Commission Members

The Commission includes leaders from around the state who represent the community, government, businesses, education, culture and the arts, and the Numismatic Association (an organization dedicated to the study and collection of coins).

The Commission Chair is Jonathan Johnson, Commission Project Manager for the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (HSFCA).  Johnson was selected because of his ability to successfully lead art advisory committees through a community process of developing and commissioning art projects for state buildings and public spaces.

Members include:
(Pending confirmation and background clearance)

Jonathan Johnson (Chairperson)
Commissions Project Manager, Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts

Lenny Klompus (Governor’s representative)
Senior Advisor – Communications, Office of the Governor

Senator Robert Bunda
President, Hawai`i State Senate
Represented by Laura Figueira

Senator Fred Hemmings
Senate Minority Leader, Hawai`i State Senate

Representative Calvin Say
Speaker, Hawai`i State House of Representatives
Represented by Mark Oto

Representative Lynn Finnegan
House Minority Leader, Hawai`i State House of Representatives

Gregory Hunt
Regional Coordinator, American Numismatic Association – Region 28 (Hawai`i)
President, Hawai`i State Numismatic Association
President, Honolulu Coin Club

Patricia Hamamoto
Superintendent, Hawai`i State Department of Education

Winona Oato
2005 Teacher of the Year

Carol Pregill
Executive Director, Retail Merchants of Hawai`i

Haunani Apoliona
Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Robin Danner
President and CEO, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

Harry Saunders
Chairperson, Chamber of Commerce of Hawai`i

Jack Legal
Director, Filipino Chamber of Commerce

Kaulana Park
President, Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce

Hieu Nguyen
Member, Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce

Rex Kim
President, Hawai`i Korean Chamber of Commerce

Delores Guttman
President, African American Commercial Council of Hawai`i

Dr. Ming Chen
President, Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawai`i

Blas Silva
Director, Hawai`i Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Wendy Abe
President, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce

Bob Nakasone
President, Okinawan Chamber of Commerce of Hawai`i

Steve Souza
President, Portuguese Chamber of Commerce of Hawai`i

Nicholas Tomihama
Student from O`ahu, sophomore at Mid-Pacific Institute

Lauren Kamei
Student from East Hawai`i, sophomore at Waiakea High School

William Sims
Student from West Hawai`i, freshman at Hawai`i Preparatory Academy

Karisse Wakamatsu
Student from Maui County, junior at Baldwin High School

Malia Hitch
Student from Kaua`i, junior at Kapa`a High School

Terri Lum
Public Representative from East Hawai`i

Sue Moss
Public Representative from West Hawai`i

Orlando Tagorda
Public Representative from Maui

Pamela Alconcel
Public Representative from Lana`i

Punahele Alcon
Public Representative from Moloka`i

Wayne Watanabe
Public Representative from Kaua`i

Dayton Nakanelua
State Director, United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO

Nolan Moriwaki
Masons' Union Local 1 / Local 630