The people behind Think B.I.G.
Volunteers with deep roots in energy, agriculture, design and community work, collaborating with like-minded organizations across the island.
Board of directors
Tam Hunt
Tam is a lawyer, writer and advocate with twenty-five years of experience as a public policy lawyer, focused mostly on renewable energy law and policy. He has been in Hawaiʻi off and on since the early 1990s, when he was a soldier at Schofield Barracks and trained each year at Pōhakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. He is a co-founder of Think B.I.G. and a board member of the Hawaiʻi EV Association, and the author of Solar: Why Our Energy Future Is So Bright.
Jeannette Gurung
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 Hawaiʻi-based international nonprofit with over 1,350 members in 113 countries supporting women’s leadership and gender integration. She is also a co-founder of an initiative to develop a Climate Resilient and Agricultural Innovation Hub for Women Farmers of Hawaiʻi County.
Noel Morin
Noel Morin is a clean energy and transportation advocate on the Big Island. Noel has co-written Civil Beat columns on energy efficiency and decarbonization, joined ThinkTech Hawaiʻi to discuss the County’s Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience, and spoken on Think B.I.G. panels about energy and food security. Noel also leads much of Think B.I.G.’s work on County planning, including testimony on the General Plan 2045.
Advisors
Harvey Stone
Harvey Stone is a community leader, entrepreneur, and sustainability advocate dedicated to strengthening Hawaiʻi Island’s resilience, economy, and quality of life. His work has included leadership in major sustainability summits, a TEDx event, and efforts supporting the creation of the Hawaiʻi Island Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience. As Executive Director of the Kohala Coast Community Fund, he has helped raise more than $1 million for workforce development programs serving local youth and young adults.
Deborah Todd
Deborah “Deb” Todd is a residential designer with four decades of experience creating sustainable, site-responsive homes: more than 400 homes and remodels, LEED Platinum projects, Living Building registrations, and Washington State’s first hemp-lime home. Now working in Hawaiʻi, Deb champions hemp-lime construction as a practical foundation for regenerative island living and a circular economy built around locally grown materials.
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