Board of
Directors
We are pleased to introduce you to our Board of Directors, a group of dedicated individuals who guide Hanalei Initiative’s mission through their diverse expertise and deep commitment to the North Shore community. We invite you to explore and learn more about the amazing people behind our work.
Mina Morita
President
Mina Morita has called Hanalei Valley home since 1977, where she and her husband raised their two daughters. She now has five grandchildren and Mina, like all families on the island, worries about her children and grandchildren’s’ future here on Kauai. After retiring from close to twenty years in State government as a legislator, commissioner and administrator, she hopes to use that experience to preserve the beauty, history, and culture of Kauai's northshore and work towards solutions to make its communities more sustainable and resilient.
Amy Frazier
Vice President
Born and raised on Kauai, Amy Frazier is a longtime Hanalei resident and one of the founding board members of the Hanalei Initiative, where she also served as past president and current vice president.
With a diverse business background, Amy’s goal of homeownership led her to become a real estate broker, building a reputation for transparency, integrity, and commitment to the community. She stays active on advocating for property tax policies that keep taxes affordable for long-term rentals, generational families, and owner-occupants.
Amy’s community involvement includes various volunteer roles, including her time as past President of the Hanalei School PTSA and as a past board member for the Hawaii Life Charitable Foundation.
Amy lives in Hanalei with her husband, Paul, where they’ve raised their two boys, Miles, an independent filmmaker, and Steele, who is currently studying at SDSU.
Janet Kass
Treasurer
Janet Kass lives in Kapaa. She moved to Kauai in 2017 when she retired from her job as Chief Financial Officer of an electric cooperative in Michigan. She served on the board of directors of Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) for six years, and on the board of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Kauai Region for three years. She plays the piano and leads the music for one of the services at St. Catherine Church, where she also chairs the Finance Council. She moved to Kauai because she loved tropical plants, which she used to grow indoors in pots. Now, for fun and exercise, she spends a bit of time almost every day attempting to tame the jungle of her yard.
Polly Phillips
Secretary
Bio coming soon...
Mason Chock
Having worked within the non-profit sector of education and public service for 20 plus years, Mason Chock has coordinated and moderated numerous trainings by facilitating strategic planning processes and customized leadership training programs. He is the President of Kaua`i Team Challenge Inc./Kupu A’e Leadership Development, an outdoor experiential education program, specializing in adventure based therapy, team building and self-awareness. A master facilitator of The Leadership Challenge©, DiSC© The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team© a personal coach, consultant, and counselor. Mason currently serves as the co-chairman of the Kauai Resiliency Project and is a board director for Mālama Hulēʻia and the Hanalei Initiative.
Mikayla Hart
Mikayla is originally from Kaua’i, grew up on the North Shore, and attended Hanalei Elementary and Kapa’a High schools. After spending over a decade in the mainland building a career in social and environmental impact, she’s returned home to Kaua’i and has been leveraging her expertise to support local impact-oriented organizations such as the Kaua’i Federal Credit Union’s Economic Resiliency Center, Aloha School and the Hanalei Initiative.
Mikayla’s career has centered on building impact strategies that demonstrate what’s good for society is good for business. Working at the intersection of corporate sustainability consulting and finance, Mikayla’s spent the last decade advising Fortune100 companies as a Managing Director at Accenture, leading a team of 200 consultants focused on corporate sustainability, leading nonprofit Boards such as Climate Action Pathways for Schools where she serves as President, and most recently launching an impact investing fund Congruence Capital.
Mikayla has published various reports on sustainability and value creation in partnership with organizations such as the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, and was recognized as a top global female executive by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Mikayla began her career with foundations in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, and received executive certificates from Yale University and INSEAD, an MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School, and a BBA from the University of Hawaii in Finance and International Business.
