Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 5, 1 May 2013 — CNHA founder to retire [ARTICLE]

CNHA founder to retire

Robin Danner, founding president and CEO of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, is retiring after more than 12 years at the helm. Miehelle Kauhane, CNHA senior

vice president and former deputy director at the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will take over July 1, ahead of CNHA's 12th annual Native Hawaiian Convention in the fall, whieh attracts hundreds of attendees eaeh year. Danner founded CNHA in 2001 with five members. Under her tenure, the organization has grown to a 21-member board of directors, 152 voting Native Hawaiian member organizations and businesses, and a staff of 12. Danner will continue working with CNHA but will be dedicating more time to projects on Kaua'i, where her family and grandson live. Projects include completion of a Kumu and Youth campground there, and an outdoor marketplace to expand eeonomie opportunities for Kaua'i and Hawaiian families.