As CEO of INPEACE, Kanoe Nāone manages all programmatic, grant writing and reporting activities. Ms. Nāone is a member of the state's Early Learning Council and the Na Lau Lama Planning Committee as well as a board member for Good Beginnings Alliance and the Kamehameha Publishing Board. She received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa in 2008.
Prior to her work with INPEACE, Kanoe was the Community Relations and Development Director for Keiki O Ka ‘Āina Family Learning Centers, where she was responsible for the agency’s self sustainability efforts that included land purchase, the development and implementation of a cultural outdoor classroom and construction of a learning center and preschool. In addition she advised on Hawaiian language and culture in programs. Kanoe also served as the Executive Director of The Pa Lehua Project on the Big Island and before that, she taught for five years in the state Department of Education’s Hawaiian Immersion program. Kanoe resides in ‘Aiea with her husband Danton and 4 children Nicole, Ka‘ikena, Kūpa‘a and ‘Ālika.
