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Nalani Aki, MPH, Department of Health, Healthy Hawaii Initiative Nalani Aki has worked professionally in the not for profit, private and public sectors in Hawaii, Las Vegas and New York over the course of the last 14 years. Prior to moving back to Hawaii she worked as a Consultant for the New York City Administration for Children Services Training Academy and has for the last 3 years served as the Community Programs Coordinator for the State Department of Health, Healthy Hawaii Initiative. In 2007, she served as the committee chairwoman for the State's inaugural Physical Activity and Nutrition Summit and is currently a member of the State Physical Activity and Nutrition Coalition. Her passion and interest is in the development of policies that support "healthy" community design principles and in creating spaces where communities can gather, walk and bike safely and use transit as a viable means of transportation. She is currently a member of the Hawaii Public Health Association, American Society of Public Administrators, and a Project for Public Spaces supporter. Nalani received her B.A. in Psychology and Certificate in Ethnic Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and her Masters in Public Administration from Baruch College in New York City. Brad Kurokawa, ASLA, LEED® AP, Principal, Ki Concepts LLC Brad Kurokawa is a registered landscape architect with over 25 years of professional experience. Born in Honolulu, Brad grew up on Hawai'i Island and graduated from Hilo High School. As a landscape architect he has worked at a variety of scales including residential design - build, urban design, campus and regional planning. He has worked for renowned landscape architectural design and planning practitioners and firms such as Richard Haag, Robert Murase, Jones & Jones and EDAW in Seattle and San Francisco. Projects include health care facilities, parks, transit stations for commuter and light rail, zoological exhibits, botanical gardens, urban plazas and integrated neighborhood design. As a LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional), a common thread in Brad's work is the incorporation of sustainable design strategies such as Low Impact Development (LID) best management practices and natural systems integration. After a twenty -nine year hiatus on the mainland, the call to return home to Hawai'i beckoned and Brad moved back to Hawai'i Island in January 2005. Currently, Brad is a principal at Ki Concepts LLC, a landscape architecture and planning firm based in Honolulu - Oahu and Honomu - Hawai'i. Through integrated collaboration Brad is committed to building community while seeking to provide multi - functional planning and design solutions that are elegant, inspiring, ecologically regenerative, socially uplifting, place and culture based. He is currently working on the West Hawaii Civic Center as part of the design -build team and master planning for the Kanu o Ka 'Aina public charter school campus in Pu'ukapu. Prior to joining Ki Concepts LLC, Brad served as the Deputy Director for Hawai'i County's planning department from 2006 through 2008 where he enjoyed participating in the county's Community Development Planning process for Kona, Puna and Kohala. Brad was also one of Hawai'i County's representatives on the statewide Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Task Force. In his spare time, you will find Brad either playing tennis; practicing yoga; working with an assortment of community volunteers; playing with friends at the Kaiao Community garden or in the garden surrounding his plantation home in Honomu.