Sylvia M. Hussey & Collette Y. Machado

Sylvia M. Hussey, Ed.D.  has been CEO since December 2019. She has more than 30 years of experience in education administration, policy development and implementation, finance, operations and IT, and has served in executive positions at institutions including the Native Hawaiian Education Council and Kamehameha Schools. Other experience includes Candon Consulting Group, KPMG Consulting and the Honolulu Board of Realtors. | Colette Y. Machado has represented Molokaʻi and Lāna‘i as an OHA trustee since 1996 and currently serves as the Chairwoman for the Board of Trustees. She has been a Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commissioner; Hawaiʻi State Land Use Commissioner and a Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Commissioner. She also is a founding member of the Hawaiʻi Alliance for Community Based Economic