Hawaiʻi Housing Finance & Development Corporation

Grant Chun is the recently retired executive director of Hale Mahaolu, a non-profit affordable housing developer and provider in Maui County. In his capacity at Hale Mahaolu, Mr. Chun oversaw the planning, entitlement, funding, construction, and management of the company’s portfolio of housing sites, which are situated on the islands of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai. An attorney by profession, Mr. Chun is a former partner in the Carlsmith Ball law firm. He also served as managing director of the County of Maui, and as vice president of A&B Properties, Inc. on Maui. Mr. Chun continues his engagement in non-profit work as a volunteer with AARP Hawaii, Hale Makua, and the Maui Chinese Cultural Society. Mr. Chun is a graduate of the University of Southern California, and UC Law San Francisco.

Susan Kunz recently retired as Housing Administrator for the County of Hawaiʻi Office of Housing and Community Development after more than 20 years of leadership in affordable housing, community development, and workforce development. Throughout her career, she led the planning and financing of affordable housing initiatives, administered the county’s housing programs, and worked collaboratively with public, private, and nonprofit partners to expand affordable housing opportunities across Hawaiʻi Island. During her tenure, the County more than doubled its housing resources and dramatically expanded its affordable housing pipeline to more than 8,000 planned units. She previously served as Executive Director of the Big Island Housing Foundation, where she managed affordable rental housing properties and advanced the organization’s mission to provide quality housing for local families and seniors. Susan continues her engagement in the community by serving on boards of the Big Island Housing Foundation and the Hamakua Kohala Health Center. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound and is a licensed Hawai’i real estate salesperson.

Sean Sasaki has over 20 years of project controls and project management experience and has been involved at all levels of the project lifecycle from proposal to closeout. He has experience working on U.S. Department of Defense contracts and commercial clients, specializing in environmental construction, remediation, and facility management. His engineering background and varied experience enable him to effectively serve in other roles such as Safety Office, Quality Control and Construction Management.

Appointed as VP Maui for Alexander & Baldwin in 2018, Carol Reimann has embraced executive leadership roles in diverse fields such as housing & human concerns, agriculture, tourism and events management. Most notably, she enjoyed a 25-year career in the visitor industry where she specialized in government advocacy, community support & engagement, marketing, public relations and events management. In her current role, she serves as the senior representative of A&B’s interests on Maui that includes commercial real estate and development, as well as overseeing government and community relations. In addition to serving as a Rotarian, she is very engaged in her community and holds board positions on the Maui Chamber of Commerce, MEO, MEDB and Hale Makua. In the past, she also served as Chair of the Maui County Salary Commission and board member of the Committee on the Status of Women, Maui County Council Boy Scouts of America, Maui Workforce Investment Board, Hawaiʻi Adult Education Council, Maui County Farm Bureau and Maui Visitors Bureau.

Garth Yamanaka is a Certified Residential Appraiser, owner of G & H Appraisals Inc., and vice president and real estate broker with Yamanaka Enterprises Inc. He has over 25 years of experience in real estate valuation, brokerage, and property management. Garth previously served on the Small Business Regulatory Review Board and the Business Revitalization Task Force established under Act 142 and currently serves on the boards of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Hawaiʻi and the Japanese Community Association of Hawaiʻi. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Marine Science from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and holds the SRA designation from the Appraisal Institute.

Michael Serpa has more than 34 years of experience in the real estate development and home building business. He is the principal and owner of Concentric Development Group which has focused on infill, town core, walkable developments over the past 20 years. He also developed many deed-restricted affordable housing projects and special needs housing. Michael is currently building Koloa Village, a mixed-used development on Kauaʻi. Prior to starting his own real estate development company, Michael was president of Del Webb, a subsidiary of Pulte Homes that develops master-planned communities. Serpa is also a licensed general contractor in California as well as a licensed real estate broker in California and Hawaiʻi. He earned a Bachelor of Science specializing in real estate finance from the University of California. Michael also has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Oregon.

Seth Colby serves as Director of Finance for the Hawaiʻi Department of Budget and Finance, where he oversees the state budget and financial planning. He previously held senior economic policy roles as Chief State Economist at the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) and as Tax Research & Planning Officer at the Department of Taxation (DOTAX). Earlier in his career, he worked in economic and social development across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa with the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the Johns Hopkins University. He holds a PhD in Political Economy from Johns Hopkins University. Seth served as a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador and is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.

James Kunane Tokioka was named DBEDT director on May 5, 2023. Most recently, he served as the Deputy Director for the Department of Transportation’s Airports Division. Tokioka began his political career as a member of the Kauaʻi County Council in 1996, where he served for 10 years. He then went on to serve for 16 years as a member of the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives. Prior to his public service, Tokioka worked his way through the hospitality industry, both in Hawai‘i and across the United States, doing everything from bussing tables to managing hotels and owning restaurants. Tokioka has also worked for Oceanic Time Warner Cable/Spectrum, where he oversaw new business management programs and assisted with securing the largest single contract in the company’s history.

Scott Glenn serves as a member of the Governor’s Housing Team in the Office of the Governor. He has served in various executive roles in state government, including leading the Office of Environmental Quality Control’s 2019 administrative rules update to provide an exemption pathway for certain affordable housing projects undergoing Chapter 343, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, environmental review. He holds a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.