2023  Programs
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9/28/23 How Can We Solve the Housing Crisis?
Sterling Higa, Executive Director, Housing Hawaii’s Future; Ted Kefalas, Director of Strategic Campaigns, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii

8/24/23 Pua Loke Housing Development
Sharon Graham, Leialoha Sanchez

7/27/23 ARUs, ADUs, Guest House Rights
Kaaina Hull, Louis LaFratta

5/25/23 Annual Legislative Talk Story
Sen. Ron Kouchi, Rep. Luke Evslin, Rep. Dee Morikawa, Rep. Nadine Nakamura

4/27/23 Houselessness Solutions
MaBel Fujiuchi, President & CEO, Kauai Economic Opportunity; Dana Hazelton, Governor’s Representative, Office of the Governor; Melody Lopez, LSW, Kauai Program Administrator, Catholic Charities HI; Adam Roversi, Director, Kauai County Housing Agency; Emma White, Shelter Director YWCA of Kauai

3/23/23 Affordable Housing
Larry Graff, COO of PAL Permanent Affordable Housing; Doug Haigh, Former Chief of Kauai Building Division,President of Habitat for Humanity; Milo Splindt, Executive Director of Housing for All; Stephen Spears, General Manager of Affordable Housing Kauai; Andy Friend, Kauai Housing and Development Corp KHDC

2/23/23 Managing Water
Brooke Gottmeier, Environmental Health Specialist, Dept. of Health, Kauai, Clean Water Branch; Lori Vetter, Environmental Engineer, Department of Health, Kauai, Wastewater Branch; Joseph Tait, County of Kaua'i, Department of Water, Manager and Chief Engineer; Michael Hinazumi, Deputy Manager, County of Kauai, Department of Water

2022  Programs
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1/27/22 Alakoko Fishpond
Sara Bowen, Executive Director, Mālama Hulēʻia
With Contributors: Jan TenBruggencate, President, Mālama Hulēʻia Board of Directors; Mason Chock, County of Kauaʻi Councilmember & Mālama Hulēʻia volunteer

2/24/22 Congressional Update
Senator Mazie Hirono

3/24/22 2022-2023 Budget
Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami; Planning Director Ka`aina Hull, Parks & Rec Director Patrick Porter

4/28/22 Supporting Our Youth At Risk
Madeleine Hiraga-Nuccio, MSW, Kaua‘i Family Guidance Center; Aaron Hoff, Founder, Keala Foundation; Matthew Houck, Lead Prevention Educator, YWCA; Alice Luck, CEO, Kaua‘i Planning and Action Alliance

5/26/22 Our Legislators Speak and Listen
Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi, S District 8; Representative Nadine K. Nakamura, H District 14; Representative James Kunane Tokioka, H District 15; Representative Dee Morikawa, H District 16

6/23/22 Dwelling on Permits
Leolynne Escalona, Code Enforcement Officer, Dept. of Public Works/Building Division; Ka‘āina Hull, Director of Planning; Jason Kagimoto, County of Kaua'i, Department of Water, Engineering Division; John Kolman, DBA, SOH, Kauai District Environmental Health Program Chief; Bryan Wienand, P.E., CE VI, Regulatory Section Head, Engineering Division, Dept. of Public Works

7/28/22 The Lihue Airport Plan
Ross Higashi, Deputy Director, Airports Division, Department of Transportation; Craig Davis, Kauai Airports District Manager, Department of Transportation; Davis Yogi, (Airports Administrator); Guy Ichinotsubo, Engineering Program Manager; Herman Tuiolosega, Head Planner, Department of Transportation; Ura Yvan, Director, Ricondo & Associates; Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi, S District 8; Representative Nadine K. Nakamura, H District 14; Representative James K. Tokioka, H District 15; Representative Dee Morikawa, H District 16;

8/25/22 Kaua‘i Island Utilities Cooperative Strategic Plan
David Bissell, KIUC President and CEO

1/0/27/22 16th Annual Meeting
Open Discussion

2021  Programs
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1/28/21 Kauai During Covid
Mayor Derek Kawakami

2/25/21 KIUC West Kauai Energy Project 
David Bissell

3/25/21 Hawaiian Tel Status Report inc. Paniolo Acquisition 
Phyllis Freitas, Brian Kurlansky

4/18/21 Marriott Transition
Paul Toner, General Manager, Royal Sonesta Kaua’i Resort

5/27/21 Our Legislators Speak and Listen
Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi, Representative Nadine K. Nakamura, Representative James Kunane Tokioka, Representative Dee Morikawa

6/24/21 Tourism
Chandra Bertsch, General Manager, Holo Holo Charters; Kaʻaina Hull, Planning Director, Kauaʻi County Department of Planning; Sue Kanoho, Executive Director, Kauai Visitors Bureau

8/16/21 Waste Management
Ana Española, Kauaʻi County Sustainability Coordinator; Allison Fraley, Kauaʻi County Solid Waste Program Coordinator

9/23/21 Pandemic Impact on Motor Transportation
Leslie Sherman, owner, Suite Paradise and Poipu Rental Car; Timothy Takeshita, area rental manager, Enterprise Holdings; Ron Valencia, general manager, King Auto Center

10/28/21 Pandemic Update
Janet M. Berreman, MD, MPH, FAAP, Kauai District Health Officer

2020  Programs
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1/23/20 Kauai Housing Issues & Answers (especially impediments to housing development)
Arryl Kaneshiro, Adam Roversi, Milo Spindt

2/27/20 2020 U.S. Census on Kauai
Eric R. Anderson, Recruiting Assistant—Kauaʻi 2020 Census—U.S. Census

5/28/20 Our Legislators Speak and Listen
Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi, Representative Nadine K. Nakamura, Representative James Kunane Tokioka, Representative Dee Morikawa

6/18/20 COVID-19
Janet M. Berreman, MD, MPH, FAAP (Kauai District Health Officer), Jen H. Chahanovich (President/CEO Wilcom Medical Center), Neil J. Clendeninn, MD

7/27/20 Kauai Police Department
Todd G. Raybuck, Kauai Police Department Chief of Police

9/24/20 Economic Development
Nalani Brun, Diana Singh, Martin Amaro, Ben Sullivan

10/22/20 State of the State of Hawaii
Governor David Ige

2019 Programs
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1/24/19 How Kauai Gets Its News
Bill Buley, editor, The Garden Island newspaper; Marj Dente, founding member, KKCR Kauai Community Radio, board member, Kekahu Foundation; Jim Simon, managing editor, Honolulu Civil Beat; Sarah Thompson, social media expert

2/28/19 First 100 Days
Mayor Derek Kawakami

3/28/19 Medical Marijuana
Casey Rothstein, Green Aloha; Janet Berreman, Kauai District Health Officer

4/25/19 TIGER Grant update
Doug Haigh

5/30/19 Legislative Update
R Kouchi, D Morikawa, N Nakamura, J Tokioka

7/25/19 Preventing Small Business Scams
Sally Greenberg, ED, Natl Consumers League

8/22/19 Coworking
Peter Simon, Kuleana.work & Susan Irie, 808 Workplace

9/26/19 Industrial Hemp Farming 
Micah Munekata, Legislative Coordinator, HI Dept of Agriculture; Daryl Kaneshiro, Mgr, Omao Lands LLC; Yoshi LʻHote, Director, Aina Hookupu o Kilauea; Ray Maki, Owner, Permaculture Kauai