Chair, Secretary

Tam is a lawyer, writer and advocate. He has twenty years of experience as a public policy lawyer, focused mostly on renewable energy law and policy. He has been in Hawaii off and on since the early 1990s, when he was a soldier at Schofield Barracks and trained each year at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. He is a co-founder of Think B.I.G. and a board member of the Hawaii EV Association. He is working on his first novel about Hawaii. He is a proud parent of three cats.

Vice-Chair

Noel is a co-founder of Think B.I.G. He is involved in several local organizations focused on climate action, sustainability, resilience, and STEM education. He is an Infrastructure Partner for Sustainability Partners. He is on the board of Sustainable Energy Hawaii, Hawaii EV, Big Island EV, NexTech Hawaii, and the Red Cross Pacific Region.

Noel has a master’s degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco. He resides in Hilo.

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Director

Jeannette Gurung, PhD, is a forester and gender expert, Founder and Executive Director of WOCAN (Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management) — a Hawai’i-based international non-profit with over 1350 members in 113 countries, to support capacity building for women’s leadership and empowerment and gender integration. Jeannette is also a co-founder of a new initiative to develop a Climate Resilient and Agricultural Innovation Hub for Women Farmers of Hawai’i County.