Organizational Structure
Board of Directors
Jeremy Butterfield
Board Chair
Board Chair
Dr. Nathan C. Becker
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Barron Oda
Secretary
Secretary
Brandon Beck
Treasurer
Treasurer
Christian Wong
John Cross
Dr. Walter Dudley
Museum Staff
Cindi Preller
Executive Director
Executive Director
Josh Bell
Associate Director
Associate Director
Jazzmin Puuohau
Education & Training Program Manager
Education & Training Program Manager
Angelique Thompson
Community Engagement Coordinator
Community Engagement Coordinator
Visitor Services
Tom Forbes
Visitor Services Manager
Visitor Services Manager
Deb Williams
Visitor Services Manager
Visitor Services Manager
Spencer Isensee
Visitor Services Associate
Visitor Services Associate
Tiala Kailianu
Visitor Services Associate
Visitor Services Associate
Melanie Chun
Visitor Services Associate
Visitor Services Associate
Museum Docents
Dian Mahoney
Senior Docent
Senior Docent
Mike Weiss
Senior Docent
Senior Docent
Randal McEndree
Docent
Docent
Bob Mitchel
Docent
Docent
Nora Waters
Docent
Docent
Scientific Advisory Council
Dr. Nathan C. Becker
Oceanographer
NOAA/NWS/Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
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
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 Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Hawaiʻi
Emeritus Professor of Marine Geology and Oceanography
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Hawaiʻi
Dr. Scott Fisher
Director of ʻĀina Stewardship for Hawaiʻi Land Trust
(Currently studying paleotsunami impacts on Hawaiʻi)
Director of ʻĀina Stewardship for Hawaiʻi Land Trust
(Currently studying paleotsunami impacts on Hawaiʻi)
Dr. Gerard J. Fryer
Research Affiliate
Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics & Planetology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Research Affiliate
Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics & Planetology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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
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)
Port Nelson, New Zealand
Regional Manager – National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)
Port Nelson, New Zealand
Bill Knight
Tsunami Scientist, formerly with the National Tsunami Warning Center
Tsunami Scientist, formerly with the National Tsunami Warning Center
Last Revised October 2026