Michael L. Williams, President
Michael lives with his wife Linda Love on a farm in Kula which they bought in 2014. They live on Maui full time now, and grow fruit, flowers, and organic, hydroponic greenhouse tomatoes. He and Linda visited Maui on average about twice a year since 1984. They have four children and two grandchildren in Oregon. Mike is a nearly-retired lawyer. He studied philosophy at UC Berkeley before graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1978, where he founded the Harvard Environmental Law Review. For 38 years he was a plaintiffs’ trial lawyer in Oregon, where he represented thousands of people injured by dangerous and defective medical devices and drugs. He has sued and conducted discovery of nearly every large pharmaceutical company at one time or another, in federal and state courts all over the country. He specialized in the science of the cases, recruiting experts for the plaintiffs, and cross-examining the experts for the drug companies. He served as president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers and received their distinguished trial lawyer award. He was elected chair of the Cost of Government Commission in 2019, and re-elected in 2020, and that he is a board member and Treasurer of Stand Up Maui, the leading advocacy group on Maui for affordable housing.
Lucienne de Naie, Vice President
Lucienne de Naie is a policy analyst, grant writer and historical researcher. She has lived on a small East Maui farm for over 30 years and serves on many local non-profit boards. Lucienne is a frequent presenter on historical and water resource issues and is author of a report on Maui’s water resources (2005) and a book on the history of the Makena region (2007). Lucienne has served on a number of citizen planning committees including: Maui County General Plan Advisory Committee, Focus Maui Nu Advisory Committee, Mayor Apana’s Open Space Ordinance Advisory Committee, Maui County Impact Fee Advisory Committee, Paia Relief Route Advisory Group and the Honoapiilani Hwy Realignment Task Force.
Aja Eyre, Treasurer
Aja is a freelance editor and small business consultant and lives in Makawao with her husband and five children. She has served for four years on the KKHS School Community Council, ten years on the Maui Dolphins Swim Club 501c3 board, many years on the Aloha Kai Educational Foundation board, and been a part of other community groups and boards working to serve the needs of Maui’s youth. As a graduate in anthropology from Harvard University with a career specialty in public outreach and cultural support, she looks forward to contributing to the broader needs of Maui’s youth through protection of natural resources and working towards improved environmental health.
Carol Lee Kamekona
My family originally comes from Keaukaha Homestead in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island. At the age of 8 years, my dadʻs job transferred him to the San Francisco Bay area where I graduated from high school. After which I joined and retired with 22 years as a Veteran of the US Navy and Naval Reserves. I raised seven children and am proud to say, six of them are also Veterans of the military. Due to their military careers, I rarely see my eleven grandchildren. My passion is the protection of our Iwi Kupuna and the preservation of our ʻāina, wai and natural resources. To ensure that development benefits our locals and not offshore investors or homeowners of multiple units.
Tara Grace
Tara has lived on Maui since 1978, raising her family of four children and now grandchildren. While working with various organizations over the past four decades, Tara developed her grassroots spirit and cultivated a vast network of her greater ‘ohana. Tara continues to support important causes, movements, and community activism on Maui. Working in real estate for the past 14 years, Tara specializes in the sustainable lifestyle on Maui’s north shore.
Bill Greenleaf
Bill Greenleaf and his wife Marta moved to Maui in 2000 and began their Urban Farm Project in 2004. Greenleaf Farm is an agro forestry project that builds soil fertility using regenerative practices. The Farm’s 150 Fruit and Nut Trees, 300 banana plants and 20,000 sq ft of garden beds are all fed by composting biomass from the land. Bill was a founding member of the Maui Farmers Union and the Hawaii Farmers Union United. His personal goal of ‘Growing Farmers’ continues to thrive under the FAM Program (Farm Apprentice Mentoring) which he began with Simon Russell. Bill is a graduate of Arizona State Univ with an Accounting Degree. Bill’s day job and life long passion is as a PGA Master Professional. He coaches Maui junior golfers at The Dunes at Maui Lani.
Georgia Amber Pinsky
Georgia was born in Kahoma, West Maui, and raised in Ulumalu, Peahi East Maui area. She was raised in a homeschool environment on 4 acres with many animals. After earning a B.A. from University of Hawaii at Hilo in Communication and Hawaiian Studies, she spent years working in community development and restoration, and non-profit management. Working for the Hilo Downtown Improvement Association, Georgia was a leader in the urban gardens program “Letʻs Grow Hilo” as well as coordinator of numerous community events and festivals.
She is the co-founder of the Maui Farmer Network, and the Farmer Navigational Coaching Program, which coaches, supports and advocates for small and beginning regenerative ag producers here in Maui County. Maui Farmer Network is also working on a Tool & Equipment Library for Mauiʻs small farmers. Georgia is an Ag Resilience Navigator with the CTAHR Seeds of Wellbeing, as well as a Food System Leader here in Maui County. Georgia is the Managing Editor for the Hānaside News.
Georgia is committed to improving our access to good, clean, locally grown food, and focused on working with and for organizations that are working to improve our community, and our planet. Her passion lies in the building of community, through bringing people together. She lives and farms with her family on the backside of Haleakala.
Beth Savitt
Beth is the president of the Savitt Family Foundation, which consistently funds educational programs supporting the physical and mental health of our community. Beth sits on the boards of Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and the ʻĀina, Sustainable Action Fund for the Environment, and the Maui Cannabis Guild. She has been a supporter of the Farm Apprenticeship Mentoring Program, Hai’ku Elementary School, La’akea Farms, Imua Family Services, and the Maui Humane Society. Beth has a graduate degree in Community Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in Evaluation Research and Process Evaluation. She is a former college teacher in psychology at Cal State Northridge, and she also had a long career in pre-K-12th grade curricula and program development. She was also a Pre-K through 8th grade principal at a school she developed in Santa Cruz, Co.
Leslie K. Iczkovitz
Mr. Leslie K. Iczkovitz has been an attorney and entrepreneur in Hawaii for over forty years. While in law school, Les researched and co-wrote the successful U.S. Supreme Court brief on the original Hill. v. TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority, a groundbreaking endangered species lawsuit enshrining the protection of critical river systems and wildlife habitats. Les has worked on and supported environmental causes his entire life. In recent years, Les helped bring official attention to several environmental issues as they arose on Kauai, including the cyanobacteria epidemic which mysteriously destroyed over 50% of the rice corals on numerous bays across the North Shore on Kauai. Les has also worked to protect nenes and other endangered birds in Hanalei Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Leslie looks forward to helping Maui Tomorrow sustain and preserve our beautiful Maui island for many generations to come.
Doug Ballard
Doug and his wife Louisa live in South Maui, after having relocated from Arizona. They met at Ohio Wesleyan University while pursuing their undergraduate degrees. Doug holds a Masters Degree in City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University, and has had a 32 year career in this field. He has a strong interest in sustainable development, which started with his internship with the Academy of Contemporary Problems. He then went on to work for an eleven county planning and development district, in Appalachia, helping to bring transportation improvements, economic development and health care services to poor communities. Following this, Doug became Planning Director (10 years) for a coastal Florida city, where he later also served as Acting City Manager. After this, he served as Planning and Development Director for a rapidly growing Arizona city (pop. 200,000). During Doug’s 14 year tenure, the major objectivewas the establishment of well balanced land uses, to support the long term viability of the city. After retiring, Doug and Louisa moved to rural northern Arizona, where they created a largely self sustaining property, which included PV solar, an extensive 22,500 gallon rainwater harvesting and treatment system, and other improvements. Their efforts were recognized by the County with an award for sustainable development.
In Memoriam
