Michael is a senior ecologist who has worked in the private sector as an environmental consultant for twenty years. His educational and professional experiences have provided him with an extensive background in various aspects of ecology and water quality. He has conducted environmental assessments, listed species surveys, Low Impact Design evaluations, wetland delineations, and water quality monitoring, and he has worked closely with private and public stakeholders to successfully implement projects throughout Maui County. Proficiencies include the use of Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technologies, and water quality sampling instruments.

He is a certified Professional Wetland Scientist, and holds a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of South Florida. As the author of three EPA and HDOH approved watershed management plans - The Southwest Maui Watershed Plan, the Pōhākea Watershed Plan and the Māʻalaea Bay Watersheds Management Plan - Michael is dedicated to restoring ecological conditions and improving water quality for the island of Maui.

Tova has worked as the West Maui Watershed and Coastal Management Coordinator supporting the goals of the West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative for the past eleven years. In this capacity, she has built relationships with a wide list of partners, stakeholders and landowners in the region while coordinating the planning, research, implementation, monitoring and outreach aspects of the Initiative’s work to address land-based sources of pollution impacting nearshore ecosystems in five watersheds. In this time, she has worked closely with partner organizations and contractors on planning and executing dozens of mitigation projects. Over the past year, state and local partners have begun exploring how lessons learned and relationships developed can be leveraged to reduce pollution in other leeward watersheds including South Maui.

Previously, she worked in West Maui for six years managing a sustainable agriculture effort, including supporting ag research and the development of community gardens. Tova holds a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara as a B.Sc. in Environmental Biology from McGill University.She is trained in collaborative leadership and is a graduate of the Hawaii Agricultural Leadership Foundation.

Scott grew up in Kula, and at age 17 enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. After his discharge, he studied at Colorado State University. Scott’s graduate work includes an M.A. in Peace Studies with a concentration in Native Hawaiian Strategies of Peacemaking and Reconciliation. His PhD. explored the dynamics of post-conflict recovery in a civil war on the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, with a particular emphasis on how communities make wise decisions about conflicts over natural resources. Scott also has a graduate degree in ecological restoration, and is currently working on a graduate certificate in sustainable agriculture. Between 2017 and 2019 Scott worked for three summers at the University of Leicester, UK in a research fellowship in Paleoecology.

Since 2003 Scott has worked for the Maui Coastal Land Trust, first as a project manager at the land trust’s 277-acre Waihe‘e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge and is now the Director of ʻĀina Stewardship for Hawai’i Land Trust.In this capacity he has led all aspects of the ecological restoration work conducted by the Land Trust. Scott serves on the Maui/Lana‘i Island Burial Council and works at his 4-acre ‘ulu farm in Waikapū on the weekends.