Ed Case
Member of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Representative Ed Case proudly represents Hawaii's First Congressional District (O'ahu from Makapu'u through Central Honolulu and Leeward to Mililani, Waipahu, Ewa, Kapolei and Ko Olina).
Congressman Case previously represented Hawaii's Second Congressional District (Windward O'ahu, North Shore, Central O'ahu, Wai'anae, Neighbor Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) from 2002 to 2007. He also served as Hawai'i State Representative from 1994 to 2002 in various positions including Majority Leader.
Ed Case was born and raised in Hilo. His great grandparents on his father's side emigrated to Hawai'i in 1896 from Kansas and his family has lived on O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i and Hawai'i Island over the generations since. His mother was born and raised in Missouri and met his father in Boston where she was attending college and he was attending law school.
Ed attended Waiakea-Kai and Keaukaha Elementary Schools in Hilo before graduating from Hawai'i Preparatory Academy in Kamuela. He went on to graduate from Williams College in Massachusetts before working on Capitol Hill for three years as legislative assistant to U.S. Representative/Senator Spark Matsunaga of Hawai'i.
Following this first of three DC tours, Congressman Case graduated from University of California/Hastings College of Law in San Francisco before returning to Hawai'i to serve initially as law clerk to Hawai'i Supreme Court Chief Justice William Richardson. He then joined the Honolulu-based law firm of Carlsmith Ball, Hawaii's oldest, where for two decades he practiced litigation, property, transactional, business and government law and rose from associate to partner and managing partner.
Following his initial service as U.S. Representative, Case practiced law for seven years with the Honolulu firm of Bays Lung Rose & Holma, where he also served as managing attorney. He then served for five years as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Outrigger Enterprises Group, one of Hawaii's oldest hotel and resort companies with properties throughout Hawai'i and the Pacific-Asia-Indian Ocean region.
Case is married to Audrey (Nakamura), a sansei (third generation from Japan) whose Hawai'i roots are in Honolulu and Kona. Audrey was Ed's Hawai'i Prep classmate and worked for four decades as a flight attendant with Pan American and United. They have four children, a daughter-in law and two grandchildren.
In his spare time ... Ed enjoys hiking and other outdoor and water activities, especially sailing and bodysurfing. Ed and Audrey also enjoy travel and family activities with a renewed emphasis on babysitting.
Member of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Representative Ed Case proudly represents Hawaii's First Congressional District (O'ahu from Makapu'u through Central Honolulu and Leeward to Mililani, Waipahu, Ewa, Kapolei and Ko Olina).
Congressman Case previously represented Hawaii's Second Congressional District (Windward O'ahu, North Shore, Central O'ahu, Wai'anae, Neighbor Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) from 2002 to 2007. He also served as Hawai'i State Representative from 1994 to 2002 in various positions including Majority Leader.
Ed Case was born and raised in Hilo. His great grandparents on his father's side emigrated to Hawai'i in 1896 from Kansas and his family has lived on O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i and Hawai'i Island over the generations since. His mother was born and raised in Missouri and met his father in Boston where she was attending college and he was attending law school.
Ed attended Waiakea-Kai and Keaukaha Elementary Schools in Hilo before graduating from Hawai'i Preparatory Academy in Kamuela. He went on to graduate from Williams College in Massachusetts before working on Capitol Hill for three years as legislative assistant to U.S. Representative/Senator Spark Matsunaga of Hawai'i.
Following this first of three DC tours, Congressman Case graduated from University of California/Hastings College of Law in San Francisco before returning to Hawai'i to serve initially as law clerk to Hawai'i Supreme Court Chief Justice William Richardson. He then joined the Honolulu-based law firm of Carlsmith Ball, Hawaii's oldest, where for two decades he practiced litigation, property, transactional, business and government law and rose from associate to partner and managing partner.
Following his initial service as U.S. Representative, Case practiced law for seven years with the Honolulu firm of Bays Lung Rose & Holma, where he also served as managing attorney. He then served for five years as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Outrigger Enterprises Group, one of Hawaii's oldest hotel and resort companies with properties throughout Hawai'i and the Pacific-Asia-Indian Ocean region.
Case is married to Audrey (Nakamura), a sansei (third generation from Japan) whose Hawai'i roots are in Honolulu and Kona. Audrey was Ed's Hawai'i Prep classmate and worked for four decades as a flight attendant with Pan American and United. They have four children, a daughter-in law and two grandchildren.
In his spare time ... Ed enjoys hiking and other outdoor and water activities, especially sailing and bodysurfing. Ed and Audrey also enjoy travel and family activities with a renewed emphasis on babysitting.
Alexi Meltel
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa - Kewalo Marine Laboratory
My name is Alexi Bosech Meltel and I am a 3rd-year PhD student in the Marine Biology Graduate Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. I work under Dr. Robert Richmond at the Kewalo Marine Laboratory, and my research is focused on the protein expression of corals. I am from the Republic of Palau, and grew up loving the ocean and everything in it. Seeing changes in my island's marine environment is what motivated me to pursue a degree in marine biology. In the future, I plan to return to Palau to help contribute to marine research efforts so that we can better understand how our corals will survive under the effects of global climate change.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa - Kewalo Marine Laboratory
My name is Alexi Bosech Meltel and I am a 3rd-year PhD student in the Marine Biology Graduate Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. I work under Dr. Robert Richmond at the Kewalo Marine Laboratory, and my research is focused on the protein expression of corals. I am from the Republic of Palau, and grew up loving the ocean and everything in it. Seeing changes in my island's marine environment is what motivated me to pursue a degree in marine biology. In the future, I plan to return to Palau to help contribute to marine research efforts so that we can better understand how our corals will survive under the effects of global climate change.
Mary Therese Hattori
Interim Director
Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori is Interim Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program. Prior to this, she was a Scholarship Program Specialist in the East-West Center’s Education Program, Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning and Associate Professor of Education at Chaminade University; Outreach Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; and Associate Professor of Information Technology and Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology at Kapiʻolani Community College. A native Chamoru of Guåhan (Guam), she is a community organizer and advocate for Pacific islanders in Hawaiʻi, co-organizer of cultural events such as the Annual Cultural Animation Film Festival, the Annual Celebrate Micronesia Festival, Micronesian Women’s Summit, and Oceania on the Reel. Dr. Hattori is also affiliate faculty for a number of tertiary institutions including Chaminade University of Honolulu, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and the University of Southern California.
Interim Director
Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center
Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori is Interim Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program. Prior to this, she was a Scholarship Program Specialist in the East-West Center’s Education Program, Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning and Associate Professor of Education at Chaminade University; Outreach Director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; and Associate Professor of Information Technology and Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology at Kapiʻolani Community College. A native Chamoru of Guåhan (Guam), she is a community organizer and advocate for Pacific islanders in Hawaiʻi, co-organizer of cultural events such as the Annual Cultural Animation Film Festival, the Annual Celebrate Micronesia Festival, Micronesian Women’s Summit, and Oceania on the Reel. Dr. Hattori is also affiliate faculty for a number of tertiary institutions including Chaminade University of Honolulu, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and the University of Southern California.
Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
Professor
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Tarcisius Kabutaulaka is an associate professor and former director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Professor
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Tarcisius Kabutaulaka is an associate professor and former director of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Kanoe Morishige
Ph.D. Student
Nā Maka Onaona
Kanoeʻulalani Morishige was born and raised in Kapahulu on O’ahu and is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Marine Biology at UH Mānoa. Her research focuses on biophysical drivers of intertidal ecosystems and reproductive patterns of ʻopihi and hāʻukeʻuke to create adaptive co-management regimes. For the past fourteen years through her work in the non-profit organization, Na Maka Onaona, she has been working alongside local communities perpetuating Native Hawaiian knowledge systems, integrating western scientific tools, and building capacity of youth leadership to support ‘āina momona, healthy and productive lands, oceans, and communities.
Ph.D. Student
Nā Maka Onaona
Kanoeʻulalani Morishige was born and raised in Kapahulu on O’ahu and is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Marine Biology at UH Mānoa. Her research focuses on biophysical drivers of intertidal ecosystems and reproductive patterns of ʻopihi and hāʻukeʻuke to create adaptive co-management regimes. For the past fourteen years through her work in the non-profit organization, Na Maka Onaona, she has been working alongside local communities perpetuating Native Hawaiian knowledge systems, integrating western scientific tools, and building capacity of youth leadership to support ‘āina momona, healthy and productive lands, oceans, and communities.