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Sherlyn Franklin Goo
SPARK Co‐Director, Founder & Board Member
Sherlyn Franklin Goo is the co-director of the SPARK Initiative for INPEACE. She is also a board member and one of three founding members of the organization. Ms. Goo saw the need for a Native Hawaiian community-based educational non-profit agency to improve the quality of life for indigenous peoples of Hawai‘i. Ms. Goo holds her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California and Masters Degree Educational Administration from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. For more than twenty years, Ms. Goo worked at the Kamehameha Schools in several capacities including principal of the Kamehameha Elementary School, Assistant to the President, Federal Relations Officer and as a director of the Early Education Division. She is a Native Hawaiian who has lived the majority of her life on O‘ahu.
Under her leadership, INPEACE grew from a small grassroots community organization to one that serves hundreds of Native Hawaiians in their communities – ranging from parent-child interactive playgroups to higher education. The development of unique partnerships as well as a strong commitment to community characterizes the work of INPEACE and its leadership. In that regard, Ms. Goo has been honored with two prestigious awards: the Ke Kukui Malamalama Award, an Honor of Excellence in Hawaiian Education by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the University of Hawai‘i - Mānoa College of Education's Recognition Dinner to Celebrate Partnerships in Education, a special recognition of INPEACE's Ka Lama O Ke Kaiaulu Teacher Initiatives on the Leeward Coast. Currently, Ms. Goo serves on the Native Hawaiian Education Council, Good Beginnings and Mary Castle Community Advisory Council. |
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