Contact Human Resources

Contact Information

• Phone Number: (808) 932-7626
• Fax Number: (808) 932-7663
• Email Address: hrhilo@hawaii.edu
• Address:
  • Office Location: Auxiliary Services Building, room 106
  • Mailing address: 200 West Kāwili St., Hilo, HI 96720

Human Resources Staff

Annette Sugimoto - Human Resources Specialist

Annette can assist you with information relative to Executive and Faculty Employment:

• Executives - New hires and changes
  • Benefits - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
  • Direct deposit
• Coaches - New hires and changes
  • Benefits - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
  • Direct deposit
• Reconstruction of faculty salaries
• Places position ads
• Employee Retirement System (ERS) inquiries
• Temporary Disability Benefits (TDB) for employees
• Immigration
• Family Leave, Leave Share
• Employment Verification/Unemployment forms

Alison Akamine - Human Resources Specialist

Ali can assist you with information relative to Workers Compensation, Civil Service Employment and the online Leave System:

• Civil Service - New hires and changes
• Civil Service 89-day Appointment - New hires and changes
  • Benefits - Civil Service - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
  • Civil Service- Direct Deposit
• Civil Service - Employment Verification/Unemployment forms
• Workers Compensation - submitting claims and case coordination with third party administrator (insurance company)
• Affiliate Faculty Appointments
• Leave accrual information for employees
• HR web page updates
• Human Resources Office Announcements and Broadcasts

Nicol Botelho - Human Resources Assistant

Nicol can assist you with information relative to Administrative, Professional and Technical (APT), Lecturer and Casual Hire Employment:

• APT New hires and changes
  • Benefits - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
  • Direct Deposit
• Casual Hire / New hires and changes
• Casual Hire / Re-Hires and changes
• Lecturer Re-Hires and changes/ Part time
• Lecturer Re-Hires and changes/ Full time
• Lecturer New-Hires and changes/ Part time
• Lecturer New-Hires and changes/ Full time
  • Benefits, if applicable - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
  • Direct Deposit
• APT, Casual Hire and Lecturer Employment Verification/Unemployment forms