Organizational Structure

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Board of Directors

Carol Walker
Acting Chair
Chris Harrison
Vice Chair
Jerel Yamamoto
Secretary
Tom Forbes
At Large
Nathan Becker
At Large
John Cross
At Large
Morty Carter
At Large
Christian Wong
At Large
Jim Wilson
Chair Emeritus

Museum Staff

Cindi Preller
Executive Director
Joshua Bell
Associate Director
Heather Weiss
Outreach Coordinator

Museum Docents

Tom Forbes
Dian Mahoney
Mike Weiss
Randal McEndree
Rob Mitchell

Museum Volunteers

Owen Blunt
Jonny Alconera
Joseph D’Angelo
Jamie Mackenzie

Scientific Advisory Committee

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, 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

Last Revised September 2025