2018 Executive Committee Candidate Bios
CHAPTER - Seats will be filled by the top four candidates. Colin YostAloha all. I currently serve as a Vice-Chair of Excom, and I’d appreciate your support to continue elevating the urgency of pursuing climate change mitigation and adaptation in Hawaiʻi and globally. Climate impacts on Hawaiʻi’s ecology and society could be devastating, and because everyone loves and thinks of Hawaiʻi as a paradise, we may be able to influence national opinion and policy. I’m an attorney by training and am currently COO and part-owner of RevoluSun.Doorae ShinDoorae Shin currently serves as Secretary on the Executive Committee of Sierra Club Hawaiʻi. She hopes to offer holistic environmental solutions and represent the perspectives of younger generations. She is the Plastic Free Hawaiʻi Program Manager at Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation and previously worked as Student Sustainability Coordinator for the University of Hawaiʻi. Doorae has years of experience in environmental activism and community organizing. She is passionate about solutions to food sustainability and plastic pollution. Lucienne de NaieLucienne de Naie is a policy analyst and grant writer who lives in East Maui. She is a longtime Sierra Club hike leader and conservation policy advocate. She currently serves as co-vice chair of the Hawaiʻi Chapter and Council Delegate. Lucienne hopes to continue her service on the Chapter ExCom to support the Chapter’s work on stream restoration and protection of watersheds and native habitat areas.Randy ChingI’ve been a volunteer for 25 years and have held almost every position in the Club. If elected I would work on climate change adaptation, water protection, and to engage more members in service projects and outings. Currently, I am working on increasing DLNR funding for maintenance of trails, beaches, and state parks—I believe more funding should go to DLNR than to the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. Dave Raney and I are also working with the law makers on sea level rise adaptation.Sheila SarhangiSheila Sarhangi is a strategist, organizer, and writer who specializes in achieving conservation goals. She has worked on a wide range of issues across the Pacific, from endangered species protection to community-based fishing rules and the successful expansions of Papahānaumokuākea and the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments. She has served on the ExCom for 6 years, and is the current Chapter Chair. If elected, she will continue to ensure that the chapter focuses its attention on ocean conservation issues.
OʻAHU - Seats will be filled by the top four candidates. Anny BarlowAnny moved to Oʻahu in 2001 and received her BS in Oceanography, minoring in Mathematics at HPU. From 2007-2017 she was migratory, traveling abroad as a kitesurfer while also engaged in business intelligence. From 2011 and still running, she represents a firm in Zurich supplying data on controversial business activities globally to big banks and MNCs. Locally, she's employed in the realm of wastewater management and cleaning up the effects on our ocean. Doug FetterlyI am detail-oriented, thorough, dependable. Chair for the Sierra Club national Marine Team (ocean and coastal conservation). Chair for the Sierra Club International Team. I have travelled widely. Former Systems Manager for USA Today Northern California. International ocean work. Lobbied Congress in D.C. to stop offshore oil. Former vice-chair for the Natural Resources Commission, City of Davis, CA. Former Board member for a non-profit in Sonoma County, CA. Mahalo for your consideration!Hunter HeaivilinHunter Heaivilin currently serves as Secretary of the Oʻahu Group Executive Committee. He grew up in Hawaiʻi and is pursuing his PhD in Geography, researching Hawaiʻi’s agricultural land use and climate change. He works as an agricultural planner and spearheads Oʻahu Group’s efforts to preserve agricultural land and support local food.Leilei ShihLeilei Shih is an oceanographer specializing in marine conservation and coastal ecosystems under the pressures of invasive species and climate change. In her 5 years with Sierra Club she has been instrumental in Oahu's plastic bag ban and University of Hawaii's StyroFoam ban and fossil fuel divestment. Leilei organized a Knowledge Cafe, beach cleanup, and hikes for the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Her upcoming initiatives would include increasing electric vehicle infrastructure and coral reef conservation.Rob KinslowYears ago, Nature called; I raised my hand. Organic farmer, aerospace systems engineer, science/engineering educator, and human. Scores of environmental action campaigns self-funded. Writes and speaks on climate change solutions, systems complexity, change leadership. Areas SC Hawaiʻi could improve? Build environmental leadership more broadly, deepen coalitions, increase fundraising & membership engagement. Sustaining member Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi & Oʻahu Group ExCom volunteer. For more, join my LinkedIn network or website at robertkinslow.comSai Okuyama WeissAs your newly appointed Treasurer, I manage our finances and help implement our fundraising plan. I have also advocated in support of various environmental related issues at the State Capitol and directed/produced a video ad that will boost donations and volunteers for our club. If elected, I will continue to manage our finances as our Treasurer, create new programs that will increase funding, and continue to advocate on pressing Sierra Club issues. Mahalo for your support!
MAUI - Seats will be filled by the top four candidates. Robert Aldrich of Kihei is a retired California Fish & Wildlife Environmental Crimes Task Force Lead Investigator enforcing Clean Water Act and air quality statutes. He is a stream alteration, restoration and hydrologic engineering specialist seeking to help Sierra Club work on clean water and cultural protection issues and better stream protection laws. Robert was active with the Aha Kiole Council in Molokai and is currently involved in Kula Kai Aha Moku Council in South Maui.Stacia Ash has spent thirteen years at Maui County Department of Environmental Management, Recycling Section, managing recycling programs, contracts and facilities and offering technical assistance and resources to the community. Stacia has a B.S. in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Sustainable Community Development. Stacia currently serves as Secretary of the Maui Group Excomm and looks forward to offering her expertise in solid waste planning and solutions (like the styrofoam ban) to the Sierra Club.Chuck Chimera has actively worked to protect Maui’s native ecosystems for over 25 years as a researcher and resources management employee with Haleakala National Park, UH botany grad student, and current state invasive plant specialist. Chuck has first-hand knowledge about the threats to Hawaii’s natural resources he can put to work as a Sierra Club board member, to support watershed protection and promote the strengthening of biosecurity measures for Maui and the state.Kim Toomey is an active community volunteer and avid hiker who owned and managed a successful multi-million dollar business before moving to Maui five years ago. She also has experience as a director of project management. Kim looks forward to serving on the Maui Group Excom where she can contribute her professional skills in decision making, budgeting, presenting, and negotiating to help protect this unique and beautiful island. Rob is a retired software engineer with a lifelong love for the outdoors and for preserving and securing an environment that will sustain the plants and animals of our shared earth and the people who walk it. He sees bringing people of all ages and backgrounds into nature to experience the outdoors first hand a key element of building broad support for the action required to safeguard our natural resources.
KAUAʻI - Seats will be filled by the top three candidates. Nina MonasevitchNina Monasevitch serves on the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. She served as a Board member of the Hawaiʻi National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Nina co-founded a non-profit organization to be a voice for the whales. She is co-founder of The Kapaia Foundation. She’s a longtime advocate for marine conservation dedicating 27 years of research documenting the state of the ocean ecosystem. She served on the Kauai Group ExCom in 1987.Judy DaltonJudy Dalton has served on the Kaua‘i Group Executive Committee for 24 years and served on the Chapter Executive Committee for 17 years. She facilitated the cease of construction of a 3/5-mile-long beach-destroying seawall fronting the Wailua Golf Course in 1996. She initiated formation of Mālama Māhā‘ulepū in 1999; and succeed in legally challenging the Planning Commission to increase coastal setbacks for a development at Donkey Beach.Juan WilsonJuan is an architect/planner serving the Executive Committee of the Kauaʻi Group for over a decade. He publishes IslandBreath.org. He is active in the Hanapēpē-ʻEleʻele Neighborhood Association advocating for restraining suburban development. He worked with the Kekaha Hawaiian Homelands Association planning a sustainable homesteading community approved by on DHHL land at Puʻu ʻOpae. He mapped the ahupuaʻa and moku of Hawaiian Islands for the ʻAha Moku Council through WesPac and NOAA.David DinnerDavid Dinner has served on the Kauaʻi Group Executive Committee for 8 years. He has also served as president of 1000 Friends of Kauaʻi (now treasurer), co-chair of the People for the Preservation of Kauaʻi, co-chair of Citizens for Responsible Government and is currently involved in a community action to Fix the Plan designed to help the Kauaʻi County Council correct many deficiencies in the 2017 Kauaʻi Draft General Plan.
MOKU LOA - Seats will be filled by the top three candidates. Blake WatsonI am a lifetime environmentalist, with some expertise in organic farming and land management. As Council Aide for Jen Ruggles, I can serve as a liaison between her and this organization. Hopefully this can mutually further our shared goals and knowledge/capacity. I would like to help diversify the Sierra Club membership by also taking on wider shared goals for our diverse community. Cory HardenI was born and raised in Hilo but also spent many years in the states, attending school and working in human services. I’ve been an active member of Moku Loa group for about 20 years. I hope to see our group attract younger and more culturally diverse members and become able to support a staff person. Emily GarlandI am passionate about living sustainably and helping others do the same. I am 34, live in Hilo and have a B.A. in mass communication and creative writing. I’m a grant writer and communications manager for All One Ocean, a local marine conservation nonprofit. I've also worked as a journalist, teacher, and Peace Corps volunteer in Cambodia. I’d love to help Moku Loa group develop its communication infrastructure, membership, community engagement, and social media outreach.Jon OlsonI’m a long-time Sierra Club member. I’ve served on the County Environmental Management Commission, Geothermal Working Group, and electric company Integrated Resource Planning group. I chaired the Puna Community Development Plan Committee and was flotilla commander for the Coast Guard Auxiliary. And I’ve even walked the Muir Trail!
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
Don’t forget - 2018 Executive Committee ballots are electronic ONLY! There will be no paper ballots mailed or in the newsletter.Voting online is easy, here’s how:
- All current members will receive an email from Sierra Club of Hawai‘i the first week of October containing a link with your personalized ballot. Do not share this link as it corresponds to personal membership numbers.
- If you do not receive your emailed ballot link by October 11 contact us at hawaii.chapter@ sierraclub.org or 808-538-6616.
- Once you open the email, write down your access key and password code, click the link and follow the prompts to complete your ballot.
- You will be prompted to vote in elections for the Chapter and your group.
Ballots must be completed by Friday, November 17Elected candidates will be announced in the January 2018 Mālama i ka Honua.