Organizational Structure

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Board of Directors

Carol Walker
Acting Board Chair
Jerel Yamamoto
Secretary
Brandon Beck
Treasurer
Nathan Becker
Director
John Cross
Director
Tom Forbes
Director
Barron Oda
Director
Christian Wong
Director

Museum Staff

Cindi Preller
Executive Director
Josh Bell
Associate Director
Jazzmin Puuohau
Education & Training Program Manager
Heather Weiss
Outreach Coordinator

Museum Docents

Tom Forbes
Lead Docent & Board Member
Dian Mahoney
Senior Docent
Mike Weiss
Senior Docent
Randal McEndree
Docent
Rob Mitchell
Docent

Museum Volunteers

Owen Blunt
Jonny Alconera
Joseph D’Angelo
Jamie Mackenzie

Scientific Advisory Council

Dr. Nathan C. Becker
Oceanographer
NOAA/NWS/Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Dr. Mark Boslough
XCP-8 Verification and Analysis – Los Alamos National Laboratory
Research Professor – University of New Mexico
Fellow – Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Chair – Asteroid Day Expert Panel
Dr. Walter Dudley
Emeritus Professor of Marine Geology and Oceanography
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii
Dr. Scott Fisher
Director of ‘Āina Stewardship for Hawai’i Land Trust
(Currently studying paleotsunami impacts on Hawaii)
Dr. Gerard J. Fryer
Research Affiliate
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Dr. James Goff
Editor-in-Chief, Natural Hazards
Honorary Professor – Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre (ESSRC)
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia
Visiting Professor – School of Ocean and Earth Science
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
Adjunct Professor – Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development
University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
Dr. Darren King
Regional Manager – National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)
217 Akersten Street, Port Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Bill Knight
Tsunami Scientist, formerly with the National Tsunami Warning Center

Last Revised September 2025