Responsible for leading and implementing people strategy, policies, talent aquisition, development, and management; faculty and staff relations; total rewards administration; and workforce planning for approximately 2000 employees. Oversee school's co-curricular program offerings, with 4000+ student enrollments annually. Responsible for student and adult health and wellness services, including the Health Center, integrated disability management, wellness and disease management offerings, Student and Adult safety and Health Programs, and risk management.

Ho`okakoo oversees three public conversion charter schools serving 2,000 students enrolled in Kamaile Academy in Wai‘anae, O‘ahu; Kualapu‘u School on Molokai and Waimea Middle School on Hawai‘i island.

Conversion Charter SchoolsKu`alapu`u, Moloka`iWaimea Middle, Waimea, Hawai`iKaimaile Academy, O`ahu

The Hawaii Business Health Council (HBHC) is a non-profit collaborative that represents approximately 45 large private employers. HBHC focuses on improving the health of employees for member companies and is a catalyst in addressing health care issues in Hawaii.

Functional responsibility for corporate and executive compensation, profit-sharing, employee share plan, health and welfare benefits, workers compensation, organization and workforce planning for First Hawaiian, Inc., its subsidiaries, and approximately 4,200 employees in five states, Guam and Saipan.

Top Human Resources Officer in charge of organization development, international and domestic compensation and benefits programs for 1600 represented and non-represented employees. As a country manager for the U.S., participated in global strategy, design and implementation of worldwide talent management system; safety process improvement system; project management and negotiation skills training; and member of U.S. purchasing of qualified and non-qualified plan design team for health and welfare benefits for 10,000 employees of BHP U.S. subsidiaries. Member of the Board of BHP Hawai`i Foundation. Served as team leader, subject-matter expert, and/or change champion for cross-functional project teams responsible for retail performance improvement, business development, marketing and sales strategies, asset management, environmental health and safety, emergency response, business process reeingineering, cost reduction, merger integration and union negotiations.

Founded, organized, and directed this non-profit infant-toddler care and early childhood education organization operating infant-toddler centers for working parents, parenting teens, and their children. Led all fund development activities, including grant-writing, public presentations, and legislative purchase-of-service applications. Produced and coordinated statewide conference for family childcare professionals, the first of its kind in the State of Hawai`i to provide interactive computerized distance training to this constituency.

Facilities planning, design, space programming, building, development, real property leasing and management of owned and leased office, warehouse and manufacturing space in Hawai`i, California, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Singapore. Purchasing and materials management for fleet vehicles, major office and computer equipment, furnishings, fixtures, and supplies. Corporate Information Resource Center and Office Services management providing external/internal research, information and technical support; in-house temporary labor services; building, custodial and customer mailing services; corporate security and health services; and customer support center.