Stanton Enomoto is the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Native Hawaiian Relations’ Senior Program Director for Native Hawaiians. He received his BA in Geology and Environmental Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Enomoto is an experienced professional with subject matter expertise related to preservation of traditional cultural properties and Native Hawaiian protocols. Previously, Enomoto served as the Climate Change Cultural Adaptation Coordinator for the National Park Service (NPS). He was the NPS representative to the Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC) and provides cultural resource adaptation planning and implementation support to the cooperative’s member organizations in Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated states in the Pacific. Prior to joining the federal government, Enomoto spent 18 years working for the State of Hawaii including as a planner with the Hawaii Community Development Authority and a term as the Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
