Hawaii Book & Music Festival

Karl Kim is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at UH Manoa, and Director of the graduate program in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. He studies transportation, cities, and resilience. Educated at Brown University and M.I.T., he has been a Fulbright scholar to... Read More →

Timothy Johns is the CEO of Zephyr Insurance Company, Hawaii’s leading residential hurricane insurer.  He has held numerous executive leadership positions in the private, public and non-profit sectors in Hawaii, including serving as the Chair of the Hawaii Department of Land and... Read More →

Justine Nihipali serves as the Program Manager for the Office of Planning & Sustainable Development, Coastal Zone Management Program. She serves on the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force, and Hawaii Invasive Species Council... Read More →

Ed Sniffen is the Deputy Director of the Hawaii Department of Transportation Highways Division and chair of  the   Committee on Transportation System Security and Resilience   (CTSSR). HDOT Highways is moving forward on incorporating resilience into its day-to-day operations through... Read More →