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Home My WebLink AboutPL-INT-2023-005738 06.20.23 THE KOHALA CENTER CAT PL.3 DeVera, Ashley From: Liam KernelI <Ikernell@kohalacenter.org> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2023 7:54 PM To: Planning Internet Mail Cc: Betsy Cole; Cindi Punihaole Subject: The Kohala Center: Statement of Qualifications Attachments: The_Kohala_Center_County_Planning_SOQ.pdf Categories: Yellow Category Aloha e Director Kern, Attached please find a Summary of Qualifications for The Kohala Center to be considered as a provider of professional services for the County of Hawai'i Planning Department. Please contact me at Ikernell@kohalacenter.org or 808-443-2757 should you have any questions. Mahalo, Liam Liam KernelI Director of Community Experience The Kohala Center 808-887-6411 office 808-443-2757 direct 808-885-6707 fax P.O.Box 437462 Kamuela,Hawai`i 96743 kohalacenter.org I Facebook I Instagram The Kohala Center is an independent,community-based center focused on research,education,and'aina stewardship for healthier ecosystems.By turning ancestral knowledge and research into daily practice, we cultivate conditions that reconnect us with our place, water,food,and people,so that communities in Hawai'i and around the world can thrive—ecologically, culturally,economically,and socially. 1 P.O.Box 437462 I Kamuela,Hawaii 96743 I +1 808 887-6411 I Fax+1 808 885-6707 I kohalacenter.org THE KOHA A C ► TER® June 20,2023 Mr. Zendo Kern, Planning Director Planning Department County of Hawai`i 101 Pauahi St, Ste 3 Hilo, HI 96720 planning@hawaiicounty.gov Dear Director Kern: Please accept The Kohala Center's Statement of Qualification&Expression of Interest regarding notice HRS 103D-304: PL.3)Community Planning(Community Planning Assistant:project management support, community organizing,public participation,meeting facilitation) 1. The Kohala Center,Inc. (dba The Kohala Center). P.O. Box 437462, Kamuela, HI 96743. Principal place of business: Kamuela, Hawaii. Location of offices: Kamuela, Hawaii. 2. Age of the firm:23 years old; estimating an average of 32 employees over the past five years. 3. Key management staff: Cheryl Ka`uhane Lupenui,MBA,President&Chief Executive Officer Prior to joining The Kohala Center, Cheryl founded The Leader Project as a source for developing leadership capacity from both an indigenous and western worldview. Spanning multiple sectors such as transportation, education,health,human services, and public safety,her practice focuses on shared leadership where all group members carry a responsibility for leading and following. Over the course of her 32-year career,Ms. Lupenui has developed a multidisciplinary skillset that includes business and program development, systems-level policy making, capital improvement project planning and management,fund raising, community engagement, and strategy and leadership development. As CEO for the YWCA of O`ahu,Ms. Lupenui developed several leadership initiatives for women and girls and was honored as one of"25 People Who Will Shape the Next 25 Years"by Hawai`i Business Magazine. While a member of the Hawai`i State Board of Education and chair of the Student Achievement Committee, Cheryl worked with communities on key policy-making including the adoption of Hawai`i- based, system-wide learning outcomes and the establishment of the first Office of Hawaiian Education. EDUCATION.ENVIRONMENT.EMPOWERMENT. The Kabala Center is an equal opportunity provider,employer,and lender. She holds a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in marketing, management, and finance from Tulane University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in international business from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. Cynthia Punihaole Kennedy,BA,Director, Kahalu`u Bay Education Center Ms. Punihaole oversees all programs and activities of the Kahalu`u Bay Education Center(KBEC) and works with County, State, and Federal officials to facilitate the conservation and restoration of Kahalu`u Beach Park and its near shore environment. Projects at Kahalu`u include ReefTeach, a volunteer program designed to educate visitors to the bay about reef etiquette; Citizen Science, a volunteer program to monitor the water chemistry and nutrients in the bay, outreach reef education programs to K-12 and higher grades, at the beach, and in community schools;youth summer camp programs; a Puana Ka`Ike lecture series; and partnerships with NOAA to protect turtles and marine mammals. She also assists other communities around Hawaii to develop community-based education and conservation projects of this type.Ms. Punihaole holds a BA degree in sociology from Richard Stockton State College and has an 18-year history of successful community development and public education experience,having received the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce Pualu Award for outstanding work in Culture and Heritage. Liam Kernell, SHRM-CP,BA,Director of Community Experience Liam Kernell has 27 years of experience in the development and management of print, online, and multimedia communications for private industry, government, and not-for-profit service organizations, focusing on environmental, education, and public health issues.Mr. Kernell manages all community outreach and public relations activities for The Kohala Center and its clients and provides program planning, content development, marketing and publicity for events sponsored by The Kohala Center or other collaborating organizations and agencies.Mr. Kernell holds a BA degree in social sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. 4. List of Recent Projects and References Project Management of a Coastal Assessment and Hazards Analysis of Kahalu`u Beach Park conducted by Sea Engineering Inc., so that subsequent, community-informed master planning can consider how human and natural impacts will affect the nearshore environment in the future. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q,izgNpefgSgaTe4YkgAfLOcBoMWuYmA/view Expand Producer Access to Labor and Processing Resources to Facilitate Economic Recovery from the Coronavirus Pandemic, County of Hawai`i Department of Research and Development Hawai`i Island Tourism Strategic Plan, County of Hawai`i: https://recovery.hawaiicounty.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=302795 Provision of Management Services to the County of Hawaii, Kahalu`u Beach Park, ongoing: https://kohalacenter.org/kbec EDUCATION.ENVIRONMENT.EMPOWERMENT. Page 2 of 4 The Kohala Center is an equal opportunity provider,employer,and lender. Health Impact Assessment of the proposed Mo`omomi Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area,March 2016: https://kohalacenter.org/docs/reports/MoomomiHIAFullReportWebFinal.pdf Implementing the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in Hawaii, September 2016: https://kohalacenter.org/docs/reports/2015 FFVP Hawaii.pdf Local Foods in Hawai`i's Schools:A report on the challenges to local food procurement in Hawai`i and the opportunities to advance beyond them, September 2015: https://kohalacenter.org/docs/reports/2015 LocalFoodHawaiiSchools.pdf Kalahuipua'a Fishpond Complex Feasibility Study,June 2015 Prepared for Group 70 International and the Mauna Lani Resort Association Hawai`i Cottage Food Business Working Group Report,January 2015 prepared for the Ulupono Initiative: https://kohalacenter.org/docs/reports/CottageFoodReport.pdf Expanding Transportation Opportunities on Hawai`i Island, February 2014: https://kohalacenter.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Research Hawaii Transit Study2014.pdf Growing Organics:Moving Hawai`i's Organic Industry Forward,January 2014 prepared for the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture: https://kohalacenter.org/archive/laulima/oiag/HiOrganicIndustryFinalReport2014.pdf The Future of Ka`u Farm Land: Ecological and Economic Analysis for Land Use Decision Making,January 2014: https://kohalacenter.org/archive/pdf/Research Future of Kau Farmland2014.pdf County of Hawai`i Energy Sustainability Program Five-Year Roadmap, December 2012 prepared for County of Hawai`i Department of Research and Development: https://kohalacenter.org/archive/pdf/energy/CoH EnergySustainabilityProgram Final.pdf References: Denise M. Salmeron Acting State Director/Business Programs Director Hawaii State I USDA, Rural Development Rural Development Business Center 154 Waianuenue Ave, Ste 311 Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 933-8323 Denise.Salmeron@usda.gov EDUCATION.ENVIRONMENT.EMPOWERMENT. Page 3 of 4 The Kohala Center is an equal opportunity provider,employer,and lender. Murray Clay President Ulupono Initiative PO Box 2938 Honolulu, HI 96802 (808) 544-8960 mclay@ulupono.com Scott Sullivan Vice President Sea Engineering,Inc. 41-305 Kalanianaole Hwy,Makai Research Pier Waimanalo, HI 96795 (808)259-7966 ext. 204 ssullivan@s eaengineering.corn 5. Promotional literature: Please also see The Kohala Center's website for a comprehensive list of our current programs and events at kohalacenter.org. Mahalo for your consideration of The Kohala Center. Sincerely, r, .-. Cheryl Ka`uhane Lupenui President&Chief Executive Officer EDUCATION.ENVIRONMENT.EMPOWERMENT. Page 4 of 4 The Kohala Center is an equal opportunity provider,employer,and lender.