Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 6, 1 June 2013 — Kamehameha Schools CEO to retire [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kamehameha Schools CEO to retire

Kamehameha Schools will begin searching for a new leader now that CEO Dee Jay Mailer has announced plans to retire in June 2014, after 10 years at the helm Mailer has planned her retirement with the schools' trustees' knowledge and timed it with the unveiling of a new 2015-2030 Strategic Plan for Kamehameha Schools, a statement said. "I have had the honor of leading during our past Strategic Plan and will see it to its eomple-

tion, with nothing but praise for our leadership, staff and faculty and communities who have made it all happen," Mailer told employees, a May 6 statement said. "It makes sense that with a new plan, a new CEO will step up to lead passionate people forward to meet Pauahi's mission. By announcing now, it

allows the Trustees ample time to properly recruit your new Chief Executive Officer. " Under Mailer's leadership, a press release said, the schools' endowment increased 50 percent to more than $9 hillion, the school expanded its work with Hawaiian organizations and communities, and there was "significant growth in the number of Native Hawaiian children and families served and in the amount Kamehameha Schools was able to spend on education."

Dee Jay Mailer