Currently, Hannah is the Director of Hawaii Wildlife Fund in Maui. He believes that the sanctuary can enhance the state's position as a premier world center for whale research, education and conservation. As indicated previously, he is a naturalist by interest and a conservationist by inclination. Isaac has extensive experience in the marine resource field and has been actively involved in Native Hawaiian fishing rights and general fisheries management issues for many years. He has been involved in subsistence fishing for the majority of his life and comes from a family with a long and continuous history of fishing in Kona.
Past experience includes working as a commercial deep-sea bottomfisherman.
Lou is the founder and director of the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory. Their humpback whale research has been carried out in Southeast Alaska and Japan, as well as throughout the Hawaiian Islands. In his free time, he enjoys paddling, swimming and diving. She is committed to the preservation of our ocean environment and has been involved in the writing of several ocean-related laws over the past 15 years. Charles is a native Hawaiian who is fully aware of the importance of the Kohola to the Hawaiian people.