2025 APAHE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Kyle A. Reyes
Vice President, Institutional Advancement, Utah Valley University
Author of Lens of Humanity
2025 APAHE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan
Executive Director & Founder, AAPI Data
Karthick Ramakrishnan has served in leadership roles that span academia, government, public policy, and philanthropy.
2025 APAHE Pacific Islander Presidents Panelists
Dr. Lui Hokoana
Chancellor, University of Hawai’i, Maui College
Lui Hokoana was appointed University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s chancellor on December 1, 2014.
Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero
President, Northern Marianas College
Galvin Deleon Guerrero is the president of Northern Marianas College. With almost 30 years of teaching and leadership experience in K-12 and higher education, he holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in English literature, a Masters of Arts degree in School Administration, and an Education Doctorate in Organizational Change Leadership. He has also taught English and social studies at the secondary and post-secondary levels; has coached speech, debate, and mock trial; and has produced over 50 stage and film productions as a dramatist and filmmaker.
Dr. Maenette K.P. Ah Nee-Benham
Chancellor, University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu
Dr. Maenette Benham, a kānaka maoli scholar and teacher, currently serves as Chancellor, University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu (since 2017.)
Sefa Aina (Moderator)
Associate Dean and Director of Draper Center for Community Partnerships, Pomona College
Sefa Aina is the Associate Dean and Director of the Draper Center for Community Partnerships at Pomona College.