• Program Administrator for the Water Resources Division of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, where he’s worked for 39 years
• Brings his experience working in water systems analysis, environmental, capital planning, water resource management, conservation, reuse, water rights and land use planning
• Barry is licensed professional engineer in Hawaii with a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
• He led the development of O'ahu’s 8 regional Watershed Management Plans for resource protection and water use and development, and is a member of the Hawai'i Community Foundation’s Freshwater Council which developed the State Freshwater Blueprint for water conservation, reuse and recharge targets to ensure 100 mg/d of resilient water by 2030

Kawika Freitas is the Director of Public and Cultural Relations at Old Lahaina Luʻau and has been with this company since 2008.

He has served on the Maui Planning Commission, County of Maui

• Focuses on the area encompassing the island of Maui and the adjacent waters.
• Advises the Mayor, County Council, and Planning Director in matters concerning planning programs.
• Reviews the general plan and revisions thereof prepared by the Planning Director or at the request of the County Council, and after public hearings, transmits findings and recommendations to the County Council for consideration and action.
• Reviews other proposed land use ordinances and amendments prepared by the Planning Director or by the County Council, and after public hearings, transmits findings and recommendations to the County Council for consideration and action.
• Acts as the authority in all matters relating to the Coastal Zone Management Law.
• Adopts rules pursuant to land use ordinances or law.

‘Ekolu Lindsey was raised on Maui (where he loved visiting his grandparents’ home in Lahaina to surf, swim, and fish in the waters of Polanui), Ekolu graduated from Kamehameha Schools on O’ahu, and earned a B.B.A. at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Ekolu’s parents -- Ed Lindsey, a Native Hawaiian, and lifelong school teacher, and Puanani Lindsey -- co-founded Maui Cultural Lands in 2002. After his father passed away in 2009, Ekolu carried forward his family’s legacy of service and their vision of protecting and restoring Hawaiian cultural resources and the marine environment. Ekolu is the president of Maui Cultural Lands and in July of 2015, completed a ten-day, 500-mile journey aboard the voyaging canoe Hikianalia to the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to conduct reef surveys and fish monitoring to help better manage Hawai’i’s marine resources. Ekolu also cofounded Polanui Hiu, the first Community Managed Makai Area (CMMA) on Maui. Ekolu sits on many non-profit boards and donates his time freely to create a better world by serving the present for those not yet born.

Amber Thompson is the Sustainability Manager at Hulihia Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Hawaiʻi, Maui College. She is a proud graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi, Maui College where she earned a Bachelorʻs in Sustainable Science Management.

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