Moana “Ulu” Ching
Moana "Ulu" Ching joined the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance Foundation as the Executive Director in July of 2025 and is based in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Many know Ulu through her work over…
Tara Meggett
Tara Meggett joined the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance as the Next Generation Coordinator in May of 2017, coordinating and implementing next generation initiatives to guide students and recent graduates into the…
Amberly Pigao
Amberly Pigao joined the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance as the Alliance Coordinator in February 2024. Amberly is born and raised on Kauaʻi and currently resides on Oʻahu. She specializes in native…
Isabel Schwartz
Isabel Schwartz joined the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance as the Administration & Program Specialist in February 2025. She was born and raised in San Clemente, California before she moved to Hawaiʻi…
Puaʻala Pascua
Puaʻala Pascua is the Coordinator of the Ahupuaʻa Accelerator Initiative. Born and raised on Oʻahu and currently residing on Hawaiʻi Island, Puaʻala specializes in locally and culturally attuned approaches to…
Bernice Musrasrik
Bernice Musrasrik is the Support Specialist of the Ahupuaʻa Accelerator Initiative. Born in Pohnpei and raised on Oʻahu and currently residing on Kaua’i, Bernice has over 6 years of experience…
Kimberly Shay
Kimberly Shay (née Lesnock) joined Laukahi: The Hawai‘i Plant Conservation Network in January 2022. Prior to Laukahi, Kimberly worked at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in the publishing department,…
Past Kupu AmeriCorps Members
Kepa Berengue
Kepa Berengue joined the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance as our Conservation Connections Assistant in January 2019. He was born and raised in ʻEwa on Oʻahu and graduated from James Campbell High School in…
Lexi Lehman
Lexi Lehman joined the Hawai'i Conservation Alliance as our Conservation Connections Assistant in October 2018. She is originally from Rockville, Maryland, but moved to Honolulu after graduating from The Pennsylvania…
Krysten Tomaier
Krysten Tomaier joined the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance as our Conservation Connections Assistant in October 2017. She is originally from Southern California, but moved to Honolulu after living in Cambridge, MA…
Scott Van De Verg
Scott Van De Verg joined the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance as our Outreach Assistant in 2016 and is the first Americorps/Kupu intern to be hosted here. A recent graduate from the…