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Kawika M K I Liu, MD, PhD, JD, FAAP
President
Member of HPHA for 2 years
Public Health Interests: Indigenous Health, Health Equity, Translational Research, Public Health Policy
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Talita Bowen
Treasurer
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| Joan Pan, MPH, MBA in Health Care Administration
Secretary
Public Health Interests: Community building, Healty & Sustainable neighborhoods (walkability, food), Health Communication, Equity
Member since 2009
Current Employment and Related Activities:
-Integrated Services Inc. (ISI), a wholly-owned subsidiary or HMSA
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Connie Brunn, MPH, CHES
At-large member
Public Health Interests: Maternal and child health, reproductive health, health education,
Member of HPHA for 21 years
Past HPHA Positions: Secretary, Member of Newsletter Editorial Board
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| SzePui Cheng, MPH
Public Health Interests: Global Health, Emergency Preparedness, Program Development
Member since 2009 Current Employment and Related Activities:
-State Coordinator, Medical Reserve Corps, Hawai‘i State Department of Health
-Member, American Public Health Association
-Member, Global Health Council
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| Laura Dierenfield, AB (Advanced Bachelor's)
Public Health Interests: Built environment determinants of health
Member since 2009 Current Employment and Related Activities:
-PATH - Executive Director
-One Voice for Livable Islands - Executive Committee Member
-Hawai‘i Safe Routes to School Hui - founder/State Network Manager
-Hawai‘i Energy Policy Forum - Member, Transportation Working Group Member
-Hawai‘i Strategic Highway Safety Plan - Chair, Bicycle and Pedestrian Emphasis Area
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Karen A. Heckert, PhD, MPH, MSW
Public Health Interests: Global Health, Community Development, Evaluation, Community Based Participatory Research
Member of HPHA for 2 years
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| Robert Hirokawa, DC, DrPH, MPH
Public Health Interests: Diabetes, Primary prevention
Member of HPHA for 3.5 years
Current Employment and Related Activities:
-Hawai‘i Department of Health
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| Chris Lum Lee, MBA
Public Health Interests: Public Health Policy, Microbiology/Virology
Member of HPHA for 1.5 years
Past HPHA Positions: Communications/Website Committee Member
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Jay Maddock, Ph.D.
Public Health Interests: Community-level Health Promotion, Leadership and Systems Thinking
Member of HPHA for 9 years
Current Employment and Related Activities:
-Director, Office of Public Health Studies
-Vice Chair of the State of Hawai‘i Board of Health
-Associate Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Health Promotion
-President of Delta Omega Gamma Chapter
-Steering Committee Member of the Hawai‘i Comprehensive Cancer Coalition
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 | Gerald H. Ohta, MPH
Affiliate Representative to the Governing Council of APHA
Public Health Interests: Disparities, Education, Access
Member of HPHA for 39 years
Past HPHA Positions: HPHA-Program Chair, President-Elect, President, Immediate Past President and Nominations Chair APHA-Committee on Affiliates, Action Board, Education Board, Joint Policy Committee, Nominating Committee, Health Administration Section Council Current Employment and Related Activities:
-Affirmative Action Officer, Hawaii State Department of Health
-State Agency Representative and Vice-Chair, State Language Access Advisory Council
-Departmental Language Access Coordinator, Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator, State Refugee Health Coordinator and State Distance Learning Coordinator (CDC Public Health Training Network)
-Member, UH School of Public Health Alumni Association Board
-Member, Office of Public Health Studies Committee on Re-establishing the School of Public Health
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| Romelynn G. Esperanza Stein, MPH
Public Health Interests: Maternal and Child Health, Childhood Obesity Prevention
Member of HPHA for 14 years
Past HPHA Positions: Vice President of Programs, Secretary
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Angela Sy, DrPH
Public Health Interests: Participatory evaluation, Asian and Pacific Islander Health Priorities, Youth Smoking Prevention
Member of HPHA for 4 years
Current Employment and Related Activities:
-Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
-President, UH School of Public Health Alumni Association
-Advisory Board Member, Asian American Network of Cancer Research, Awareness, and Training - Hawai‘i
-Advisory Member, Cultural Competency Committee, ohn A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
-Advisory Board Member, Health Disparities Service Learning Collaborative, Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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| Nicole Taniguchi, BS, MPH Candidate in Health Policy and Management
Public Health Interests: cultrual competency, health literacy, education, global health, and minority groups such as disadvantaged women and children, people of color, and the indigent
Current Employment and Related Activities:
-Clinic Supervisor with University, Clinical, Education, and Research Associates (UCERA)
-Hawai‘i Homeless Outreach & Medical Education
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John A.H. (Hau‘oli) Tomoso, MSW
Public Health Interests: Health disparities, health equity, social determinants of health, social justice and public health
Member of HPHA for 1 year
Current Employment and Related Activities:
-Executive Director, Hui No Ke Ola Pono, Inc., the Native Hawaiian Health Care System for Maui
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