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Cynthia Reeves

Cynthia Reeves has begun her duties as Maui County administrator for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). Reeves will assume responsibility for and coordinate all CTAHR research, community outreach and instruction for Maui County.

CTAHR’s research and outreach programs in Maui County include watershed conservation, battling invasive species, training new farmers on Molokaʻi’s Hawaiian Home Lands, teaching agricultural producers to raise honeybees as pollinators, growing macadamias and koa and researching best practices for cultivating protea and other ornamentals, taro, cabbage and tomato.

Reeves is a proven leader and manager of national programs with almost 20 years of experience in extension, nutrition and health-related academic administrative leadership. She is highly skilled in personnel management, which includes developing, implementing, leading and managing complex, multi-disciplinary and collaborative projects.

“Maui County Cooperative Extension has a reputation for excellence in providing science-based outreach and education on a variety of agricultural and human science issues throughout the county,” said Reeves. “My priorities for Maui County are to build on that reputation for excellence by expanding opportunities for faculty research and use of our research facilities, to continue our focus of efforts on issues of local concern and need, and to work toward enhancing the funding base for research, education and extension programs throughout Maui County by pursuing appropriate funding opportunities and by collaborating with staff and faculty in these endeavors.”

More about Reeves

Reeves earned her MPH in nutrition from UH Mānoa and worked as an associate director for Honolulu’s March of Dimes program before earning her PhD in community and international nutrition from the University of California-Davis.

Previously, she served as the national program leader in nutrition and health for USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, where she provided strategic planning, policy analysis and leadership for extension staff and programs in all U.S. states and territories.

For more, read the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources news release.

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