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, 2008

(Elected to fourth four-year term 2008-2012)

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

February 13, 2002 to Present
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
(resigned from President/CEO on date of taking OHA oath of office)
Director: Program Operations		September 1989 to December 31, 1990
Planner Health & Social Services		January 1988 to September 1989
O`ahu 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 January 1979

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

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs

Grand Marshall, Prince Kuhio Parade 2010

Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA)

Lifetime Achievement Award, Olomana, 2008

National Education Association

Ellison S. Onizuka Award, 2008

ALU LIKE, Inc.

E Pāpahi I Nā Mea Kūkulu: Community Service Award 2007

Maryknoll High School

Alumni Achievement Award 2007

National 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 – Bank of Hawaiʻi 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

Nā Lei Hulu Makua, Nā Wahine Hawaiʻi

Haku Mele 1985

ALU LIKE

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs

“Outstanding Hawaiian” Award 1983

RECOGNITION

Kūhai Hālau O Kawaikapuokalani Pa ʻĀlapa 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 to present

Bank of Hawaiʻi

Director 1994 to present

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

Director 1996 to 1998

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 National Laboratory / 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

S. HAUNANI APOLIONA, MSW

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)

Trustee-at-Large November, 2008

Trustee-at-Large November 2, 2004

Trustee-at-Large November 7, 2000

Trustee-at-Large November 5, 1996

OHA Board LeadershipChairperson, OHA Board of Trustees

Vice Chairperson, OHA Board of Trustees

ALU LIKE, Incorporated

Child and Family Service

Third Circuit Court, Hilo, Hawaiʻi

Professional Musician, Performer and Composer

Recordings:

AWARDS

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs

Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA)

National Education Association

ALU LIKE, Inc.

Maryknoll High School

National Association of Social Workers

Royal Order of Kamehameha I

Pacific Buddhist Academy

West Honolulu Rotary Club

Hawaiʻi Institute For Public Affairs (HIPA)

Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce

University of Hawaiʻi

Young Women's Christian Association

Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA)

Kī Hoʻalu Award – Bank of Hawaiʻi 1995

Liner Notes 1994

Liner Notes 1992

Haku Mele 1992

Traditional Hawaiian Album of the Year 1988

Haku Mele 1988

Female Vocalist of the Year 1988

Haku Mele 1985

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs

RECOGNITION

Kūhai Hālau O Kawaikapuokalani Pa ʻĀlapa Kahiko

Hawaiʻi Woman Magazine, November 2005 Issue

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

MIDWEEK Publication

Ka Himeni ʻAna

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Honolulu Magazine

Small Business Administration

KHON TV Video Special

BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

Bank of Hawaiʻi Corp, 2000 to present

Bank of Hawaiʻi

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

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Hawaiʻi Commemorative Quarter Advisory Commission

Economic Momentum Commission, State of Hawaiʻi

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

Queen Liliʻuokalani Children's Center Advisory Council

Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition

Nature Conservancy (The)

Uilani Stender Scholarship Committee

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

University of Hawaiʻi - School of Social Work

Hawaiʻi Congressional Delegation Task Force on Native Hawaiian Issues

Queen Emma Foundation

Earth Day Advisory Board

National Institutes of Health, Environmental Health Sciences

Advisory Council

“Enduring Pride” Hawaiian Culture Video Series

University of Hawaiʻi Selection Committee for Dean of Law School

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / ALU LIKE

Technology Partnership

White House Conference on Aging

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

University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo

State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Education

U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel

Honolulu Star Bulletin

OHA Board Leadership
Chairperson, OHA Board of Trustees