Organizational Structure
Board of Directors
Walter Dudley, PhD
Current President
Jim Wilson
Past President
Dennis Lin
Treasurer
Chris Harrison
Jerel Yamamoto
Kehaulani Costa
Patrick Kahawaiolaa
Patricia Okamura
Roxane Keliikipikaneokolohaka
Tom Forbes
Honorary Board Members
Ian Birnie
Brian Kitagawa
Willibroad Tallett
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
Museum Docents
Owen Blunt
Tom Forbes
Dian Mahoney
Andrea Minor
Jack Musick
Mike Weiss
Museum Staff
Cindi Preller
Director
Joshua Bell
Associate Director
Bibiana Ivie
Visitor Services Manager
Ethan Collyer
Archives Associate
Nathan Myers
Events Associate
Susan Hicks
Visitor Services Associate
Lehua Waianuhea
Visitor Services Associate
Reece Villaverde
Visitor Services Associate
Lennie Espinoza
Visitor Services Associate
Carly Gage
Visitor Services Associate / Intern
Last Revised August 2023