Keoni Fox, PRESIDENT
Keoni has worked as a site acquisition consultant for the telecommunications industry with over 25 years of experience assisting with the development and management of wireless facilities. He also manages a small family farm in Waikane, Koʻolaupoko, Oahu specializing in local, free-range poultry eggs. He attended the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a Bachelors of Economics with a concentration in Marketing and Environmental Management. As a cultural practitioner with ancestral ties to Naʻalehu, Keoni is a strong advocate for the protection of cultural and natural resources throughout Kaʻu. He is an avid hiker and native Hawaiian plant enthusiast.
Ethan Souza, VICE PRESIDENT
Born and raised in Waimea, Ethan Souza has a deep love for Hawai’i Island. After graduating with his Master’s Degree in Conservation Biology, Ethan spent several years working with various non profit organizations focused on marine and terrestrial conservation. Currently, he works for Mauna Lani Resort as part of their Mālama Honu, Mālama Honua Sea Turtle Conservation Project. In his personal life, he is engaged to a wonderful fiancé and is blessed to serve on the board of the Ala Kahakai Trail Association.
Kaleo Paik, Secretary
Kaleo Paik is a descendent of many generations of Hawaiians who lived around part of the trail in South Kona, and believes it is her responsibility to preserve and protect the integrity, purpose and use of the trail in part and in its entirety. She has walked upon part of the trail that her father, his mother, her parents and their parents walked, and in so doing continues the family connection to the area. Through these generational ties, Kaleo has historical and cultural wisdom specific to the segment of the trail that her family helped to build and used. Kaleo assists Ala Kahakai Trail Association with her expertise in fiscal management, strategic planning focusing on short and long term goals, and genealogical and historical knowledge of Kona.
Ray Broggini, TReasurer
Ray Broggini serves in many roles that benefit his community. He is a family practitioner, musician, violinist, small family farmer, and renewable energy practitioner and advocate. Ray is also dedicated to community self-governance, environmental stewardship, preservation of local historical practice and land/shoreline management, and of course the protection of the ancient and historic trail systems. Ray has been a longtime community servant, providing his time and expertise as a board member for Primary Care Associates of Redwood Empire in Santa Rosa, CA, serving on “well-being” committees on various hospital staffs, and being a local CERT team member.
Linda Galano
Linda Galano worked as a Hawaiian language teacher for 13 years at Waianae High School, where she was involved in creating a Hawaiian Studies Program from 1993 until leaving for Hawaii Island in 2002. To support the Hawaiian Studies Program, Linda partnered with government and private non-profits for funding assistance. She also helped to bring in archaeologists Ross Cordy and Aki Sinoto who worked with the program’s students to survey and map sites in Waianae Valley. When Linda moved to Honokaa High School, she helped to begin a video production program to document stories of kupuna from Paauilo and Kalopa. Linda’s interest and passion for the trail systems of Hawaiʻi stems from her pig hunting experience in which access is a significant issue. Linda has also worked with MAMA (mauka-makai access) and E Mau Na Ala Hele.
Dennis Hart
Dennis Hart is a longtime Medical Assistant, and keeper of the Ala Loa or Ala Nui Aupuni - the actual coastal path within the Ala Kahakai Trail Corridor. Focusing his trail work in South Kona, Dennis formed a volunteer crew to mālama sections of the Ala Aupuni, continuing to care for the lands that he is genealogically tied to through his mother. Dennis has been a core part of the effort to preserve Kauleoli makai, a 59-acre coastal property that includes a beautiful section of the Ala Aupuni. He is an advocate for preserving the trail and connecting cultural sites, and regularly researches laws pertaining to trails, attends meetings regarding the management of trails, and works with other trail advocates to ensure that the trail and the surrounding landscape are conserved. Dennis feels rewarded for his volunteer trail clearing work by the youth, descendants, and other users of the Trail and shoreline who are now able to access the trail to connect with their ancestors and Hawai'i.
kahealani wright
Kahealani Wright is a descendant of many generations of Hawaiians that have lived from Napo’opo’o to Kipahoehoe in South Kona. She grew up in Honaunau on a Bishop Estate lease farming and growing a variety of food. She has spent most of her childhood exploring the South Kona Coast. Growing up in South Kona she has learned the importance of talking story, cultivating relationships with the people in her community and an appreciation for our individual and collective life experiences. Kahealani has a background in Counseling Psychology from University of Hawaii in Hilo. She is passionate about serving individuals and families within her community and believes it is an honor and privilege to serve on the ATA Board in an effort to further protect and preserve our rich cultural heritage and sacred sites.
KAlamanamana Harman
Kalāmanamana Harman was born in Hilo and raised in Puna on the island of Hawaiʻi. She is a descendant of Kaʻū and the eldest daughter of Kekoa and Pelehonuamea Suganuma Harman. Kalāmanamana is a graduate of Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu and Dartmouth College, where she earned her B.A. in Anthropology and Native American & Indigenous Studies. As a cultural practitioner of hula and a lifelong learner of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, she firmly believes that land and culture are deeply intertwined. She advocates for our people to have the power to steward these lands.