Secretary

Kekoa Kaluhiwa is the Director of Land Operations at Kamehameha Schools. He previously served as First Deputy in the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the State of Hawai‘i where he was responsible for managing, administering, and exercising control over public lands, water resources, ocean waters, navigable streams, and non-commercial coastal areas. Kaluhiwa previously served as principal of Kuano‘o Communications, specializing in business development consulting in strategic public and government relations strategies. Mr. Kaluhiwa is a Kamehameha Schools Kapālama graduate. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Washington and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, with an emphasis in environmental planning and management theory.