The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Association (SCHHA) is proud to celebrate our mana wāhine. At last month’s Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC) board meeting, two next generation mana wāhine Native Hawaiian leaders who had been serving for several years as deputy directors were promoted to co-executive directors.
Congratulations Ms. Kara Chow and Ms. Jordyn Danner! Kara has a degree in marketing and Jordyn has a degree in education. Both are accomplished community leaders originally from Kauaʻi. I’m so very proud to be passing the baton of HCDC into their very capable hands.
As co-executive directors, Kara will continue her expert oversight of corporate, fiscal, compliance, and human resource management, while Jordyn will continue her execution of place-based housing, social enterprise, youth and leadership programs.
SCHHA’s leadership has complete confidence that they will do a great job in leading HCDC, our statewide homestead nonprofit, into the next era of service to our Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries and our greater lāhui.
They both join Ms. Rolina Faagai, executive director of our Hawaiian Lending & Investments (HLI) nonprofit who was promoted less than a year ago in October 2023. Rolina has been with HLI since the beginning; starting as our loan fund manager. She has been a confident, supportive presence for HLI, always encouraging her colleagues and the homesteaders we serve.
HCDC was founded in 2009 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to affordable housing, economic development and homestead capacity building on or near Hawaiian Home Lands. It operates affordable rental projects on Kauaʻi and Maui, and operates a variety of job-creating social enterprises, as well as workforce development and youth leadership programs. HCDC also supports homestead associations through capacity trainings and fiscal sponsorship services statewide.
HLI was founded in 2020 as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit dedicated to accessing capital for consumer, agriculture, clean energy, social enterprise and housing purposes on or near Hawaiian Home Lands in the State of Hawaiʻi.
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