Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 3, 1 March 2016 — OHA's new Community Engagement Director named [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA's new Community Engagement Director named

OHA Staff The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has named Nieole Mehanaokalā Hind as its Community Engagement Director. Her responsibilities including building puhlie support for OHA's efforts, improving the puhlie profile of Hawaiians and reaching out to the community to support improving the lives of Native Hawaiians. She eame to OHA in 2012 as the Knowledge Based Strategist Specialist and has worked to eollaborate more with other Native Hawaiian Trusts. She has extensive experience in the University of Hawai'i Community College System, Department of Education, Charter Schools, Immersion Schools and other native Hawaiianserving trusts and organizations. Prior to coming to OHA, she was an academic advisor and instructor at the University of Hawai'i. Hind is a graduate of Moanalua High School, and attended Honolulu Community College before getting her Bachelor's andMaster's

degrees at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. "Mehanaokalā brings a depth and breath of relationships to the job and will help bring Native Hawaiians together to work on a number of issues critical to our people," said Kamana'opono Crabbe, Ka Pouhana Chief Executive Officer at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. "Her drive and dedication will inspire our community to work together on various issues that will better the lives of Native Hawaiians. ■

Mehana Hind. - Photo: Francine Murray