Solomon KAHOOHALAHALA

Kupuna, Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA)

Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala is a seventh-generation native Hawaiian descendant, kupaʻāina, from the small Hawaiian island of Lānaʻi. He is the current native Hawaiian Elder of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Advisory Council and Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group. He is the current Chair of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and also serves as a Cultural Community Member of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
In the past four decades, Solomon Kahoʻohalahala has served as an elected official to the Maui County Council and the Hawaiʻi State Legislature. He was appointed to the Hawaiʻi Sovereignty Commission; Executive Director of the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve Commission and served on numerous boards and commission at County, State, Federal and NGO levels.
He is a member of the indigenous peoples NGO Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA).