Team

Pūʻā Foundation - Board and Staff

 

Board Directors and Officers

  • Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi - President and Board Director

  • Wryen Keoki Kiwaha - Vice President and Board Director

  • Isaiah Kaauwai - Secretary and Board Director

  • Roberta Jahrling - Treasurer and Board Director

Board Directors and Staff

  • Sissy Farm Lake - Board Director

  • Toni Bissen - Executive Director

  • Elizabeth Allen - Forestry & Nursery Specialist

  • Cody Pacheco - Projects Coordinator

Who We Are

Our vision is through pū’ā, the process of feeding, nourishing, and strengthening, there will be the emergence of enlightened communities and society.  To help in the passing from one to another generation the nourishment of our ancestral dignity from which we revitalize our national consciousness.  Through such acts of humanity, new life springs forth.  So shall it be with the Hawaiian people. 

 
Our Vision, Mission & Focus

Our Motto

 

TRAUMA to TRANSFORMATION, INCARCERATION to INDEPENDENCE

 

Make it stand out

 
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 Our Partners & Working Collaborators

  • Dept. of Public Safety – Re-entry Coordination Office, Re-entry Commission, Women’s Community Correctional Center, Hawaii Paroling Authority

    Federal Detention Center

    Dept. of Human Services, Dept. of Health – For Hawaii Certified Peer Specialists Training

    Hawaii Youth Correctional Center – Kawailoa Wellness Center, Office for Youth Services, Judiciary Family Court – Girls Court, Papa Hoike Kuleana Accountability Project

  • United Church of Christ, State Council of Hawaiian Congregational Churches, Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, Office for Social Ministry, Prison Ministry

    Maryknoll Sisters & Affiliates, St. Francis Sisters, St. Ann’s, Mary Star of the Sea, & Mystical Rose Chapel, Marianist Center of Hawaii, Lay Marianist Community

  • Oahu Going Home Consortium, First LAP, HOPE Services, Women In Need, YMCA, YWCA, WCCC Resource Fair Participants: Oxford House, Keiki o Ka Aina, Liliuokalani Trust, Betsy’s Place, Waikiki Health Center, Habilitat, Ke Ola Mamo, PACT, Salvation Army

  • Chaminade University – Campus Ministry

    Kapiolani Community College – Community Health Worker Program