Project Team

Overall Project Management and Task Integration

Scott Turn, Associate Researcher, HNEI
Priscilla Thompson, Assistant Specialist, HNEI

Project Task (Issue) Teams include subject matter experts from the University of Hawaii and the private sector, organized by task (topic) areas as follows:

• Water and Land Resources
Ali Fares, Associate Professor, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)
Aly El-Kadi, Professor, Water Resources Research Center, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
Richard Ogoshi, Associate Biofuel Agronomist, CTAHR
Carl Evensen, Department Chair, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Quality
William Tam, Attorney


• Statutes & Regulations
Denise E. Antolini, Associate Professor of Law
Richelle Thomson, Attorney at Law

• Distribution Infrastructure
Manfred Zapka, Marc Siah & Associates, Inc.

• Labor Resources
James Spencer, Director, Globalization Research Center

• Technology
Scott Turn, Associate Researcher, HNEI
Samir Khanal, Assistant Professor, CTAHR
Charles Kinoshita, Associate Dean, CTAHR

• Permitting
Manfred Zapka, Marc Siah & Associates, Inc.

• Financial Incentives
Denise E. Konan, Professor, Department of Economics
Craig Coleman, Graduate Student
Iman Nasseri, Graduate Student

• Business Partnering
Steven Chiang, Director, Agribusiness Incubator Program
Janel Yamamoto, Agribusiness Incubator Program

• Environmental Impacts
Andrew Tomlinson, Project Manager, Pacific Consulting Services, Inc.
Curtis Daehler, Professor of Botany

• Economic Impacts
Makena Coffman, Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning