Kanoe Nāone, PhD

President

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Dr. Kanoe Nāone is the current CEO for INPEACE where she is responsible for the vision and direction of the agency and manages all programmatic, grant writing and reporting activities. She is a member of the state’s Early Learning Council, the Kamehameha Publishing Board and The Learning Coalition as well as Board President for Good Beginnings Alliance. Dr. Nāone consistently promotes grassroots solutions to community issues through publications, along with local, national and international conference presentations.

Prior to her work with INPEACE, Dr. Nāone was the Community Relations and Development Director for Keiki O Ka ‘Āina Family Learning Centers, the Executive Director of The Pa Lehua Project on the Big Island and before that, she taught for five years in the state Department of Education’s Hawaiian Immersion program. Dr. Nāone resides in Moanalua Valley with her husband Danton and four children Nicole, Kaʻikena, Kūpaʻa and ʻĀlika.