Categorized | Education

SHYLI students to attend Oahu leadership conference

MEDIA RELEASE

Big Island students are heading to Oahu this week to attend the 2014 forum for Sustainable Hawaii Youth Leadership Initiative.

The conference is Friday, April 4, at Windward Community College in Kaneohe.

Students from the Hawaii Island and Lanai will present their sustainability projects to a diverse audience of leaders from business, government and civic groups.

SHYLI, in partnership with Design Thinking Hawaii, will present the “Design Sustainable Hawaii Forum,” which offers a new strategy to build a green workforce.

Featured guests include Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Sen. Jill Tokuda, Design Thinking Facilitators Justin Brown and Amanda Nelson of Kealakehe High School.

Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available at www.eventbrite.com/e/design-sustainable-hawaii-forum-tickets-10638633439.

Design Sustainable Hawaii Forum Attendees

Government

• Gov. Neil Abercrombie
• Sen. Jill Tokuda

Business

• Daniel Chun, Alaska Airlines
• Hawaii Green Growth: Nicole Chatterson, RISE
• Hawaii Culture & Retail Association: Terri Funakoshi
• Kainoa Casco, SustyPacific
• Aaron Kagawa, Live Action
• Roxanne Onuma, Mokulele Airlines
• Paul Ponthieux, Puu Waawaa Ranch’s Energy Lab • Sonya Sarin, Wish Prints
• Dylan & Steve Schropshire, Aloha Green

Academia

• Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Ardis Eschenberg, Windward Community College
• Native Hawaiian Council: Kehau Meyer
• Jon Brito, RISE Energy Efficiency Fellow, White House Champion of Change, Molokai
• Dr. David Krupp, Pacific Center for Environmental Studies
• Melissa Saul, University of Hawaii West Oahu
• Doorae Shin, Student Sustainability Coalition of Hawaii, UH Manoa
• Malia Smith, Hawaii Pacific University

Foundations

• Carol Feinga, Kokua Hawaii Foundation
• Herb Lee, Pacific American Foundation
• Diane Chadwick, Hawaii Community Foundation

School Teams

• AIM for Youth Hawaii
• Castle High School’s Pookela Academy
• Hakipuu Learning Center (at Windward Community College)
• Iolani School
• Lanai High & Elementary School
• Kamaile Academy
• University of Hawaii Manoa
• Waipahu High School
• Wainane/Searider Productions
• Windward Community College

SHYLI Youth Leaders from Hawaii Preparatory Academy, Honokaa High School, UH Maui College/Lanai

— Find out more:
www.designthinkinghawaii.com
www.shyli.org

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

 

Quantcast