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S. HAUNANI APOLIONA, MSW

Trustee, Board of Trustees
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
711 Kapiʻolani Boulevard, Suite 1250
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813

EDUCATION

University of Hawaiʻi — Mānoa
Certificate in Public Administration 1989
Masters in Social Work (MSW) 1976
Double Bachelor's Degrees 1973: Sociology and Liberal Arts (Hawaiian Studies)

EMPLOYMENT

Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA)

Trustee-at-Large November, 2008

(Elected to fourth four-year term 2008-2012)

Trustee-at-Large November 2, 2004

(Elected to third four-year term 2004-2008 with 184,993 votes)

Trustee-at-Large November 7, 2000

(Elected to second four-year term 2000-2004)

Trustee-at-Large November 5, 1996

(Elected to first four-year term 1996-2000)

OHA Board Leadership
Chairperson, OHA Board of Trustees

February 13, 2002 to December 21, 2010
December 26, 2000 to September 25, 2001

Vice Chairperson, OHA Board of Trustees

October 14, 1997 to November 24, 1998

ALU LIKE, Incorporated

President/Chief Executive Officer:January 1, 1991 to January 10, 1997
(resigned from President/CEO on date of taking OHA oath of office)
Director: Program OperationsSeptember 1989 to December 31, 1990
Planner Health & Social ServicesJanuary 1988 to September 1989
O`ahu Island Center AdministratorApril 1982 to December 1987
Executive Producer: "ALU LIKE Connection" program Oceanic Cablevision
Community Programming1983 to 1988
Community Specialist IIApril 1980 to April 1982
Intake Placement SpecialistJanuary 1979 to April 1980
Employment Training CounselorJanuary 1978 to January 1979

Child and Family Service

Group Home Social Worker, March 1977 to December 1977

Third Circuit Court, Hilo, Hawaiʻi

Probation Officer, October 1976 to February 1977

Professional Musician, Performer and Composer

Olomana, 1982 to present
Kaimana, from 1977

Recordings:

ʻAuhea ʻOe E Sanoe
Nā Pua o Oʻahu
Ka Leo Hawaiʻi
Nā Lei Hulu Makua Nā Wahine Hawaiʻi
E Mau Ana Ka Haʻaheo
The Language of Dreams (narrator) — Dancing Cat Records
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian "Living Voices of Native peoples"
(Canada, Mexico, Panama, United States 2001)

AWARDS

ʻAha Hīpuʻu
Kalani Aliʻi Award
Lifetime Achievement, 2011
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Medal, 2011
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
I Ulu I Ke Kumu Award, 2010
Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs
Grand Marshall, Prince Kuhio Parade 2010
Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Olomana, 2008
National Education Association
Ellison S. Onizuka Award, 2008
ALU LIKE, Inc.
E Pāpahi I Nā Mea Kūkulu: Community Service Award 2007
Maryknoll High School
Alumni Achievement Award 2007
National Association of Social Workers
Social Worker of the Year 2007 - Social Justice Hawaiʻi
Royal Order of Kamehameha I
Award of Recognition for 2006
Pacific Buddhist Academy
“Lighting Our Way Award”, 2006
West Honolulu Rotary Club
David Malo Award, 2006
Hawaiʻi Institute For Public Affairs (HIPA)
Hoʻoūlu Leadership Award, 2006
Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce
ʻOʻO Award 1994
University of Hawaiʻi
Distinguished Alumni Award 1992
Young Women's Christian Association
YWCA Leadership Award in “Arts and Communication” 1990
Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA)
Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards
Kī Hoʻalu Award – Bank of Hawaiʻi 1995
Slack Key Artist of the Year
Liner Notes 1994
Nā Hiwa Kupuna O Kuʻu One Hānau
Liner Notes 1992
E Mau Ana Ka Haʻaheo
Haku Mele 1992
E Mau Ana Ka Haʻaheo
Traditional Hawaiian Album of the Year 1988
Nā Lei Hulu Makua Nā Wahine Hawaiʻi
Haku Mele 1988
Kukuiʻohiwai
Female Vocalist of the Year 1988
Nā Lei Hulu Makua, Nā Wahine Hawaiʻi
Haku Mele  1985
ALU LIKE
Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs
“Outstanding Hawaiian” Award 1983

RECOGNITION

Kūhai Hālau O Kawaikapuokalani Pa ʻĀlapa Kahiko
Honoree, 29th Annual Hōʻike, 2006
Hawaiʻi Woman Magazine, November 2005 Issue
T.J. Mahoney, “Ka Hale Hoʻola Hou No Na Wahine”
Honorary Chair: Fundraiser 2005 and 2004
MIDWEEK Publication
“Reforming OHA” January 2004
Ka Himeni ʻAna
Honoree 2001

Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Board of Trustees Resolution 1994
Commending S. Haunani Apoliona For
Achievement As the Native Hawaiian Chamber of
Commerce 1994 ʻŌʻō Award Honoree”
Board of Trustees Resolution 1992
Commending Haunani Apoliona for being a
“Hawaiian Woman Extraordinaire”
Honolulu Magazine
“Na Kamaʻāina” October 1991

Small Business Administration

Western Region IX, State of Hawaiʻi and Island of Oʻahu
“Minority Business Advocate” Award 1991
KHON TV Video Special
“TREASURES” 1986

BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

Mākeke Hawaiʻi LLC
Member, 2011
Bank of Hawaiʻi Corporation
Director, 2000 to present
Bank of Hawaiʻi
Director, 1994 to present
First Federal Savings (merged into Bank of Hawaiʻi, Sept 1998)
Director 1996 to 1998

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Kava Bowl Ocean Summit: How Much is the Ocean Worth to You?
Participant, 2011
Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (HOSW)
International Indigenous Advisory Committee (IIAC). 2011 Healing Our Spirit Worldwide, Hawaiʻi Conference Co-Chair, 2010
National Museum of the American Indian
Board of Directors, 2011
Hawaiʻi Commemorative Quarter Advisory Commission
Commissioner, Appointed by Governor Lingle, 2006
Economic Momentum Commission, State of Hawaiʻi
Commissioner and Chair: Subcommittee, “Perpetuate Our Host Culture”, 2005
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Director 2001 to present; Board Executive Committee
Vice-Chair, 2006, 2007, 2008
Executive Secretary, 2004
Nominations Committee, 2004 to present, Chair 2007
Queen Liliʻuokalani Children's Center Advisory Council
Member 1997 to present
Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition
Hawaiian Language Judge 1996 to present
Nature Conservancy (The)
Director 1993 to present
Uilani Stender Scholarship Committee
Member 1991

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITY

Search Committee Member for State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Director, 2007
President's Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders
Commissioner May 18, 2000 to Fall 2001
University of Hawaiʻi - School of Social Work
Search Committee for Dean of School of Social Work Member 2000
Hawaiʻi Congressional Delegation Task Force on Native Hawaiian Issues
State Working Group, Member 2000
Queen Emma Foundation
Director 1999 to 2000
Earth Day Advisory Board
Member 1997
National Institutes of Health, Environmental Health Sciences
Advisory Council
Member 1997 to 2000
“Enduring Pride” Hawaiian Culture Video Series
Volunteer Consultant 1996
University of Hawaiʻi Selection Committee for Dean of Law School
Member 1995
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / ALU LIKE
Technology Partnership
Co-founder 1995
White House Conference on Aging
Native American Delegate 1995; Native American (Native Hawaiian) 2005
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders Committee
Chartered as the 5th Race Ethnic Advisory Committee (REAC)
Chairperson - April 2000 to Nov 2001 / Member April 2000 to Dec 2003
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders Sub-Committee of the
Asian and Pacific Islander Populations REAC Advisory Committee, Chairperson 1999-2000
Asian and Pacific Islander Populations REAC Advisory Committee
Member 1994 to 2000
University of Hawaiʻi - Hilo
Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children (Na Pua Noʻeau)
National Advisory Council - Member 1994 to 1998
State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Education
School-to-Work Opportunities (STWO) Executive Council
Member 1994 to 1997
U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel
Member 1994
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Diversity Advisory Board Member 1994
U.S. Small Business Administration
White House Conference on Small Business Delegate 1994
State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Health
Board of Health Member 1992 to 1996
Hui Naʻauao
Sovereignty and Self-Determination Community Education Coalition Member 1991 to 1995
Hui ʻImi Task Force
Task force for Coordination of Hawaiian Services
Vice Chair 1990
State of Hawaiʻi, Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Folklife Hawaiʻi Festival Performing Artist 1990
McInerny Foundation Distribution Committee
Member 1989 to 1997
Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folk Life in Washington D. C.
Member, Hawaiʻi Delegation 1989
South Pacific Peoples Foundation
Fundraiser, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Performing Artist 1989
ʻOLELO, The Corporation for Community Television
Director 1989 to 1996
Board President 1994 to 1996
Board Vice-President 1992
Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce
(formerly Hawaiian Business/Professional Association)
Chair, Membership Communications Committee 1988 to 1990
Immediate Past President 1987 to 1988
President 1986 to 1987
2nd Vice President 1985 to 1986
Member 1984 to 1990
KCCN Radio, 1420 AM
Advisory Board Member 1986
State of Hawaiʻi, Delegation to Fourth Festival of Pacific Arts
Papeete, Tahiti - Artistic Director 1985
Hawaiian Jaycee Women
Charter Member 1983
Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu
Co-Chair, Holokū Ball 1990
Chair, Scholarship Fundraiser 1990
Immediate Past President 1990 to 1992
President 1987 to 1989
Moderator, E Kipa Mai Me Na Poʻe Noʻeau
Civic Club Public Service Program on KHVH Radio, 1979 to 1990
Life Member 1979 to present
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