Members
The council has 18 voting members and 13 non-voting members. The members include the following:
Non-Government Members
Kris Billeter
Business/Commerce
Thorne Abbott
Business/Commerce Alternate
Ed Enos
Commercial Shipping
Wade Matsueda
Commercial Shipping Alternate
Kawika Winter
Conservation
Brittany Hendricks
Conservation Alternate
Maya Walton
Education
Robyn Ehrlich
Education Alternate
Vacant
Fishing
Vacant
Fishing Alternate
Jayne Lefors
Hawai‘i Island
Beth Goodwin
Hawai‘i Island Alternate
Maka‘ala Ka‘aumoana
Kaua‘i Island
Jess Belt
Kaua‘i Island Alternate
Vacant
Lāna‘i Island
Vacant
Lāna‘i Island Alternate
Vacant
Maui Island
Vernon Kalanikau
Maui Island Alternate
Malia Akutagawa
Moloka‘i Island
Petrisha Alvarez
Moloka‘i Island Alternate
Solomon Kahoʻohalahala
Native Hawaiian
Vacant
Native Hawaiian Alternate
Roxane Keliʻikipikāneokolohaka
Native Hawaiian
Vacant
Native Hawaiian Alternate
Maxx Phillips
O‘ahu Island
Alan Friedlander
O‘ahu Island Alternate
Chad Wiggins
Ocean Research
Grover Hatcher
Ocean Research Alternate
Jens Currie
Research
Robin Baird
Research Alternate
Lee James
Tourism
Shoko Ogata
Tourism Alternate
Amy Cornforth
Whale watching
Sherry LeMaster
Whale watching Alternate
Makahinu Au
Youth Member (non-voting)
Nora Goldsmith
Youth Member Alternate (non-voting)
Government Members
Cameron Black
State of Hawai'i Dept. of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
Justine Nihipali
State of Hawai'i Dept. Office of Planning
Vacant
State of Hawai'i Dept. of Health
Jeannine Rossa
State of Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources
Vacant
State of Hawai'i Dept. of Transportation - Harbors Division
Kealoha Pisciotta
Office of Hawaiian Affairs (Voting)
Lieutenant N. Brian Christy
National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Law Enforcement
Jeff Walters
National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Area Office
Eric Roberts
Papahānaumokuākea MNM Superintendent (NWHI Coral Reef Reserve 2002)
Linda Speerstra
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Emily Hauck
U.S. Navy
Malie Norman
U.S. Coast Guard
Joshua Demello
Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council (Voting)
Kim Hum
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Superintendent
