WINONA KEALAMAPUANA ELLIS RUBIN
BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE

For the past fifty years, Winona Ellis Rubin has focused on serving children and families as a teacher, counselor, group advisor, mentor, educational administrator, and communicator of positive thinking.

Concurrently, she has devoted her life to the Hawaiian community through her involvement in public service and private non-profit activities and programs. Experienced in strategic planning, policy making, systems management, community organizing, problem solving, and partnership building, Mrs. Rubin has used her skills in several arenas, including: Director of the State Department of Human Services; Land Use Commissioner; Hawai‘i Housing Authority Commissioner; principal of the high school division of the Kamehameha Schools, Assistant to the President of the Kamehameha Schools; and, President/Chief Executive Officer of ALU LIKE, Inc., a non-profit organization.

Mrs. Rubin currently serves as Chairperson of the ALU LIKE Board of Directors and provides assistance in a variety of areas as part of Chairperson Apoliona's staff at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.