Ed T. Yonamine
Associate Director808-531-5502 x 303
Ed T. Yonamine serves as the GBA Associate Director. He oversees GBA operations and state planning functions as well as supervises the work and direction of the Oahu and Community Partnership Coordinators. Ed started his early childhood career as a Head Start teacher in Wai'anae and for the last thirty-three years served in varying capacities in the areas of training and technical assistance, higher education, state and federal early childhood development programs, and program administration. He joined GBA in 2005 as the State Planning/Oahu Coordinator and as Associate Director in 2007 after living in Washington State for fifteen years. His last employment in Washington State was with the Booz Allen Hamilton consultant and management firm contracting with the Region 10 Administration for Children and Family's Head Start/Early Head Start Office as a early childhood development content specialist.
