Hawai‘i Land Trust is pleased to host Mālama ‘Āina Kākou! The event brings together Hawai‘i’s conservation advocates for an island-style sunset pā‘ina on the historic grounds at Lanikūhonua on O‘ahu’s west side.
Guests will be treated with ‘ono fare featuring locally gown and produced foods, complimentary cocktails, and live entertainment. This benefit provides much-needed operational support for Hawai‘i Land Trust to protect and steward the lands that sustain us. Your support of this event will bolster our efforts to protect lands in Kāne‘ohe and Kailua as well as ensure the protection of coastlines, wahi kupuna, and farms and ranches that produce healthy food for our community, across the island chain. E Mālama ʻĀina Kākou!
2025 Kahu o ka ʻĀina
Herb Lee Jr.
Herb Lee, Jr., is a Native Hawaiian and the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific American Foundation (PAF), a Native Hawaiian serving non -profit established in 1993. Herb retired in December 2024 after serving for 25 years. Herb has led highly successful and innovative education and leadership projects, that has benefited over 150 schools, trained over 7,000 teachers and formed over 200 community and industry partnerships over a 30-year period. In 1995 he founded the Waikalua Fishpond Preservation Society to protect and steward a 400-year-old ancient Hawaiian Fishpond, one of the few remaining in the 21st Century. He also has 36 years of experience as a community involvement specialist and has been a recording artist, Hawaiian musician, a cultural practitioner for 46 years and a member of CREA (Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment) Hawaii since 2015. He was one of twelve that served to develop Na Hopena A’o, adopted by the Hawaii Board of Education in 2015.
In 2007, PAF received its first “Partners in Excellence” Award from the Hawaii Department of Education and in 2011, he received numerous awards including the Historic Hawaii Foundation’s highest Preservation Award for the work at the Waikalua Loko Fishpond; the Hawaii Maoli and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Club’s “Ka Mana o ke Kanaka, the Spirit of the Hawaiian” award; the Rotary Club of Honolulu’s, “Peacemaker Award,” and the O’O award from the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce. In 2014, he was one of ten in the country to be awarded a “Cesar Chavez Champion of Change” by President Obama and in 2022, the “Distinguished Kama’āina Award from the Ko’olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club and “Lighting Our Way” award from the Pacific Buddhist Academy. In 2024, he was selected one in ten in the country to receive a Luce Fellowship from the First Nation’s Development Institute to share indigenous knowledge with future generations. Finally in 2025, The Peace Award from the Wholistic Peace Institute for his lifetime achievements in modeling peace and aloha in the world.
Mahalo to our In-Kind Sponsors!
Mahalo to our Table Sponsors!
