Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 38, Number 6, 1 June 2021 — Maunakea Working Group Members Selected [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Maunakea Working Group Members Selected

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Dr. Noe Noe Wong-Wilson

In March, the House of Representatives voted to convene a working group to develop recommendations for a governance and management structure for Maunakea. Eight seats of the 15-member working group were reserved for Native Hawaiians - one from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs - and seven others selected ffom a pool of applicants by House Speaker Scott Saiki. The following individuals were selected to represent the interests of Native Hawaiians: attorney Jocelyn Doane, Dr. Lui Hokoana, Dr. Pualani Kanahele, Lanakila Manguil, Brialyn Onodera, Shane Palacat-Nelsen, and Dr. Noe Noe Wong-Wilson. OHA Chief Advocate Sterling Wong will represent the agency. The working group will also include representatives from the state House Mark Nakashima (working group chair), Ty Cullen, Stacelynn Eli and David Tarnas, Robert Masuda from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Bonnie Irwin of UH Hilo, and Rich Matsuda, interim chief operating oflicer at W. M. Keek Observatory.

Jocelyn Doane

Dr. Pualani Kanahele

L\ Brialyn Onodera

Dr. Lui Hokoana

Lanakila Manguil

dt Shane Palacat-Nelsen

M Sterling Wong