Administration
Stephanie Whalen
Executive Director (808) 621-1352 swhalen@harc-hspa.com |
Blake Vance, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Facilities (808) 383-8419 bvance@harc-hspa.com |
Alice Sharp, MBA
Assistant Director of Finance and Controller (808) 621-1351 asharp@harc-hspa.com |
Tyler Jones, M.S., MBA
Assistant Director of Research (808) 927-7508 tjones@harc-hspa.com |
Administration Support
Melissa Fritz
Executive Assistant (808) 621-1350 mfritz@harc-hspa.com 
Sandra Mitani, BA
Accounts Payable/Receivable (808) 621-1355 smitani@harc-hspa.com |
Florida Chow
Human Resources Officer (808) 621-1353 fchow@harc-hspa.com 
Tiffany Pacheco
Kunia Village Liaison (808) 621-1340 tpacheco@harc-hspa.com |
Research and Education Faculty
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Johanie Rivera Zayas, Ph.D.
Research Agronomist jrivera-zayas@harc-hspa.com |
Huynh Cong Luyen, Ph.D.
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Chifumi Nagai, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist Plant Breeding/ Biotechnology, Emeritus (808) 621-1385 cnagai@harc-hspa.com |
Ann Marsteller, MLS
Librarian (808) 621-1354 amarsteller@harc-hspa.com 
Robert V. Osgood, Ph.D.
Agronomist, Emeritus rvosgood@aol.com |
Wendy Rosen
Education Program Coordinator
(K-12 and Community Outreach)
(808) 621-1361
harceducationprogram@gmail.com
Education Program Coordinator
(K-12 and Community Outreach)
(808) 621-1361
harceducationprogram@gmail.com
Research Assistants
Keith Adams, B.A.Sc.
Research Assistant |
Juli Burden, B.A.Sc.
Research Assistant |
Nathan Fumia, B.A.Sc.
Research Assistant |
Kathleen Joo, B.A.Sc.
Research Assistant Plant Molecular Biology |
Field and Laboratory Staff
Michael Kaufmann
Farms Manager mkaufmann@harc-hspa.com |
Manōʻike Delude
Site Foreman |
Kyle Onaga
Agricultural Operations Specialist |
Thunder Boy Galvez
Farmhand |
Patrick Yuen
Facilities Support |
Clark Camp
Agricultural Equipment Technitian |
Ash Mudd
Field Support |
Marjorie Ortega
Laboratory Assistant |
Mary Joy Ancheta
Laboratory Assistant |
Nellie Shaw
Laboratory Assistant |
Affiliated Scientists
Qingyi Yu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Plant Molecular Biologist Texas AgriLife Research Center at Dallas (972)952-9225 qyu@ag.tamu.edu 
Angel del Valle Echevarria, Ph.D.
Research Associate in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics aechevarria@harc-hspa.com |
Ray Ming, Ph.D.
Professor of Plant Biology Plant Biology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (217) 333-1221 rming@life.uiuc.edu 
Susan Schenck, Ph.D.
Plant Pathologist Disease Diagnosis and Control, Microbiology, Nematology sschenck0015@gmail.com |