Environmental Review Program

Truthfully a geographer, Tom has been engaged with Hawai’i’s planning community for over 25 years. Presently serving as a planner in the Environmental Review Program, Tom also has natural resource planning experience with the Coastal Zone Management Program and the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands. His planning perspective has been broadened by employment with two county planning departments, as well as working as a sole proprietor consultant and with a large local planning firm. Preferring to surf and practice yoga in his free time, Tom has also been a Neighborhood Board & Community Garden Board member, volunteered as a docent at the Waikīkī Aquarium, and built yurts, permaculture gardens, and photovoltaic systems.

Jen has been with the State since 2005 and has over 10 years of experience working for the Department of Health in various positions before transferring to the Environmental Review Program. She is responsible for the overall administrative functions for the Program.