Leadership

Founders & Teachers

Herb Kawainui Kāne

Ben Finney

Tommy Holmes

Myron 'Pinky' Thompson

Pius 'Mau' Piailug

Eddie Aikau

Lacy Veach

Will Kyselka

Master Navigators (Pwo)

5 Hawaiian Pwo Navigators, Satawal 2007

On March 18, 2007, Mau Piailug inducted five Hawaiians and eleven Micronesians into Pwo, the ninth of fifteen degrees in the Weriyeng School of Navigation of Micronesia. The five Hawaiians were given the honor and responsibility of carrying on Mau’s teachings. Pwo, as explained to Nainoa Thompson is light, love, kindness and compassion. If there are conflicts, the navigator must resolve them; if there is sickness, the navigator’s responsibility is to heal; if there is damage, the navigator must repair it. His kuleana is to sail and bring back gifts to his home island.

Chad Kālepa Baybayan
Milton “Shorty” Bertelmann
Bruce Blankenfeld
Chadd ‘Ōnohi Paishon
Charles Nainoa Thompson

Board of Directors – 2017

Nainoa Thompson (President)
Bruce Blankenfeld (Vice Chair)
Dennis Fern (Treasurer)
Mike Cunningham (Secretary)
Ann Botticelli
Mike Chun
Catherine Fuller
Neil Hannahs (Chairman)
Harry Ho
Tim Johns
Lilikala Kameʻeleihiwa
Byron Mallott
William Ornellas
Hardy Spoehr
William Tam
Dr. Benjamin Tamura
Laura Thompson
Dr. Nathan Wong
Robert Witt
August Yee