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Program Directors
Mawae Morton
 Mawae Morton is originally from Aotearoa (New Zealand). Mr. Morton has affiliations with several iwi, including Ngäti Tuwharetoa, Ngäti Pukenga, Te Atihaunui a Paparangi, and Ngäti Maniapoto. Mr Morton holds a Bachelor of Agriculture degree from Massey University and a Master of Public Policy degree from Victoria University of Wellington. He has served in key Maori governance roles, notably as Chairman of the Tauponuiatia Management Board on appointment by the Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board; and as a founding Trustee and Director of the Putahitanga o nga Ara Trust, which is the governance entity for the Pouakani Treaty Settlement. Mr. Morton has held several policy positions with the New Zealand Government in the area of Maori development, Maori land and natural resource management, and Treaty of Waitangi issues. As a Senior Consultant with KPMG Consulting and in private practice, Mr. Morton advised many Maori trusts and incorporations on Treaty of Waitangi settlement negotiations, governance issues, strategic planning and business planning.
Mr. Morton currently works as the Strategic Resources Manager within the Endowment Group at Kamehameha Schools in Hawai`i. This role is part of the management team for KS’ 365,000 acres of agriculture and conservation land in Hawai'i. It also involves business and program development. Mr. Morton has acted as the interim program director for the First Nations’ Futures Program since it was first proposed three years ago. He is currently also Senior Vice President of Planning with a new corporation, Hawaii BioEnergy, formed by Kamehameha Schools, Maui Land & Pineapple Co., Grove Farm, Vinod Khosla and Finistere Ventures.
Peter Vitousek
 Peter M. Vitousek is Morrison Professor of Population and Resource Studies in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. He was born in Hawai'i, and now does most of his research there – making use of the extraordinary environments and ecosystems of the Islands as a model for understanding ecology and human-environment interactions globally. There is no truth to the rumor that his interest in Hawai'i is anything but academic. He graduated from HPA, Amherst College (BA Political Science), and Dartmouth College (PhD Biology), then taught at Indiana University and the University of North Carolina before joining Stanford’s Department of Biological Sciences in 1984. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was named “America’s Best Ecologist” by Time/CNN in 2001. Peter is married and has two children.
Neil Hannahs 
Neil J.K. Hannahs is the Director of the Land Assets Division for Kamehameha Schools. He is responsible for the team that manages Kamehameha’s 347,000 acres of agriculture and conservation lands in Hawai'i. Born in Honolulu, Mr. Hannahs is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in political science, as well as a master of arts in education from Stanford University. Mr. Hannahs joined the Kamehameha Schools staff in 1974. Prior to assuming his current position, he served Kamehameha Schools in a variety of roles. He coordinated development of Kamehameha Schools’ Strategic Plan for 2000-2015. As manager of Kaka'ako Improvement, he was responsible for creating a master plan for the redevelopment of fifty-four acres of land owned by the Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu’s Kaka'ako Community Development District.
Mr. Hannahs currently serves as chairman of the Hawai'i Public Television Foundation Board of Directors and President of the Land Use Research Foundation. He is also a trustee of Queen’s Medical Center, sits on the Board of Directors for Bishop Museum, and serves as a State Committee Member of the Hawaii Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). He has served as president of the Kaka'ako Improvement Association, Chair of Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center Advisory Council, Executive Producer of "Schifrin Symphony No. 1: Lili'uokalani," Vice-Chair of the Historic Hawai'i Foundation Board of Trustees and as Treasurer of Pacific Islanders in Communications.
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