• To partner with tribes, local jurisdictions, organizations, and the private sector to produce a more equitable and flourishing future. 
  • Create opportunities for those who belong to communities who have been historically excluded from living at the intersection of career and calling in wellness and joy. 

our primary objectives

Headwater People is a body of practitioners guided by traditional communities for the sake of doing uncommon work for the common good. We utilize design principles and values for system change that have been continuously practiced for countless generations and are often in contrast to colonial and imperial worldviews, to benefit the entire community. 

our purpose

Who We Are.

Our Mission.

To work towards a more equitable and flourishing future by partnering with public and private organizations committed to a more just and healthful world.

To deliver effective, efficient, and thoughtful results to our clients and the people they serve.

To inspire and retain talented and dedicated individuals by providing meaningful work, career opportunities, and the capacity to offer transformative service to our clients and their missions.

– Maori Proverb

He aha te mea nui o te ao
What is the most important thing in the world?
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata
It is the people, it is the people, it is the people

We are a Native-owned and led team that started from community organizing and coalition building. Our team practices are informed by graduate studies in Organization Development but primarily rooted in the continuity of learned values, techniques, and models that are taught in our own tribes, clans, and families.  Our practice is rooted in honoring each person's authenticity as a part of our shared practice. At the intersection of our unique experiences and beliefs is a shared belief that humans evolve together. We celebrate ourselves and our presence highlights how versatile leadership is fluid - not just within an individual, but within a group. Our practice is rooted in a world view of continuity with people and place that are longer and wider than the colonial and imperial worldview. Our practice centers the voice of disenfranchised people. This is necessary for systems change.


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Our Team.

Matthew Hayashi is the principal organization development and leadership consultant for Headwater People. He offers organizations a variety of strategic consulting services such as organization design, strategic planning, change management, process improvement, retreat planning and facilitation, and executive coaching. His passion is to help connect groups to the core mission of their work through collaborative and innovative learning and whole organizational health.

Additionally, Matthew has significant experience in facilitating empowering and productive experiences in emotionally charged and relationally challenging circumstances. Relevant bodies of work include facilitating discussion between Seattle Public Schools and Seattle’s urban native community over failed efforts to close achievement gaps for Native learners; leading a project to partner IHS and a Montana Tribe to find equitable solutions over water disputes; and facilitating team-performance workshops for a physician partnership at Swedish hospitals. Very recent clients include the Environmental Protection Agency, Indian Health Services, UW College of Education, Washington State Department of Commerce, the Native Youth Alliance of Minnesota and the Urban Native Educational Alliance. Matthew has a particular interest in supporting community-led projects that improve systems in Native American organizations and agencies. Matthew grew up in indigenous communities in Kaneohe, Hawaii and continues to be grounded in the perspective and gifts of traditional cultures.

Whole System Change & Leadership

Matthew Hayashi

Colleen Echohawk is an enrolled member of the Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation and a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake. Ms. Echohawk is the Executive Director of the Chief Seattle Club, a nonprofit dedicated to the needs of Native American and Alaska Native people who are experiencing homelessness in Seattle. Chief Seattle Club provides a safe and sacred place to rest, revive and nurture the spirit of urban Native people. They serve approximately 100 urban Native people a day, 7 days a week, providing services such as hot meals, clothing, laundry, showers, resources for sobriety and wellness, and cultural programming. The Chief Seattle Club is the winner of the 2017 Neighborhood Builder Award. Municipal League of King County named Chief Seattle Club organization of the year in 2016. Crosscut awarded Ms. Echohawk their annual Courage Award for Public Service, also in 2016.

As the founder of the Coalition to End Urban Native Homelessness, Ms. Echohawk is committed to homeless advocacy. The coalition is a first of its kind to respond to the trajectory of Native American and Alaska Native people living away from reservations in urban places and experiencing homelessness. Ms. Echohawk is interested in creating systems and structures that help facilitate wellness, and encourage kindness and courage. Her education has been focused on organizational development and leadership; helping brilliant people do better work for the greater good. She is the co-founder and principal at Headwater People Consulting Group. 

Ms. Echohawk serves on local boards including a Mayoral appointment to both the Community Police Commission and co-chair of the City of Seattle MDAR Committee. Other board affiliations are KUOW (National Public Radio member station,) All-Home Coordinating, Metropolitan Improvement District.

In her spare time, she loves to read, sing karaoke, listen to National Public Radio and cook delicious food for her friends and family. Ms. Echohawk is a proud mom to two children and is married to Matt Hayashi. 

President

Colleen Echohawk

Lael Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) represents tribes and tribal organizations across the United States. After serving as in-house counsel for a tribe and its economic enterprises, Lael moved to Washington, D.C. to take a position as Legislative Director for the Native American Contractors Association and Counselor to the Chairwoman of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Now in private practice, Lael draws on her fifteen years of legal and advocacy experience representing tribes and tribal organizations to provide her clients the advice and guidance they need to shape the direction of their tribe or organization. She recognizes the need to represent Indian Country in a good way – respectful of leadership concerns and goals while providing expert guidance and available options to achieve those goals.

Lael is an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma but was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and raised in the Interior of Alaska. She is the adopted granddaughter of Katie John of the Upper Athabascan Mentasta Lake Village, Alaska. Lael is a Past-President of both the National Native American Bar Association and the Northwest Indian Bar Association. She is 2013 recipient of National Center for American Indian Economic Development “40 Under 40” and currently based in Washington, D.C.

Tribal Policy & Government

Lael Echo-Hawk

Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA, is an enrolled member of the Kitkehahki band of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. She is also a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Village, Alaska. She was born in the heart of Alaska where she was raised in the traditional values of giving, respect for all and love.

She is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies and Minor in Human Rights, and a Master of Arts in Policy Studies. She previously served as the Co-Director and Tribal Liaison for Partnerships for Native Health at Washington State University-Spokane. In this role she oversaw the implementation and dissemination of 24 NIH funded grants with topics ranging from suicide prevention, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and more. Ms. Echo-Hawk focuses on policy advocacy in areas such as: maternal and child health, domestic violence, sexual assault, youth prostitution and educational disparities.

Her greatest accomplishment however, is her place within her extended family. She is a wife, a mother, an auntie, a daughter, a granddaughter, a friend and a community member. Abigail strives to serve them with love and to be a small part of ensuring a great future for the next generations.

Health & Wellness

Abigail Echo-Hawk

Lis is an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation and an adopted grandchild of Katie John, a matriarchal chief and subsistence rights activist from Mentasta Lake Village, and raised in the interior of Alaska. As an indigenous person and community organizer, Lis sees her calling as helping others to live in wellness, individually and collectively. As the Director of Indigenous Wellness for Headwater People, she offers invitational facilitation grounded in non-western perspective. Elisabeth uses her gifts in service to conflict resolution, strategic planning, equity training and transformation, leadership and community service. She is a trained nutritional and wellness therapist, certified personal trainer and full-time community organizer. She is based in Kohala on Hawai’i Island and serves in many food sovereignty, youth wellness, and community healing projects from an indigenous perspective. Lis is first and foremost a mother to 3 indigenous daughters and wife to Eruera Kawe (Māori, Ngati Ranginui) she is also a sister, auntie, niece, daughter, granddaughter, and an active part of her community these roles guide her to continue to remember how to be a good ancestor.

Indigenous Wellness

ELISABETH KAWE

Yolanda has spent her career in outreach, marketing, and communications roles in nonprofits in the Greater Seattle area. ​She has always worked to include other experiences and points of view in her work to focus on highlighting anyone who may be left out. ​​Yolanda participated in the Green Pathways Fellowship where she received technical skills training and community-centered and culturally relevant leadership development teachings. ​Yolanda graduated from the University of Washington with ​a ​BA in International Studies and Anthropology.


Yolanda Altamirano

Owen L. Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) comes from the people of the Lower Columbia River, Salish Sea, and Southwest Pueblos. He grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska and Seattle where in 2021 he graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in American Indian Studies and Political Science. Through these disciplines he's been able to create and manage projects that range from community work, art, education, and influence on local and federal policy. His work is concentrated in Indigenous education and cultural representation, a path that he's learned from his connection to Tribal Canoe Journeys. 

In Seattle, Owen has worked with the Office of Planning and Community Development, Seattle Aquarium, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, and Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Outside of Seattle, Owen currently serves as the secretary for the Center for Native American Youth Advisory Board where he manages youth programing and event building for the Champions of Change program and regularly works with the University of British Columbia. Recently, Owen published the Indigenous Walking Tour of UW, which is a reflection of Indigenous knowledge and place making on the University of Washington campus. In his free time, Owen enjoys trail running, writing about nature, and cooking seafood for his family and friends.

Northwest Culture & Environment

Owen L. oliver

Cyndy Wilson (she/her) is a whole systems change consultant dedicated to ensuring that change happens equitably, sustainably, and with a focus on care. She was born in Dumaguete City, Philippines and has spent her life splitting time between there and Seattle, WA. This multicultural experience has deeply influenced her communal approach to social justice work. In addition to what she does for income, she is also a performance artist and storyteller.

Cyndy Wilson

Crystal is a proud first-generation Mexican American storyteller from Los Angeles, rooted in the rich traditions of her family from Zapotitán de Hidalgo, Jalisco; Durango, Durango; and Orizaba, Veracruz, México. She acknowledges her ancestors who came before her and continue to guide her, along with her parents, husband, two babies in heaven, and her son.

Inspired by her parents and abuelas, Crystal learned early on that food is a powerful way to share stories and forge connections. She treasures her childhood visits to her dad’s hometown, where running through cornfields and roasting fresh corn over an open fire with her familia sparked her passion for storytelling.

As a first-generation college graduate with a degree in Digital Photography, Crystal enhances Headwater People’s capacity to tell and honor stories more deeply. Her intentional approach brings a unique blend of storytelling and system design thinking to the table. Fluent in both Spanish and English, she skillfully weaves narratives that resonate within Latinx communities.

Residing in Seattle since January 2023, Crystal loves being out in nature, staying cozy at home, and exploring new places. Crystal is also a dedicated community member, a loving family member, and a loyal friend, always ready to uplift those around her.

Associate Director of Operations and Visual Design Specialist

 Crystal Gudiño Grosshuesch

Alec Tiger is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Driven by the values and knowledge system of Muscogee people, Alec has a passion for supporting Indigenous communities in building and leveraging community knowledge and agency to create an equitable, sustainable, and self-determined future. He has spent his career working with Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities across the United States, leading projects spanning economic and community development, Tribal Government and Board leadership facilitation, governmental organizational development, strategic planning, and housing and land planning. Alec has a particular passion for place making and place-based land planning in the Indigenous context for both urban and rural communities. 
Alec was born in Denver, Colorado and holds degrees in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is currently pursuing a MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Organizational &
Tribal Planning Consultant

Alec tiger


Operations Director

Anna Echo-hawk

Nicole Tillotson is an enrolled member of the Tlingit (Kooyu Ķwáan/Naasteidí/Kóon Hít) born and raised in Seattle, WA and a seasoned professional dedicated to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous communities. With a rich tapestry of over 15 years grounded in a deep cultural understanding and an unwavering commitment to the unique challenges faced by Alaska Native and urban Indigenous populations, Nicole has navigated the complex landscape of tribal affairs with resilience and expertise.

From spearheading community-driven initiatives and managing company-wide change initiatives for over a decade with Sealaska Corporation to collaborating with and fundraising for organizations serving the Seattle Native populations, Nicole has been at the forefront of fostering sustainable development, reclaiming traditional knowledge and advocating for the rights of Indigenous peoples.

Nicole received her BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington Foster School of Business (plus a minor in dance, which she’s pursued both personally and professionally throughout her life).


Nicole Tillotson

His tribal affiliation is Ngati Kahungungu, Ngati Ranginui. Eruera is a Cultural Advisor, Grass roots non-profit organizer, and father. Eruera Kawe was born and raised in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and runs a non-profit rooted in culture, taught by a lifetime of experience in whanau (family), tribe, international cultural exchanges and community. He leads mainly by example, always encouraging and inspiring those around him. He is a respected member of the community that he serves and respected by his peers. He has served on the Board of Island Breeze Ministries as Vice President since 2015, also serving on the boards of South Pacific Christian Camp and Alaska Ablaze. Eruera Kawe has worked as a Cultural Advisor for Headwater People since 2018, and has served as co-director of Island Breeze Makapala since 2006. He is a member of Palili o Kohala a co-op in natural farming. Has served as a mentor for youth in a local farming program Ho’okahua Ai. Eruera brings to the table a great handle on finances, administration, and cultural awareness that brings new innovative thoughts on western concepts and forms of leadership.

Cultural Advisor

ERUERA KAWE

Whole System Change & Leadership

Matthew Hayashi

Matthew Hayashi is the principal organization development and leadership consultant for Headwater People. He offers organizations a variety of strategic consulting services such as organization design, strategic planning, change management, process improvement, retreat planning and facilitation, and executive coaching. His passion is to help connect groups to the core mission of their work through collaborative and innovative learning and whole organizational health.

Additionally, Matthew has significant experience in facilitating empowering and productive experiences in emotionally charged and relationally challenging circumstances. Relevant bodies of work include facilitating discussion between Seattle Public Schools and Seattle’s urban native community over failed efforts to close achievement gaps for Native learners; leading a project to partner IHS and a Montana Tribe to find equitable solutions over water disputes; and facilitating team-performance workshops for a physician partnership at Swedish hospitals. Very recent clients include the Environmental Protection Agency, Indian Health Services, UW College of Education, Washington State Department of Commerce, the Native Youth Alliance of Minnesota and the Urban Native Educational Alliance. Matthew has a particular interest in supporting community-led projects that improve systems in Native American organizations and agencies. Matthew grew up in indigenous communities in Kaneohe, Hawaii and continues to be grounded in the perspective and gifts of traditional cultures.

President

colleen echohawk

Colleen Echohawk is an enrolled member of the Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation and a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake. Ms. Echohawk is the Executive Director of the Chief Seattle Club, a nonprofit dedicated to the needs of Native American and Alaska Native people who are experiencing homelessness in Seattle. Chief Seattle Club provides a safe and sacred place to rest, revive and nurture the spirit of urban Native people. They serve approximately 100 urban Native people a day, 7 days a week, providing services such as hot meals, clothing, laundry, showers, resources for sobriety and wellness, and cultural programming. The Chief Seattle Club is the winner of the 2017 Neighborhood Builder Award. Municipal League of King County named Chief Seattle Club organization of the year in 2016. Crosscut awarded Ms. Echohawk their annual Courage Award for Public Service, also in 2016.

As the founder of the Coalition to End Urban Native Homelessness, Ms. Echohawk is committed to homeless advocacy. The coalition is a first of its kind to respond to the trajectory of Native American and Alaska Native people living away from reservations in urban places and experiencing homelessness. Ms. Echohawk is interested in creating systems and structures that help facilitate wellness, and encourage kindness and courage. Her education has been focused on organizational development and leadership; helping brilliant people do better work for the greater good. She is the co-founder and principal at Headwater People Consulting Group. 

Ms. Echohawk serves on local boards including a Mayoral appointment to both the Community Police Commission and co-chair of the City of Seattle MDAR Committee. Other board affiliations are KUOW (National Public Radio member station,) All-Home Coordinating, Metropolitan Improvement District.

In her spare time, she loves to read, sing karaoke, listen to National Public Radio and cook delicious food for her friends and family. Ms. Echohawk is a proud mom to two children and is married to Matt Hayashi. 

Tribal Policy & Government

lael echo-hawk

Lael Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) represents tribes and tribal organizations across the United States. After serving as in-house counsel for a tribe and its economic enterprises, Lael moved to Washington, D.C. to take a position as Legislative Director for the Native American Contractors Association and Counselor to the Chairwoman of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Now in private practice, Lael draws on her fifteen years of legal and advocacy experience representing tribes and tribal organizations to provide her clients the advice and guidance they need to shape the direction of their tribe or organization. She recognizes the need to represent Indian Country in a good way – respectful of leadership concerns and goals while providing expert guidance and available options to achieve those goals.

Lael is an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma but was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and raised in the Interior of Alaska. She is the adopted granddaughter of Katie John of the Upper Athabascan Mentasta Lake Village, Alaska. Lael is a Past-President of both the National Native American Bar Association and the Northwest Indian Bar Association. She is 2013 recipient of National Center for American Indian Economic Development “40 Under 40” and currently based in Washington, D.C.

Health & Wellness

ABIGAIL ECHO-HAWK

Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA, is an enrolled member of the Kitkehahki band of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. She is also a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Village, Alaska. She was born in the heart of Alaska where she was raised in the traditional values of giving, respect for all and love.

She is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies and Minor in Human Rights, and a Master of Arts in Policy Studies. She previously served as the Co-Director and Tribal Liaison for Partnerships for Native Health at Washington State University-Spokane. In this role she oversaw the implementation and dissemination of 24 NIH funded grants with topics ranging from suicide prevention, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and more. Ms. Echo-Hawk focuses on policy advocacy in areas such as: maternal and child health, domestic violence, sexual assault, youth prostitution and educational disparities.

Her greatest accomplishment however, is her place within her extended family. She is a wife, a mother, an auntie, a daughter, a granddaughter, a friend and a community member. Abigail strives to serve them with love and to be a small part of ensuring a great future for the next generations.

Indigenous Wellness

ELISABETH KAWE

Lis is an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation and an adopted grandchild of Katie John, a matriarchal chief and subsistence rights activist from Mentasta Lake Village, and raised in the interior of Alaska. As an indigenous person and community organizer, Lis sees her calling as helping others to live in wellness, individually and collectively. As the Director of Indigenous Wellness for Headwater People, she offers invitational facilitation grounded in non-western perspective. Elisabeth uses her gifts in service to conflict resolution, strategic planning, equity training and transformation, leadership and community service. She is a trained nutritional and wellness therapist, certified personal trainer and full-time community organizer. She is based in Kohala on Hawai’i Island and serves in many food sovereignty, youth wellness, and community healing projects from an indigenous perspective. Lis is first and foremost a mother to 3 indigenous daughters and wife to Eruera Kawe (Māori, Ngati Ranginui) she is also a sister, auntie, niece, daughter, granddaughter, and an active part of her community these roles guide her to continue to remember how to be a good ancestor.

Yolanda Altamirano

Yolanda has spent her career in outreach, marketing, and communications roles in nonprofits in the Greater Seattle area. ​She has always worked to include other experiences and points of view in her work to focus on highlighting anyone who may be left out. ​​Yolanda participated in the Green Pathways Fellowship where she received technical skills training and community-centered and culturally relevant leadership development teachings. ​Yolanda graduated from the University of Washington with ​a ​BA in International Studies and Anthropology.

Northwest Culture & Environment

owen l. oliver

Owen L. Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) comes from the people of the Lower Columbia River, Salish Sea, and Southwest Pueblos. He grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska and Seattle where in 2021 he graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in American Indian Studies and Political Science. Through these disciplines he's been able to create and manage projects that range from community work, art, education, and influence on local and federal policy. His work is concentrated in Indigenous education and cultural representation, a path that he's learned from his connection to Tribal Canoe Journeys. 

In Seattle, Owen has worked with the Office of Planning and Community Development, Seattle Aquarium, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, and Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Outside of Seattle, Owen currently serves as the secretary for the Center for Native American Youth Advisory Board where he manages youth programing and event building for the Champions of Change program and regularly works with the University of British Columbia. Recently, Owen published the Indigenous Walking Tour of UW, which is a reflection of Indigenous knowledge and place making on the University of Washington campus. In his free time, Owen enjoys trail running, writing about nature, and cooking seafood for his family and friends.

Cyndy Wilson

Cyndy Wilson (she/her) is a whole systems change consultant dedicated to ensuring that change happens equitably, sustainably, and with a focus on care. She was born in Dumaguete City, Philippines and has spent her life splitting time between there and Seattle, WA. This multicultural experience has deeply influenced her communal approach to social justice work. In addition to what she does for income, she is also a performance artist and storyteller.

Associate Director of Operations and Visual Design Specialist

CRYSTAL GROSSHUESCH

Crystal is a proud first-generation Mexican American storyteller from Los Angeles, rooted in the rich traditions of her family from Zapotitán de Hidalgo, Jalisco; Durango, Durango; and Orizaba, Veracruz, México. She acknowledges her ancestors who came before her and continue to guide her, along with her parents, husband, two babies in heaven, and her son.

Inspired by her parents and abuelas, Crystal learned early on that food is a powerful way to share stories and forge connections. She treasures her childhood visits to her dad’s hometown, where running through cornfields and roasting fresh corn over an open fire with her familia sparked her passion for storytelling.

As a first-generation college graduate with a degree in Digital Photography, Crystal enhances Headwater People’s capacity to tell and honor stories more deeply. Her intentional approach brings a unique blend of storytelling and system design thinking to the table. Fluent in both Spanish and English, she skillfully weaves narratives that resonate within Latinx communities.

Residing in Seattle since January 2023, Crystal loves being out in nature, staying cozy at home, and exploring new places. Eager to assist as one of the administrators on the team, Crystal is also a dedicated community member, a loving family member, and a loyal friend, always ready to uplift those around her.

Organizational &
Tribal Planning Consultant

Alec Tiger

Alec Tiger is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Driven by the values and knowledge system of Muscogee people, Alec has a passion for supporting Indigenous communities in building and leveraging community knowledge and agency to create an equitable, sustainable, and self-determined future. He has spent his career working with Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities across the United States, leading projects spanning economic and community development, Tribal Government and Board leadership facilitation, governmental organizational development, strategic planning, and housing and land planning. Alec has a particular passion for place making and place-based land planning in the Indigenous context for both urban and rural communities. 
Alec was born in Denver, Colorado and holds degrees in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is currently pursuing a MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Operations Director

Anna echo-hawk

Bio to come.

Nicole tillotson

Nicole Tillotson is an enrolled member of the Tlingit (Kooyu Ķwáan/Naasteidí/Kóon Hít) born and raised in Seattle, WA and a seasoned professional dedicated to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous communities. With a rich tapestry of over 15 years grounded in a deep cultural understanding and an unwavering commitment to the unique challenges faced by Alaska Native and urban Indigenous populations, Nicole has navigated the complex landscape of tribal affairs with resilience and expertise.

From spearheading community-driven initiatives and managing company-wide change initiatives for over a decade with Sealaska Corporation to collaborating with and fundraising for organizations serving the Seattle Native populations, Nicole has been at the forefront of fostering sustainable development, reclaiming traditional knowledge and advocating for the rights of Indigenous peoples.

Nicole received her BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington Foster School of Business (plus a minor in dance, which she’s pursued both personally and professionally throughout her life).

Cultural Advisor

ERUERA KAWE

His tribal affiliation is Ngati Kahungungu, Ngati Ranginui. Eruera is a Cultural Advisor, Grass roots non-profit organizer, and father. Eruera Kawe was born and raised in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and runs a non-profit rooted in culture, taught by a lifetime of experience in whanau (family), tribe, international cultural exchanges and community. He leads mainly by example, always encouraging and inspiring those around him. He is a respected member of the community that he serves and respected by his peers. He has served on the Board of Island Breeze Ministries as Vice President since 2015, also serving on the boards of South Pacific Christian Camp and Alaska Ablaze. Eruera Kawe has worked as a Cultural Advisor for Headwater People since 2018, and has served as co-director of Island Breeze Makapala since 2006. He is a member of Palili o Kohala a co-op in natural farming. Has served as a mentor for youth in a local farming program Ho’okahua Ai. Eruera brings to the table a great handle on finances, administration, and cultural awareness that brings new innovative thoughts on western concepts and forms of leadership.

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We envision a sustainable and profitable professional community whose service is transformative, empathetic, and excellent; and where the lives of our partners, clients, neighbors, and environment are enriched by our presence.

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