staff

Statewide  |  Hawai'i Island  |  Kaua'i  |  Maui  |  O'ahu 

 

Administrative Team (Statewide)
​Dennis Brown
President / CEO
dbrown@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4570

Glacen Florita
Accountant
gflorita@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4561
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​Tyler Kurashige
Chief of Programs
tkurashige@bbbshawaii.org 
808-695-4572​

Holly Brown
Grants Writer/Manager
hbrown@bbbshawaii.org

Mandy Trella
Development & Special Events Manager
mtrella@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4566

Kendra Chong
Resource Development Coordinator
kchong@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4558

Halle Nowak
​Office Manager
​hnowak@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4573
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Hawai‘i Island Team
Vanessa Carlson
​Hawai‘i Island Regional Director
vcarlson@bbbshawaii.org
​808-260-0084

Kimberly Kahoʻonei
West Hawai‘i Case Manager
kkahoonei@bbbshawaii.org
808-346-8901

Sophia Romanic
East Hawai‘i School-Based Case Manager
sromanic@bbbshawaii.org
808-375-1781

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Kaua‘i Team
Kaulana Finn
Kaua‘i Regional Director
kfinn@bbbshawaii.org
808-631-8642

Nicole Cowan
Case Manager
ncowan@bbbshawaii.org
808-631-9495
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​​Maui Team
Courtney Ikawa
Maui Regional Director
ccabebe@bbbshawaii.org
808-442-7891

Char Tomas
Operations Manager
char@bigsofmaui.org
808-442-7894
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Leana Riglos
Community-Based Case Manager
lriglos@bbbshawaii.org
808-442-7896

Skye Horie
School-Based Case Manager
shorie@bbbshawaii.org
808-442-7898

Chaylise “Kapua” Chang
Mentor Center Coordinator
cchang@bbbshawaii.org
808-442-7890

​JD Wyatt
Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation Executive Director
jd@bigsofmaui.org
808-442-7897
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​O‘ahu Team
Margaret Cadiz
Program Coordinator
mcadiz@bbbshawaii.org   
808-695-4554

Crystal Pak
Enrollment & Match Specialist
cpak@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4562

Frank Bright
Enrollment & Match Specialist
fbright@bbbshawaii.org​
808-695-4562

​Nate Fong
Match Activity Coordinator &
​Senior Case Manager
nfong@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4565​​

​Chad Takasaki
Community-Based Case Manager
ctakasaki@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-455​9

Danielle Radford
Community-Based Case Manager
​dradford@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4601

Sheryl Gibu
School-Based Case Manager
sgibu@bbbshawaii.org 
808-695-4568​

Paula Sainz
School-Based Case Manager
psainz@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4564

Leialoha Largo 
Holomua Case Manager
llargo@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4556

Zach Wolf
Holomua Case Manager
zwolf@bbbshawaii.org
808-695-4555