gurat
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance/ DHHL.
Maury Gutteling
From: .
Mentor: Kawika Winter.
Host Organization: Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
Leinaala Hall
From: .
Mentor: Jean Brokish.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Resource Cons. & Development council.
Cash Helman
From: .
Mentor: Tavita Togia.
Host Organization: US FS/ NPS.
Matthew Kahoohanohano
From: .
Mentor: Springer Kaye.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Cmt.
Lauren Kapono
From: .
Mentor: Rich MacKenzie and Becky Ostertag.
Host Organization: US FS and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Keenan Komeji
From: .
Mentor: Colleen Cole.
Host Organization: Three Mountain Alliance.
Koi Lorance
From: .
Mentor: Troy Sakihara.
Host Organization: Division of Aquatic Resources.
Alex Moore
From: .
Mentor: Melora Purrell.
Host Organization: Kohala Watershed Alliance.
Kerri Nakatsu
From: .
Mentor: Frtiz Klasner, Springer Kaye.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Mgmt/ BIISC.
Megan Onuma
From: .
Mentor: Rob Toonen.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology.
Dean Snelling
From: .
Mentor: Melora Purrell.
Host Organization: Kohala Watershed Alliance.
Micah Stephenson
From: .
Mentor: Clare Gupta.
Host Organization: The Kohala Center.
Malia Stewart
From: .
Mentor: Tavita Togia.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy.
Kanoe Steward
From: .
Mentor: Roxie Sylva.
Host Organization: US FS/ NPS.
Amber Stillman
From: .
Mentor: Fritz Klasner, Lisa Canale.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Mgmt/ SDAVL.
Kara Ueki
From: .
Mentor: Namaka Whitehead.
Host Organization: Kamehameha Schools.
2012 UH-HIP Alumni
Kathryn Akamine
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry & Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance.
Anela Akiona
From: .
Mentor: Deanna Spooner.
Host Organization: Pacific Island Climate Change Cooperative.
Maybeleen Apwong
From: .
Mentor: Bob Peck.
Host Organization: USGS-Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center.
Jordan Au
From: .
Mentor: Susie Lott & Rachel Neville.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Invasive Species Committee.
Lauren Bauers
From: .
Mentor: Lauren Kauprita.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project.
Emily Cadiz
From: .
Mentor: Steven Colbert.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
Tyson Fukuyama
From: .
Mentor: Maria Haws.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).
Cash Helman
From: .
Mentor: Dan Gruner.
Host Organization: University of Maryland.
Daniel Jennings-Kam
From: .
Mentor: Ruth Gates.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology.
Leiana Kekoa
From: .
Mentor: Sierra MacDonald.
Host Organization: National Park Sevice.
Jessica Kirkpatrick
From: .
Mentor: Fritz Klasner.
Host Organization: Office of Mauna Kea Management.
Keenan Komeiji
From: .
Mentor: Jon Price.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Geography.
Nanea Lindsey
From: .
Mentor: Pauline Sato.
Host Organization: Malama Learning Center.
Marie McKenzie
From: .
Mentor: David Burney.
Host Organization: National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Stephen McAucliffe
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry & Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance.
Nick Nyuguen
From: .
Mentor: Chris Lypcezk.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa-USFWS.
Ron O'Brein
From: .
Mentor: David Burney.
Host Organization: National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Kekoa Ochmann
From: .
Mentor: Raymond MacGuire.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee.
Aaron Osorio
From: .
Mentor: Kaleo Wong.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Army Natural Resources Program.
Makalani Pina
From: .
Mentor: Bob Peck.
Host Organization: USGS-Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center.
Hoku Tobin
From: .
Mentor: Tracy Wiegner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Marine Science.
2011 UH-HIP Alumni
Leilani Abaya
From: .
Mentor: Erin Questad and Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo IPIF.
Melanie Dudley
From: .
Mentor: Matt Bauer and Brittney Orton.
Host Organization: KUPU Hawaiʻi Youth Conservation Corps.
Manoa Johansen
From: .
Mentor: Creighton M. Litton and Mike Long.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management.
Aleysia Kaha
From: .
Mentor: Nancy Redfeather.
Host Organization: Kohala Center.
Jessica Kirkpatrick
From: .
Mentor: Lauren Kurpita.
Host Organization: The Hawaiʻi island Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project.
Liʻula Mahi
From: .
Mentor: Julie Leialoha and Cheyenne Perry.
Host Organization: DLNR/ DOFAW, Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Noe Pau
From: .
Mentor: Tracy Johnson.
Host Organization: U.S.D.A. Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Hoku Pihana
From: .
Mentor: H. Erika Perry.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo PACRC.
Joey Quitan
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Christian Giardina.
Host Organization: UH Hilo PACRC/IPIF, USDA Forest Service, OHA.
Eva Sala
From: .
Mentor: Kevin Hopkins.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo PACRC.
Naoli Weller
From: .
Mentor: Aaron Shiels.
Host Organization: USDA Wildlife services.
Justin Yeh
From: .
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: U.S. Forest Service, IPIF.
Trace Kalei
From: .
Mentor: Carla D'Antonio.
Host Organization: UCSB.
Linnea Heu
From: .
Mentor: Barbara Makaʻala Kaʻaumoana.
Host Organization: Hanalei Watershed Hui.
Nicholas Wilhoite
From: .
Mentor: Noa Lincoln.
Host Organization: Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens, Kona.
Mathew Brady
From: .
Mentor: Susie Iott.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Invasive Species Committee.
Mahina Chang
From: .
Mentor: Liloa Dunn.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa Lyon Arboretum.
Michelle Lazaro
From: .
Mentor: Lorena Wada.
Host Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Luka Mossman
From: .
Mentor: Jean Brokish.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Resource Conservation & Development..
Isaiah Sato
From: .
Mentor: Lorena Wada and Joy Browning.
Host Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Travis Voeller
From: .
Mentor: Kahai Nakamatsu, Ati Jeffers-Fabro.
Host Organization: Department of Land and Natural Resources of Hawaiʻi, Division of Forestry and Wildlife.
Chelsey Jay
From: .
Mentor: Lorena Wada.
Host Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Kim Morishige
From: .
Mentor: Pelika Bertelman.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Kacy Jackson
From: .
Mentor: Tom Baribault.
Host Organization: Forest Solutions/University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Jonathan Nahakuelua
From: .
Mentor: Noa Lincoln.
Host Organization: Amy B.H. Greenwell EthnoBotanical Gardens.
Kaui Fu
From: .
Mentor: Mehana Vaughan.
Host Organization: Stanford University, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
2010 UH-HIP Alumni
Kaho Aiona
From: .
Mentor: Rachelle Gould.
Host Organization: Stanford University.
James Akau
From: .
Mentor: Shalan Crysdale.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy.
Trisann Bambico
From: .
Mentor: Cory Nash.
Host Organization: NPS Pacific Island Network.
Jose Benabese
From: .
Mentor: Peter VanDyke & Noa Lincoln.
Host Organization: Amy Greenwell.
Makana Blomgren
From: .
Mentor: Colleen Cole.
Host Organization: TMA - Propagation.
Raeanne Cobb-Adams
From: .
Mentor: Gordon Smith.
Host Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service.
Kanoe DeRego
From: .
Mentor: Page Else.
Host Organization: Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC).
Kaipo Dye
From: .
Mentor: Maria Haws.
Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).
Ciara Ganter
From: .
Mentor: Chey Perry.
Host Organization: USDA IPIF.
Jennifer Hashimoto
From: .
Mentor: Rachelle Gould.
Host Organization: Stanford University.
Malia Heimuli
From: .
Mentor: Will Seitz.
Host Organization: HNVP Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project.
Melia Iwamoto
From: .
Mentor: Stephen Anthony.
Host Organization: USGS.
Chelsey Jay
From: .
Mentor: Katie Swift & Ken Foote.
Host Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
Aleysia-Rae Kaha
From: .
Mentor: Will Seitz.
Host Organization: HNVP Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project.
Akela Kuwahara
From: .
Mentor: David Foote & Meghan Cooling.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC.
Luka Mossman
From: .
Mentor: Jeff Newman.
Host Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
Leilani Nerveza
From: .
Mentor: Erika Perry.
Host Organization: NOAA.
Puaʻala Pascua
From: .
Mentor: Maria Haws.
Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).
Joey Quitan
From: .
Mentor: Creighton Litton.
Host Organization: UHM/IPIF.
Kealiʻi Sagum
From: .
Mentor: Christian Giardina.
Host Organization: USDA IPIF.
Olivia Schubert
From: .
Mentor: Creighton Litton.
Host Organization: UHM/IPIF.
Natasha Soares
From: .
Mentor: Richard Pender.
Host Organization: UHM/FWS.
Nicole Tabandera
From: .
Mentor: Richard Pender.
Host Organization: UHM/FWS.
Nick Turner
From: .
Mentor: Donna Delparte & Lisa Canale.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Mina Viritua
From: .
Mentor: Susie Lott.
Host Organization: OISC.
Kamuela Werner
From: .
Mentor: Liloa Dunn.
Host Organization: Lyon Arboretum.
Alex White
From: .
Mentor: Willie Rice.
Host Organization: Forest Solutions.
Nick Wilhoite
From: .
Mentor: Christian Giardina.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Molly Winters
From: .
Mentor: Christian Giardina & Becky Ostertag.
Host Organization: .
Chris Wong
From: .
Mentor: Marriet Zablan.
Host Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
Justin Yeh
From: .
Mentor: Paul Scowcroft.
Host Organization: USDA IPIF.
2009 UH-HIP Alumni
Anthony Olayon
From: .
Mentor: Noelani Puniwai.
Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center.
Winona Coelho
From: .
Mentor: Maria Haws.
Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center.
Roxie Sylva
From: .
Mentor: Joylynn Paman.
Host Organization: ʻAoʻao o na Loko Iʻa o Maui.
Puaʻala Pascua
From: .
Mentor: Richard Sears & Liloa Dunn.
Host Organization: Lyon Arboretum.
Octavia Price
From: .
Mentor: William Seitz.
Host Organization: Hawaii Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project.
Natalie Kurashima
From: .
Mentor: Liz Kumabe.
Host Organization: Hanauma Bay Education Program.
Mahina Patterson
From: .
Mentor: Peter Vitousek.
Host Organization: Stanford University.
Liʻula Mahi
From: .
Mentor: Peter Vandyke.
Host Organization: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens.
Linnea Heu
From: .
Mentor: Karen Gundersen.
Host Organization: Kauaʻi Invasive Species Committee.
Kim Morishige
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry.
Host Organization: US Forest Service.
Kaimi Moraes
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry & Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: US Forest Service, Department and Hawaiian Home Lands.
James Akau
From: .
Mentor: Shalan Crysdale, John Repoglo.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy.
Eddie Wine
From: .
Mentor: Chris Brosius.
Host Organization: West Maui Mountain Watershed Partnership.
Ciara Ganter
From: .
Mentor: Glynnis Nakai & Mike Nishimoto.
Host Organization: US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Brice Murayama
From: .
Mentor: Glynnis Nakai.
Host Organization: US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Ashley-Ann Shaw
From: .
Mentor: Christian Giardina.
Host Organization: US Forest Service.
Arthur Khamsing
From: .
Mentor: Susie Lott.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Invasive Species Committee.
Arik Dadez
From: .
Mentor: Joylynn Paman.
Host Organization: ʻAoʻao o nā Loko Iʻa o Maui.
Adrian DeMello
From: .
Mentor: Mililani Browning, Jayson Panglao.
Host Organization: Three Mountain Alliance: GIS.
2008 UH-HIP Alumni
Kolea Zimmerman
From: .
Mentor: Chris Farmer.
Host Organization: USGS.
Lisa Yang
From: .
Mentor: Marisa Wall.
Host Organization: USDA - Agricultural Research Agency.
Kaʻimikila Moraes
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Christian Giardina, Donna Ball, Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: USFWS/DHHL - Forest Service.
Mina Viritua
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Christian Giardina, Donna Ball, Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: USFWS/DHHL - Forest Service.
Reid Loo
From: .
Mentor: Cheyenne Perry, Christian Giardina, Donna Ball, Mike Robinson.
Host Organization: USFWS/DHHL - Forest Service.
Mahina Patterson
From: .
Mentor: Katherine Thompson and Heidi Hansen.
Host Organization: TNC and DOFAW.
Kim Morishige
From: .
Mentor: Will Seitz.
Host Organization: National Park Service.
Heather Gleason
From: .
Mentor: Corbett Nash/Leslie Haysmith.
Host Organization: National Park Service.
Jessica Ayau
From: .
Mentor: Melora Purell.
Host Organization: Kohala Watershed Partnership.
Pua Medeiros
From: .
Mentor: Mililani Browning.
Host Organization: Imi Pono no ka ʻaina.
Raeanne Cobb-Adams
From: .
Mentor: Bob Nishimoto, Troy Sakihara, Troy Shimoda.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi State Division of Aquatics.
Roxie Silva
From: .
Mentor: Glynnis Nakai.
Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.
Josh Verkerke
From: .
Mentor: Calvin Willis.
Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.
Tracy Bryant
From: .
Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.
Host Organization: Hanauma Bay Education Program - UH Sea Grant.
Corelle Nakamura
From: .
Mentor: Grieg Steward.
Host Organization: CMORE.
Janice Jensen
From: .
Mentor: Jeff Zimpfer.
Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.
Alii Garcia
From: .
Mentor: Lewis Van Fossen.
Host Organization: National Marine Fisheries Services.
Ryan Ferreira
From: .
Mentor: Vickie Caraway.
Host Organization: DLNR-DOFAW.
Justin Fujimoto
From: .
Mentor: Kimberly Welch, Kapua Kawelo.
Host Organization: Army Natural Resource Program.
Kelly Cloward
From: .
Mentor: Katy Metzler, Rachel Neville.
Host Organization: Oʻahu Invasive Species Council (OISC).
Kimo Carvalho
From: .
Mentor: Malia Chow.
Host Organization: NOAA Papahanaumokuakea National Monument.
Nicole Tachibana
From: .
Mentor: John Leong.
Host Organization: Pono Pacific - YCC.
Kahai Nakamatsu
From: .
Mentor: John Leong.
Host Organization: Pono Pacific - YCC.
2007 UH-HIP Alumni
Pua Medeiros
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Linda Shea Flanders.
Host Organization: Cape Kumukahi Foundation.
Nicole Tachibana
From: Molokaʻi.
Mentor: Walter Ritte and Maria Haws.
Host Organization: Hawaiian Learning Center, and Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).
Marshall Cacoulidis
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Maria Haws.
Host Organization: Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center (PACRC).
Cheresa Coles
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Ann Marie.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Lahela Burgess
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Mililani Browning.
Host Organization: Imi Pono No Ka Aina.
Angela Beck
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Paul Banko.
Host Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division.
Kristi Kaʻapu
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest service.
Nelson Crabbe
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest service.
Kehau Kaʻula-Nelson
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest service.
Gavin Leeloy
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Willie Rice.
Host Organization: Forest Solutions, LLC.
Adrian DeMello
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tim Orr.
Host Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Cory Kawabata
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Richard MacKenzie.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Kainana Francisco
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Leila Kealoha.
Host Organization: Hoʻoulu Lahui & Kua o Ka La Public Charter School.
Scott Cohen
From: Maui.
Mentor: Scott Fisher.
Host Organization: Maui Coastal Land Trust.
Rachel Hodara
From: Maui.
Mentor: Kuhea Paracuelles.
Host Organization: County of Maui, Mayor’s Office.
Kaimana Lee
From: Maui.
Mentor: Thorne Abbot.
Host Organization: Maui County Planning Department.
Nick Reppun
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Jane Beachy.
Host Organization: Army Natural Resources Division-Oʻahu.
Brenda Asuncion
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Greg Steward and Alexander Culley.
Host Organization: UH Mānoa Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research & Education (CMORE).
Sarah Vasconcellos
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: LeeAnn Anuenue Punua.
Host Organization: Paepae O Heʻeia.
Jessica Ayau
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Jennifer Barrett.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB).
Kaiʻena Bishaw
From: Molokaʻi.
Mentor: Bill Garnett.
Host Organization: Kalaupapa National Historical Park.
2006 UH-HIP Alumni
Daniel Kawahakui
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kaeo Duarte.
Host Organization: Kamehameha Schools.
James Akau
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Willie Rice.
Host Organization: Forest Solutions, Inc..
Dillon Yeung
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Nick Dudley.
Host Organization: USDA IPIF.
Kara Amber Lee
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Lizabeth Kashinsky.
Host Organization: NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC.
Nicolai Barca
From: Kauaʻi.
Mentor: Sarah Newton.
Host Organization: Nature Conservancy.
Jessica Chong
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Doug Okamoto.
Host Organization: DLNR Forestry and Wildlife.
Maricia Save
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Peter Van Dyke & Noa Lincoln.
Host Organization: Amy Greenwell EthnoBotanical Gardens/Bishop Museum.
Morgan Mamizuka
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Elizabethe Kumabe.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Sea Grant/Hanauma Bay Education Program.
Chelsea Dudoit
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: William Seitz/Kyle Kagimoto.
Host Organization: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park- Hawksbill Turtle Project.
Virlinda Craft
From: Maui.
Mentor: Patty Miller.
Host Organization: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
Kristi Kaʻapu
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service IPIF.
Marty Kawaski
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Johnson.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Moana Ulu Ching
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Richard Boston.
Host Organization: Koloko-Honokohau National Park.
Katie Kamelamela
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: David Penn.
Host Organization: Department of Health.
Kaiʻena Bishaw
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Mark Manuel
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Weigner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Owen Haleakala
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Misaki Takabayashi.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Lisa Shizuma
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Jacqueline Chow Hoy
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Adam Baker
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Teresa Lewis.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology.
2005 UH-HIP Alumni
Jeannette Kondo
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Richard MacKenzie.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Kaimanamaile Lee
From: Maui.
Mentor: Scott Fisher.
Host Organization: Maui Coastal Land Trust.
Kalei Tringali
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Chris Yates.
Host Organization: NOAA Marine Fisheries.
Katie Kamelamela
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: David Penn.
Host Organization: Department of Health.
Kolea Zimmerman
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Creighton Litton.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Lani Lethvilay
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Susan Vogt & Evan Weinberg.
Host Organization: NOAA National Marine Sanctuary.
Lauren Yasaka
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.
Host Organization: Hanauma Bay.
Lono Dunn
From: Maui.
Mentor: Scott Fisher.
Host Organization: Maui Coastal Land Trust.
Malia Kipapa
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kaeo Duarte.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Mark Manuel
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Weigner.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Marty Kawasaki
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Christina McGuire.
Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.
Pualei Santore
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Johnson & Patrick Conant.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Shauna Tom
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: David Foote.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC.
Anthony Kim
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Baron Horiuchi.
Host Organization: US Fish & Wildlife.
Naupaka Zimmerman
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes & Julie Denslow.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
2004 UH-HIP Alumni
Ambyr Mokiao-Lee
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Larry Katahira, Eldridge Naboa & William Seitz.
Host Organization: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Keiko Mui-Lin Publico
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Larry Katahira, Eldridge Naboa & William Seitz.
Host Organization: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Thomas Burling
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Karla Gore.
Host Organization: NMFS.
Heather Kalei Chang
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Noelani Puniwai.
Host Organization: Hawaii Natural Heritage Program.
Anya Tagawa
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kuhea Paracuelles.
Host Organization: Imi Pono no ka 'Aina.
Kaimanamaile Lee
From: Maui.
Mentor: Joylynn Olivera.
Host Organization: NOAA - National Marine Sanctuary - Regional Office.
Noa Thomas
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kapua Kawelu.
Host Organization: Army Natural Resources.
Michelle Higashi
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Jarrod Thaxton & Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Michelle Norman
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Richard MacKenzie.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Mililani Browning
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tanya Rubenstein.
Host Organization: Olaʻa Kilauea Partnership.
Ryan Like
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Julianna Ropu-Leong.
Host Organization: Pono Pacific.
Andrea Lord
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Malia Chow & Allen Tom.
Host Organization: NOAA.
Kari Ann Shozuya
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Ryan Smith.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy.
Kaiʻena Bishaw
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Dale Nishimoto.
Host Organization: .
Liana Carroll
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Ilima Rapozo & Peter Van Dyke, Amy Greenwell.
Host Organization: EthnoBotanical Gardens.
George Akau
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Jim Jacobi.
Host Organization: USGS.
Jordan Sager
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Chad Koide.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy.
Leigh Marcello
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Barry Hill.
Host Organization: USGS.
Katannya Kapeli
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Teresa Lewis.
Host Organization: Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology.
Lori Tango
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: David Foote.
Host Organization: USGS.
Naupaka Zimmerman
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes & Julie Denslow.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Kuupuamakamae Swain
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Stephen Hight and Robert Cabin.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
2003 UH-HIP Alumni
Naupaka Zimmerman
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes & Julie Denslow.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Raymond McGuire
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Nick Dudley/JB Friday.
Host Organization: Hawaii Agriculture Research Center/CTAHR.
Wendy Kekahio
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kuhea Paracuelles.
Host Organization: ʻImi Pono no ka ʻĀina.
Kristy Wong
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Sallie Beavers.
Host Organization: Kaloko Honokōhau National Park Service.
Kaiʻena Bishaw
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Susan Cordell and Don Goo.
Host Organization: Institute for Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
George Akau
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Thane Pratt.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC.
Heather Kalei Chang
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Patrick Hart.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Rachel Goo
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: John Leong.
Host Organization: Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps.
Patricia Tannahill
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: David Penn.
Host Organization: Hawaii Department of Health.
Mahealani Kaneshiro
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.
Host Organization: Hanauma Bay Education Program/UH Sea Grant.
Kia Weaver
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Mike McMahon.
Host Organization: Kailua Bay Advisory Council.
Pua Buholm
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Karla Gore.
Host Organization: NOAA NMFS.
Laura Burling
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kevin Busscher.
Host Organization: NOAA NMFS.
Mahina Chung
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Marilyn Lupold.
Host Organization: NOAA NMFS.
Kahale Pali
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Dan Sailer/Lance LePierre.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.
Katie Kamelamela
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: David Penn.
Host Organization: Hawaii Department of Health/USGS.
2002 UH-HIP Alumni
Joshua DeMello
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Cindy Knapman.
Host Organization: Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.
Noa Kekuewa Lincoln
From: Maui.
Mentor: Hannah Bernard & Eric Brown.
Host Organization: Maui Ocean Center of Pacific Island Forestry, US Forest Service.
Kauihana Archer
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Mick Castillo.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
David Kaiʻena Bishaw
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Julie Denslow/Duane Nelson.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Liana Carroll
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: John Leong.
Host Organization: Youth Conservation Corps.
Mahina Chung
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Alton Miyasaka/Athline Clark.
Host Organization: DLNR DAR.
Auliʻi George
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Adam Asquith/Stacy Sproat.
Host Organization: UH Sea Grant/Waipā Foundation.
Noelani Kamelamela
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Adam Asquith.
Host Organization: UH Sea Grant/Waipā Foundation.
Noa Lincoln
From: Maui.
Mentor: Hannah Bernard.
Host Organization: Maui Ocean Center.
Pua Medeiros
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Carter Atkinson.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC.
Kahale Pali
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.
Host Organization: Hanauma Bay Education Program/The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.
Erika Perry
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Anne Rosa
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Dan Sailer/Pauline Sato.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.
Kuʻulei Vickery
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Larry Katahira.
Host Organization: National Park Service.
Namaka Whitehead
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Patrick Baker.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Kaleo Wong
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kapua Kawelo.
Host Organization: U.S. Army - Natural Resources Branch.
Kauaoa Fraiola
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Tracy Johnson.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Gailey Tugadi
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Katie Friday.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Jacqueline VanBlarcom
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
2001 UH-HIP Alumni
Noa Kekuewa Lincoln
From: Maui.
Mentor: Hannah Bernard & Eric Brown.
Host Organization: Maui Ocean Center of Pacific Island Forestry, US Forest Service.
Mila Misa
From: Hawaiʻi and American Samoa.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Earlene Leilani Wilson
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tanya Rubenstein.
Host Organization: National Park Service/Olaa Kilauea Partnership.
Lawrence Martinson
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Flint Hughes.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Raymond McGuire
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Tracy Johnson.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Aurora Kagawa
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Katie Cassel.
Host Organization: Kokee Resource Conservation Program.
Anne Rosa
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Adam Asquith.
Host Organization: UH Sea Grant Extension Service/Waipā Foundation.
Hina Kneubuhl
From: Maui.
Mentor: Arthur Madeiros.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC.
Noa Lincoln
From: Maui.
Mentor: Hannah Bernard.
Host Organization: Maui Ocean Center.
Tia Blankenfeld
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: ʻAulani Wilhelm.
Host Organization: National Ocean Service/NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve.
Napua Harbottle
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Pat Costales.
Host Organization: DLNR DOFAW.
David Ohai
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Dan Sailer.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.
Namaka Whitehead
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Elizabeth Kumabe.
Host Organization: Hauama Bay Education Program, UH Sea Grant.
Mana Taylor
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Kuhea Paracuelles.
Host Organization: Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
Mahealani Kaneshiro
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Brian Fry/Rod Chimner.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
2000 UH-HIP Alumni
Joshua DeMello
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Peter Rappa and Elizabeth Kumabe.
Host Organization: Haunama Bay Education Program, UH Sea Grant.
Catherine Dano
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Jim Allen.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Aurora Kagawa
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Katherine Ewel.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Kaliko Amona
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Lance LaPierre.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.
Sandee Hufana
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Dan Sailer.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.
Candice Javar
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Pat Costales/Earl Pawn.
Host Organization: DLNR-DOFAW.
Kia Weaver
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Nick Dudley.
Host Organization: Hawaii Agriculture Research Center.
Jon Arbles
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Julie Denslow, Robert Cabin, Duane Nelson, Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Kalani Spain
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Julie Denslow, Robert Cabin, Duane Nelson, Susan Cordell.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry USDA Forest Service.
Malia Lee
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: David Penn.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Robert Yamanoha
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Jim Jacobi and Kealiʻi Bio.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC.
Hina Kneubuhl
From: Maui.
Mentor: Arthur Madeiros.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC.
Lasha Salbosa
From: Maui.
Mentor: Cathleen Hodges.
Host Organization: Haleakala National Park.
1999 UH-HIP Alumni
Mila Misa
From: Hawaiʻi and American Samoa.
Mentor: Bob Cabin.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Erika Akaka-Belsky
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Karl Dalla Rosa.
Host Organization: Institute for Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Anne Rosa
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Peter Rappa and Elizabeth Kumabe.
Host Organization: Hanauma Bay Education Program, UH Sea Grant.
Keola Castro
From: Maui.
Mentor: Sharon Reilly.
Host Organization: Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.
Koa Chai
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Phil Dendel.
Host Organization: National Park Service.
Punua Malama Souza
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Jim Allen.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Kaliko Amona
From: Project: Kosrae.
Mentor: Katherine Ewel.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Sami Freitas
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Pat Costales and Earl Pawn.
Host Organization: DLNR.
Kristi Haleakala
From: Maui.
Mentor: Kuhea Paracuelles.
Host Organization: Volcano National Park.
Eren Martin
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Leona Laniawe.
Host Organization: USGS PIERC.
Dalton Kiko
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Robert Nishimoto.
Host Organization: DLNR/DAR.
Malia Lee
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Peter Vitousek/Dave Penn.
Host Organization: Stanford University/Magma Lab/Volcanoes National Park.
Melissa Lockyer
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Paul G. Scocroft.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Kami Lowe
From: Maui.
Mentor: Sharon Reilly.
Host Organization: DLNR-DOFAW Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.
Lasha Salbosa
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Nick Dudley.
Host Organization: Hawaii Agriculture Research Center.
Kalani Spain
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Stephen Hight and Robert Cabin.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
1998 UH-HIP Alumni
Mila Misa
From: Hawaiʻi and American Samoa.
Mentor: Bob Cabin.
Host Organization: USDA Forest Service.
Joylynn Oliveira
From: Maui.
Mentor: National Humpback Whale Sanctuary.
Host Organization: .
Earlene Leilani Wilson
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Dennis O'Dowd, Diane Nelson & Tanya Rubenstein.
Host Organization: .
Jon Arbles
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Gerald Lindsey.
Host Organization: USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC).
Koa Chai
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Rosemary Gillespie.
Host Organization: Center for Conservation Research and Training, UH Mānoa.
Sami Freitas
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Paul G. Scowcroft.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Michele Holsomback
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Pauline M. Sato and Nat Pak.
Host Organization: The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi.
Sandee Hufana
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Kapua Kawelo.
Host Organization: US Army Garrison, Environmental Office.
Moani Pai
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Marla Kuhn.
Host Organization: The Peregrine Fund.
Cheyenne Perry
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Katherine Ewel, James Allen, and Ken Krauss.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Punua Malama Souza
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Robert Cabin.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Daniel Tavares
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Stephen Hight.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
1997 UH-HIP Alumni
Joylynn Oliveira
From: Maui.
Mentor: Allen Tom.
Host Organization: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
Francis Quitazol
From: Maui.
Mentor: Dennis O'Dowd/Duane Nelson.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, US Forest Service.
Earlene Leilani Wilson
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Dennis O'Dowd/Duane Nelson.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry/ USDA Forest Service.
Noelani Puniwai
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: James Allen.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, USDA Forest Service.
Jason Gamiao
From: Maui.
Mentor: Dr. Robert Nishimoto.
Host Organization: DLNR/DAR.
Hiʻilei Kawelo
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: Marc Hodges.
Host Organization: Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.
Roxane Stewart
From: Hawaiʻi.
Mentor: Hannah Bernard.
Host Organization: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Vida Yap
From: Oʻahu.
Mentor: James Allen, Kathy Ewel, and Judy Drexler.
Host Organization: Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, USDA Forest Service.