HomeMy WebLinkAboutSOQ RD1 Community Planning KaponoP.O. Box 4789, Hilo, HI 96720
Phone: 808.969.3991
kapono@advancementservices.org
www.advancementservices.org
June 13, 2025
Mr. Benson Medina
Director of Research & Development
County of Hawai‘i,
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1301
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
Statement of Qualifications and Interest of Professional Services
RD.1) Community Planning (Community and Economic Development, Community
Engagement, Culture and Indigenous Data Science, Strategic Planning, Sustainability
Systems)
(1) Eric M. Kapono (Owner), dba Advancement Services for Native Nonprofits
Mailing: P.O. Box 4789 Street: 17-707 Ala Loop
Hilo, HI 96720 Kurtistown, HI 96760
Landline: (808) 969-3991 Cell: (808) 989-5347
Email: kapono@advancementservices.org
(2) Established: July 1997 (28 years)
Employees: Sole Proprietor; No Employees past three years
(3) Education, Training, Qualifications of Eric M. Kapono
Education
1992 State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York;
M.A., Anthropology
1988 Catholic University of America, Washington, DC;
B.A., Anthropology
Certifications
2023 Govern for Impact
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• Governance Systems Professional (GSP)
2015 International Association of Facilitators
• IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator (CPF)
2020 Creative Education Foundation
• Level 2 Creative Problem Solving
2020 Genuine Contact Organization
• Orange Level Membership
Qualifications
Eric M. Kapono designs, facilitates and documents stakeholder engagements that result in
consensual decisions for ways forward. This is often through Strategic Planning, however, the
process and product can also be called Community Planning. It is about deciding the best future
for the endeavor that brings a group of people together, whether it is a nonprofit organization, a
governmental unit, a neighborhood, or a collective partnership. When “Planning” with
“Community” at any level, group facilitation skills are critical. Eric M. Kapono is one of two
professional certified facilitators in Hawaiʻi, through IAF. Some recent projects include:
2025 UNIVERSITY HEALTH PARTNERS OF HAWAIʻI, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work:
Strategic Planning • Facilitate next two-year Strategic Plan for the JABSOM faculty practice
nonprofit, including board, staff and stakeholders
2025 FRIENDS OF HŌKŪLEʻA & HAWAIʻILOA, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work: Strategic
Planning • Facilitate board and staff for three-year strategic plan
2024–25 HAWAIʻI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work: Strategic
Planning–Kaiapuni Education • Design, facilitate and document five-year plan for Kaiapuni
Education in a way that elevates the HIDOE capacity to create space for a dual pathway system –
one through English and another through Hawaiian • Engaged 28-person intra-departmental
Planning Team in learning workshops, site visits and planning workshops
2024–25 HAWAIʻI STATE CENTER FOR NURSING, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work: Strategic
Planning • Design, facilitate, document and report on seven (7) Discovery Focus Groups across
Islands for input on HSCN Strategic Plan • Develop strategic Measures for Goals that arose in
Focus Groups • Design, facilitate and document Implementation Planning workshop with
stakeholders to guide HSCN for the next 5 years
2024–25 KULANIĀKEA EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM, KĀNEʻOHE, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work:
Strategic Planning • Design, facilitate, document and three-year plan • Facilitate quarterly
updates of the plan
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2023–25 HAWAIʻI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work: Strategic
Planning–Office of Hawaiian Education • Design, facilitate and update OHE’s Delivery Plan
2022–25 UH MĀNOA JABSOM DEPARTMENT OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH, HONOLULU,
HAWAIʻI Scope of Work: Strategic Planning • Facilitate stakeholders, including staff, professors,
and partners, through a participatory strategic planning process for a 2023-2029 Strategic Plan,
with regular updates
2023–24 MĀLAMA ʻĀINA FOUNDATION, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work: Strategic
Planning • To facilitate three-year strategic plan
2018–23 HAWAIʻI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work: Strategic
Planning–Office of Hawaiian Education • Design, facilitate and update OHE’s Delivery Plan
2023 UH MĀNOA JABSOM OFFICE OF THE DEAN, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work: Strategic
Planning • Facilitated update to the School of Medicine’s 2020-25 Strategic Plan, with the
participation of Executive Leaders, Department Chairs, Clinical Heads, Researchers and
community partners
2023 UNIVERSITY HEALTH PARTNERS OF HAWAIʻI, HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI Scope of Work:
Strategic Planning • Facilitated two-year Strategic Plan for the JABSOM faculty practice nonprofit,
including board, staff and stakeholders
2018–23 KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS’ WEST HAWAIʻI REGION, KEALAKEKUA, HAWAI‘I Scope of
Work: Strategic Planning–Alo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna • Worked with the Alo Kēhau Hawaiian
Medium school community to plan a K-12 Kaiāʻōlelo (Hawaiian Medium School-Community) in
Waimea
2020–21 HUI NO KE OLA PONO, WAILUKU, HAWAI‘I Scope of Work: Strategic Planning •
Designed and facilitated a virtual strategic planning process for board and staff, including
stakeholder scoping, development of a balanced score card with strategy map and measures,
and integration of staff strategic priorities for this Native Hawaiian Health Care System serving
island of Maui • Contract ended in order to assume emergency Interim Executive Director
position, from July 2021 to March 2022
2013–21 PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I Scope of Work:
Strategic Planning • Designed and facilitated a strategic planning retreat for 4 board members
and 20 program managers, including 3-year Goals, Objectives, Strategies and implementation
plans • On-going facilitation services for quarterly plan updates to ensure relevant and
responsive strategies
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(4) Five Clients in Strategic Planning:
2024-25 Kauʻi Sang, Director, Office of Hawaiian Education, Hawaiʻi Department of
Education, (808) 784-6072 (o)
2023-25 Chessa Harris, Associate Chair of Finance and Operations, Department of Native
Hawaiian Health, UH Mānoa JABSOM, (808) 692-1008 (o)
2024-25 Laura Reichhardt, Director, Hawaiʻi State Center for Nursing, (808) 956-0524 (o)
2025 Billy K. Richards, President, Friends of Hōkūleʻa & Hawaiʻiloa, (808) 291-5253 (c)
2024 Alison Masutani, President & CEO, Mālama ʻĀina Foundation, (808) 200-3289 (o)
(5) N/A