Berkley Center

Keseta Okenaisa Fauolo-Manila is the director of the Samoan Studies Institute at American Samoa Community College (ASCC). 

Krystal Ka’ai is the executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI). Prior to this role, Ka'ai was the first person of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) descent to serve as the executive director of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC).

Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., is president and founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, president of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, a UN Representative for the United Religions Initiative (URI), and co-facilitator of URI UN Cooperation Circle. She is also the chair of the G20 Interfaith Forum Anti-Racism Initiative.

Dr. Manulani Meyer is the associate specialist of student affairs at the University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu. She previously served as director of Indigenous Education at the University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu, and works in the field of indigenous epistemology and its role in worldwide awakening.

Keone Nakoa is the Washington, DC bureau chief for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). In this position, he serves as the primary liaison between OHA and the federal government as OHA navigates for the betterment of the Native Hawaiian community. Before returning to DC to take on this role, Keone practiced law in Honolulu, specializing in complex commercial litigation and general corporate governance.

Reverend Dr. Upolu Luma Vaai is the principal of Pacific Theological College (PTC) in Suva, Fiji, and head of Theology and Ethics at PTC. Vaai is a Fijian theologian and Pacific indigenous philosopher, specializing in Pacific relationality, eco-relational theology, decolonizing education, and relational hermeneutics.