Presenters
Strengthening Communities
Jocelyn (Josie) Howard
Program Coordinator, Imi Loa Program–Immigrant Employment Service, Goodwill Industries of Hawai'i
jhoward@higoodwill.orgCanisius Tkel Filibert
President, Micronesian Community Network, and Program Director, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
maifiliberc@prel.org
(808) 441-1343Justin Lani
Director, Marshall Islands Medical Referral Office, and member of the Marshallese Education Day Committee
jlani01@yahoo.com
Joanna Jacob
Bilingual School/Home Assistant, Hawai'i
Department of Education: Honolulu District English
Language Learner's Program and member of the
Micronesian Cultural Awareness Project
joannaj@hawaii.eduDionisialynn (Dion) Bernard
Hawai'i Department of Education Behavioral Counseling Research Center and a former leader of Boys and Girls Club pilot programs
dionisialynnbernard@yahoo.com
Increasing Effective Communication Panel
Aenet Rowa
Founder of Yokwe Online (www.yokwe.net)
yokwenet@aol.comPastor Robert Lorin
Case Manager/Housing Specialist, Catholic Charities Hawai'i, and host of the Chuukese-language Program on KNDI 1270 AM
rlorin@catholiccharitieshawaii.org
Lillian Sepe Segal
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Pacific Voices
segal@hawaii.eduDr Hilda Heine
Director of the Pacific Comprehensive Center Program, Pacific
Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) and co-founder
of Small Island Networks (SINET)
heineh@prel.org
Building Programs in Education and Health Panel
Joanna Jacob
Bilingual School/Home Assistant, Hawai'i Department of Education: Honolulu District English Language Learner's Program
joannaj@hawaii.eduMary Milne
Part-Time Teacher (Central Middle School), McKinley Special ELL Project, and Employment Counselor with the Goodwill Industries Imi Loa Program
mmilne@hawaii.eduJohn S Ishoda
Paramedical Assistant, Bilingual Health Services, Ala Moana Health Center, Hawai'i Department of Health
john.s.ishoda@doh.hawaii.gov
Richard Salvador
Teacher, McKinley Community School
ricksalv@byu.netNia Aitaoto
Coordinator, Papa Ola Lokahi-Pacific Programs
naitaoto@papaolalokahi.org
Educating for Rights, Responsibilities, and Representation Panel
Brengyei R Katosang
Staff Attorney with the Housing Unit, Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i
brkatos@lashaw.org
(808) 527-8028Emma Reimers
Case Manager, Lighthouse Outreach Center
emmareimers@gmail.comElfriede Suda
Committee on Court Interpreters, The Judiciary-
State of Hawai'i
elfriedesuda@gmail.comCatherine Leilani Aubuchon
Associate Attorney with Bronster Hoshibata, in Honolulu; formerly an Assistant Attorney General with the Federated States of Micronesia Department of Justice
caubuchon@bhhawaii.net
Pastors’ Panel
Rev Radigan David
Pohnpeian Fellowshp/Ministry at Central Union Church
RDavid2702@aol.comPastor David Samuel
Hawai‘i Jemdron Marshallese Assemblies of God
Waikiki Marshallese Assembly of God – Senior Pastor
rostinasamuel@msn.com
(808) 690-2307Rev Akendo Onamwar
Senior Pastor, First Chuukese Congregational Church of Hawai'i
aonamwar@dhs.hawaii.govLay Minister Steven Sigrah
Kosrae-Honolulu Congregational Church
sjsigrah@yahoo.com
(808) 230-0510Pastor Robert Lorin
Case Manager/Housing Specialist, Catholic Charities Hawai'i
rlorin@catholiccharitieshawaii.org
The photos on this page are courtesy of Margo Vitarelli.