Kawika McKeague is a Principal and Director of Cultural Planning at G70, where his background, experience and passion have resulted in a unique and knowledgeable approach to land use planning and indigenous responses to design for over 20 years. Kawika’s past work experience has included serving as the Senior Cultural Resource Manager for Kamehameha Schools and as a cultural specialist with the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Mr. McKeague holds a master’s degree in urban and regional planning and graduate certification in historic preservation from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Kawika is a Native Hawaiian rights advocate trained as a ho‘opa‘a and ‘ōlapa under Kumu Hula Victoria Holt Takamine and a kīhōʻalu artist by the late Cyril Lani Pahinui. He is the board president of PAʻI Foundation, which preserves and perpetuates Native Hawaiian arts and cultural traditions for future generations. He is a board member of the PAC Foundation, which directs resources to support Polynesian arts and culture. Kawika is also part of a volunteer design team assisting with the ongoing planning and development of Puʻuhonua o Waiʻanae, a contemporary refuge rooted in traditional Hawaiian values and kuleana. His past community service has included two terms on the O‘ahu Island Burial Council and as a national design juror for the National Native American Veteran’s Memorial at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
