S. HAUNANI APOLIONA, MSW

 

Chairperson, Board of Trustees

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

711 Kapiʻolani Boulevard, Suite 1250

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813

 

EDUCATION

University of Hawaiʻi ‘ Mānoa

   Certificate in Public Administration 1989

   Masters in Social Work (MSW) 1976

   Double Bachelor's Degrees  1973 : Sociology and Liberal Arts (Hawaiian Studies) 

 

EMPLOYMENT   

Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) 

   Trustee-at-Large November 2, 2004

(Elected to third four-year term 2004-2008 with 184,993 votes)

   Trustee-at-Large November 7, 2000

(Elected to second four-year term 2000-2004)

   Trustee-at-Large November 5, 1996

(Elected to first four-year term 1996-2000 )

OHA Board Leadership

Chairperson, OHA Board of Trustees

 

December 4, 2002 to present

 

February 13, 2002 to December 3, 2002

 

December 26, 2000 to September 25, 2001

 

Vice Chairperson, OHA Board of Trustees

October 14, 1997 to November 24, 1998 

ALU LIKE, Incorporated 

President/Chief Executive Officer: January 1, 1991 to January 10, 1997

Director: Program Operations September 1989 to December 31, 1990

Planner: Health & Social Services

Program January 1988 to September 1989

Oʻahu Island Center Administrator April 1982 to December 1987

Executive Producer: "ALU LIKEConnection" program Oceanic Cablevision Community Programming 1983 to 1988 

Community Specialist II  April 1980 to April 1982

Intake Placement Specialist  January 1979 to April 1980       Employment Training Counselor January 1978 to January1979

 

Child and Family Service 

Group Home Social Worker  March 1977 to December 1977

Third Circuit Court, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 

Probation Officer  October 1976 to February 1977

Professional Musician, Performer and Composer 

Olomana,1982 to present,   Kaimana from 1977

Recordings:   

    Auhea ʻOe E Sanoe

    Nā Pua o Oʻahu 

    Ka Leo Hawaiʻi 

    Nā Lei Hulu Makua Nā Wahine Hawaiʻi 

    E Mau Ana Ka Haʻaheo

    The Language of Dreams (narrator) ‘ Dancing Cat Records

    Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian “Living Voices of   Native peoples

(Canada, Mexico, Panama, United

States 2001) 

 

AWARDS 

 

ALU LIKE, Inc.

E Pāpahi I Nā Mea Kūkulu: Community Service Award 2007

Maryknoll High School

Alumni Achievement Award 2007

Natiional Association of Social Workers

Social Worker of the Year 2007 - Social Justice Hawaiʻi

Royal Order of Kamehameha i

Award of Recognition for 2006

Pacific Buddhist Academy

“Lighting Our Way Award”, 2006

West Honolulu Rotary Club

David Malo Award, 2006

HawaiʻI Institute For Public Affairs (HIPA)  

Hoʻoūlu Leadership Award, 2006

Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce 

   ʻOʻO Award 1994 

University of Hawaiʻi 

Distinguished Alumni Award 1992 

Young Women's Christian Association 

YWCA Leadership Award in “Arts and Communication” 1990 

Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA) 

Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards 

 

Kī Hoʻalu Award 1995

Slack Key Artist of the Year 

 

Liner Notes 1994

Nā Hiwa Kupuna O Kuʻu One Hānau

 

Liner Notes 1992 

E Mau Ana Ka Haʻaheo 

 

Haku Mele  1992

E Mau Ana Ka Haʻaheo 

 

Traditional Hawaiian Album of the Year 1988 Nā Lei Hulu Makua Nā Wahine Hawaiʻi 

 

Haku Mele  1988

Kukuiʻohiwai 

 

Female Vocalist of the Year 1988

 

Haku Mele  1985

  ALU LIKE 

 

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 

 

   "Outstanding Hawaiian" Award 1983

RECOGNITION 

 

Kūhai Hālau O Kawaikapuokalani Pa ʻŌlapa Kahiko

Honoree, 29^th Annual Hōʻike, 2006

Hawaiʻi Woman Magazine, November 2005 Issue

T.J. Mahoney, “Ka Hale Hoʻola Hou No Na Wahine

    Honorary Chair: Fundraiser 2005 and 2004

MIDWEEK  Publication

   “Reforming OHA” January 2004 

Ka Himeni ʻAna 

   Honoree 2001

Office of Hawaiian Affairs 

   Board of Trustees Resolution 1994

      Commending S. Haunani Apoliona For 

      Achievement As the Native Hawaiian Chamber of 

      Commerce 1994 ʻOʻO Award Honoree” 

Board of Trustees Resolution 1992

      Commending Haunani Apoliona for being a 

      “Hawaiian Woman Extraordinaire" 

Honolulu Magazine 

   “Na Kamaʻaina”  October 1991

 

Small Business Administration 

   Western Region IX, State of Hawaiʻi and Island of Oʻahu

 "Minority Business Advocate" Award 1991

KHON TV Video Special   "TREASURES" 1986

BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

Bank of Hawaiʻi Corp, 2000

Bank of Hawaiʻi

  Director 1994 to present

First Federal Savings (merged into Bank of Hawaiʻi, Sept 1998) 

   Director  1996 to1998

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Hawaiʻi Commemorative Quarter Advisory Commission

Commissioner, Appointed by Governor Lingle, 2006

Economic Momentum Commission, State of Hawaiʻi

Commissioner and Chair: Subcommittee, “Perpetuate Our Host Culture”, 2005

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 

Director 2001 to present;  Board Executive Committee

Vice-Chair, 2006, 2007,2008

Executive Secretary, 2004

Nominations Committee, 2004  to present, Chair 2007

Queen Liliʻuokalani Children's Center Advisory Council 

Member 1997 to present

Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition 

Hawaiian Language Judge 1996 to present

Nature Conservancy (The) 

Director 1993 to present

Uilani Stender Scholarship Committee 

Member 1991 

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITY

Search Committee Member  for State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Director, 2007

President's Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders

Commissioner May 18, 2000 to Fall 2001

University of Hawaiʻi - School of Social Work 

Search Committee for Dean of School of Social Work Member 2000

Hawaiʻi Congressional Delegation Task Force on Native Hawaiian Issues 

State Working Group, Member 2000 

Queen Emma Foundation 

Director 1999 to 2000

Earth Day Advisory Board 

Member 1997 

National Institutes of Health, Environmental Health Sciences

Advisory Council 

Member 1997 to 2000

"Enduring Pride" Hawaiian Culture Video Series 

Volunteer Consultant 1996

University of Hawaiʻi Selection Committee for Dean of Law School 

Member 1995

Lawrence Livermore NationalLaboratory/ ALU LIKE 

Technology

Partnership 

Co-founder 1995

White House Conference on Aging 

Native American Delegate 1995; Native American (Native Hawaiian) 2005

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders Committee 

Chartered as the 5th Race Ethnic Advisory Committee (REAC)

Chairperson - April 2000 to Nov 2001/ Member  April 2000 to Dec 2003

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders Sub-Committee of the 

Asian and Pacific Islander Populations REAC Advisory Committee  Chairperson 1999-2000

Asian and Pacific Islander Populations REAC Advisory Committee 

Member 1994 to 2000

University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo 

Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children (Na Pua Noʻeau)

National Advisory Council - Member  1994 to 1998

State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Education 

School-to-Work Opportunities (STWO) Executive Council 

Member  1994 to 1997

 

U. S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel 

Member 1994

Honolulu Star Bulletin 

Diversity Advisory Board  Member 1994  

 U.S. Small Business Administration 

White House Conference on Small Business Delegate 1994  

State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Health 

 Board of Health Member 1992 to 1996

Hui Naʻauao 

Sovereignty and Self-Determination Community Education Coalition Member 1991 to 1995 

Hui ʻImi Task Force 

Task force for Coordination of Hawaiian Services 

Vice Chair 1990 

State of Hawaiʻi, Foundation on Culture and the Arts 

Folklife Hawaiʻi Festival Performing Artist 1990 

McInerny Foundation Distribution Committee 

Member 1989 to 1997

Smithsonian Institution  Festival of American Folk Life in Washington D. C.  Member, Hawaiʻi Delegation 1989 

South Pacific Peoples Foundation 

Fundraiser, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada  Performing Artist 1989

ʻOLELO, The Corporation for Community Television 

Director  1989 to 1996

Board President  1994 to 1996

Board Vice-President 1992 

Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce 

(formerly Hawaiian Business/Professional Association) 

Chair, Membership Communications Committee 1988 to 1990

Immediate Past President  1987 to 1988

President 1986 to 1987

2nd Vice President  1985 to 1986

Member  1984 to 1990

Native Hawaiian to

Member  1995 

KCCN Radio, 1420 AM 

Advisory Board Member 1986

State of Hawaiʻi, Delegation to Fourth Festival of Pacific Arts 

Papeete, Tahiti - Artistic Director 1985

Hawaiian Jaycee Women 

Charter Member 1983 

Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu 

Co-Chair, Holokū Ball  1990 

Chair, Scholarship Fundraiser 1990 

Immediate Past President 1990 to 1992

President 1987 to 1989

Moderator, E Kipa Mai Me Na Poʻe Noʻeau 

Civic Club Public Service Program on KHVH Radio, 1979 to 1990

Life Member 1979 to present

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