Hawaii Book & Music Festival

Anita Hofschneider is a reporter covering social issues for Honolulu Civil Beat. She previously covered city and state politics, the environment, land use and housing. Her work has won multiple national, regional and local awards. She graduated from Harvard with honors in 2012 and... Read More →

Dr. Kealoha Fox is Native Hawaiian Liaison at AlohaCare, a non-profit health plan in Hawai‘i, where sheoversees organizational initiatives serving Native Hawaiians among the Medicaid and Medicare dualeligible population across all islands. In 2019, the Obama Foundation named Kealoha... Read More →

Dr. Denise Eby Konan is Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM).  She is a Research Fellow at the University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization (UHERO), where she previously served as the Director of the... Read More →

Nanci Kreidman, M.A. is CEO and Co-Founder of the Domestic Violence Action Center (DVAC). She has been working for 35 years addressing domestic violence. Nanci has served on many committees in the community and through appointments by the Governor, Chief Justice, Mayor and Attorney... Read More →