
Board Chair
James K. Scott
President (ret.)
Punahou School
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Board Vice Chairs
Peter S. Ho
Chairman, President and CEO
Bank of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Caroline Casagrande
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Academic Programs
Arlington, Virginia
Appointed by the Governor of Hawaiʻi
Lynn K. Miyahira
Account Director
iQ 360 - An Integrated Communications Agency
Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi
John Waiheʻe
Former Governor
State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Elisia Flores
CEO, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Appointed by the Secretary of State
Kelley E. Currie
Former Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
Washington, DC
Kenneth I. Juster
Former Ambassador to India
New York, New York
David R. Stilwell
Former Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Gene Ward
Hawaii State Representative
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Elected Members
Hilda C. Heine, EdD
Member of Parliament
Former President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (2016-2019)
Majuro, Marshall Islands
Chris Kanter
Founder of Sigma Sembada Group
Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Samir Saran (as of October 2023)
President,
Observer Research Foundation.
New Delhi, India
Dr. Yanghee Lee
Professor Emeritus,
Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Child Psychology and Education
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ex-Officio Members
Josh Green (Designee: Jaime Kanani Green)
Governor, State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC
David Lassner, PhD
President
University of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
By Invitation
David W. Panuelo, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Chair, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Former President
Federated States of Micronesia
Raoul Magana, East-West Center Foundation
Chair, East-West Center Foundation Board
Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Consumer Products Division
First Hawaiian Bank
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Amanda Ellis, East-West Center Association
Co-President, East-West Center Association, Executive Board
Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Consumer Products Division
Senior Director Global Partnerships, ASU Wrigley Global Futures
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Karen Knudsen, East-West Center Association
Co-President, East-West Center Association, Executive Board
East-West Center Director of External Affairs (retired)
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
East-West Center Officers
President
Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum
Vice President
Satu Limaye
Treasurer/Chief Operating Officer
Tracey Omori
Assistant Treasurer/Director of Finance and Administration
Ruth Lohr
Assistant Treasurer/Controller
Lesley Murashige
Corporate Secretary
Raquel Kealalōkahi Aki
Board Chair
James K. Scott
President (ret.)
Punahou School
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Board Vice Chairs
Peter S. Ho
Chairman, President and CEO
Bank of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Caroline Casagrande
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Academic Programs
Arlington, Virginia
Appointed by the Governor of Hawaiʻi
Lynn K. Miyahira
Account Director
iQ 360 - An Integrated Communications Agency
Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi
John Waiheʻe
Former Governor
State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Elisia Flores
CEO, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Appointed by the Secretary of State
Kelley E. Currie
Former Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
Washington, DC
Kenneth I. Juster
Former Ambassador to India
New York, New York
David R. Stilwell
Former Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Gene Ward
Hawaii State Representative
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Elected Members
Hilda C. Heine, EdD
Member of Parliament
Former President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (2016-2019)
Majuro, Marshall Islands
Chris Kanter
Founder of Sigma Sembada Group
Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Samir Saran (as of October 2023)
President,
Observer Research Foundation.
New Delhi, India
Dr. Yanghee Lee
Professor Emeritus,
Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Child Psychology and Education
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ex-Officio Members
Josh Green (Designee: Jaime Kanani Green)
Governor, State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC
David Lassner, PhD
President
University of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
By Invitation
David W. Panuelo, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Chair, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Former President
Federated States of Micronesia
Raoul Magana, East-West Center Foundation
Chair, East-West Center Foundation Board
Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Consumer Products Division
First Hawaiian Bank
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Amanda Ellis, East-West Center Association
Co-President, East-West Center Association, Executive Board
Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Consumer Products Division
Senior Director Global Partnerships, ASU Wrigley Global Futures
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Karen Knudsen, East-West Center Association
Co-President, East-West Center Association, Executive Board
East-West Center Director of External Affairs (retired)
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
East-West Center Officers
President
Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum
Vice President
Satu Limaye
Treasurer/Chief Operating Officer
Tracey Omori
Assistant Treasurer/Director of Finance and Administration
Ruth Lohr
Assistant Treasurer/Controller
Lesley Murashige
Corporate Secretary
Raquel Kealalōkahi Aki