2025-2026 Staff
Nā Kumu Hula
Keith Kalanikau Awai
Haleiwa, HI
James Kimo Luluhiwalani Awai III
Hilo, HI
Robert Pōmaikaʻi Krueger
Wailuku, HI
Special Instructors
Catherine Teriipaia
Tahitian
David Tiave
Samoan
Dorothy K. Awai
Hawaiian
Jerusha Nanea Puanani Wallace Magalei
Maori
Nā Alakaʻi
Kaka‘o
Ukulele Instructor
Administration
Shirley Queja
Secretary and Acting Principal
Jo Perticone
Administrative Assistant
Michelle Ashton
Acting Vice Principal
Alicia Ashton
Administrative Assistant
Board of Directors
Wendell Yee
Chairman
E. Kenneth Hong Fong
1st Vice Chair
Rebecca Lehr
2nd Vice Chair
Shirley Queja
Secretary and Acting Principal
Tam Fiely
Treasurer
Michelle Ashton
Acting Vice Principal
William Ernestburg
Lyle Spain
Cory Otsuji
Chad Otsuji
Melanie Brown
Dale Lippman
Chairman Emeriti
Edwin Ing
Glen Hirabayashi
For additional information on our staff, please visit our Faculty page on our website.