Urban-Island Culture in Kaka‘ako – Paul Kay, Real Estate Development Director, Kamehameha Schools Kamehameha Schools is three years into a 15-year plan to transform its Kaka‘ako lands into a 21st century living community that is innovative, healthy and sustainable, and has a unique, urban-island culture. Under Paul Kay’s leadership, KS’ in-house development team – together with its experienced partners – has developed design guidelines and a community Charter that will create a consistent, high standard for its neighborhood. The team is currently curating a mix of retail tenants that is local, boutique and fresh to the marketplace, and constructing housing that celebrates a diversity of residents. Delivery of the first residential units is scheduled for fall 2012, with more following under real estate programs negotiated with several established Hawaii developers. Kay joined Kamehameha Schools in 2008 as its senior development manager responsible for managing its interests in the development and operations at the Keauhou Resort, amongst other West Hawaii assets. In the intervening period, Kay has been appointed Real Estate Development Director with responsibility for the redevelopment of 50 contiguous acres in Kaka’ako, arguably one of the most important and transformative development ventures in Honolulu today. Kay was raised in Honolulu and is a 1981 graduate of St. Louis High School, thereafter attending USC and graduating from its Marshall School of Business. He has previously worked on master plan projects in Hawaii, California and Mexico, and has been responsible for the delivery of several thousand homes, retail properties, a golf course, parks, and associated infrastructure. Former employment includes Castle & Cooke and Kukio Resort. He currently resides in Honolulu with his wife, Nicole, and 3 sons.

Stephen Meder is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Physical Environment and Long-Range Planning for the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He also holds a joint academic appointment there as he serves as the Director of the School of Architecture’s Environmental Research and Design Lab and as the Director of the Center for Smart Building and Community Design at the UH Sea Grant College Program in the School of Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). Stephen Meder received his Doctor of Architecture degree from the University of Hawaii. He serves on the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative’s Energy Efficiency Task Force, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Chancellor’s Commission on Climate Change, and directs the UHM Sustainability Council. He assists the UHM administration on issues of sustainable building design and setting university energy goals. His research, teaching and publications are focused in the areas of solar design and sustainable building design practices. In 2007 he received a national American Institute of Architects Eco-Literacy Award for combining his classroom teaching with community outreach. He was awarded the University of Hawaii, Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching 2008 Community Service Award. Students from his classes and lab have won the 2010 US Green Building Council’s Emerging Talent National Design competition and the 2012 UHM Student Team Excellence Award for their work from the Environmental Lab.

Paul Woolford, AIA, IIDA, LEED Bio Paul S. Woolford is a Senior Vice President, Director of Design and Managing Principal for the San Francisco studio, as well as a member of the Board of Directors for Hellmuth, Obata +Kassabaum (HOK) Inc. As Design Director on the NOAA PRC, Paul leads an interdisciplinary design team comprised of Preservation architects, MEP and Structural Engineers, Architecture, Interiors and Landscape Design. Paul earned his Bachelor of Architecture at Cornell University with honors in 1983. Named “Outstanding Young Architect of the Year” in 2003 by the American Institute of Architects, he is responsible for some of HOK’s most complex and creative buildings. He is a recognized industry leader, whose work has focused on environmentally high performing buildings. His designs have been honored with numerous awards including: two 2011 AIA SF Chapter Design Excellence Awards for the Library at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology; the 2009 AIA California Chapter Design Excellence Award for the Wind Portal at SFO; the 2009 AIA/Society of College & University Planners Award of Merit for the University of Alabama Campus Master Plan; the “AIA 2005 National Design Excellence Award; the 2005 AIA Georgia Chapter Design Excellence Award; 2006 AIA South Atlantic Region Design Excellence Award; the 2008 Dedalo Minosse International Honor Award for the State Archives and Library of Georgia; and the Research & Development magazine’s “Laboratory of the Year Award” in 1997. He has been acknowledged in such publications as Architectural Record, Architecture, Interiors, and Contract magazines, as well as the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Examiner, the SF Business Times, the Atlanta Constitution Journal, and the Atlanta Business Journal. Paul has taught design at University of California, Berkeley; Cornell University; Savannah College of Art & Design; and the California College of Art. He lectures frequently around the world on environmental and design issues for organizations including AIA, USGBC, SCUP, and ULI. Paul has been actively involved in numerous professional and civic organizations including: HOK Board of Directors; San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; National Member of Lambda Alpha an honorary land economics society; Commissioner of Atlanta’s Urban Design Commission; and Board of Trustees of the Atlanta/Fulton County Public Library System. He is a frequent presenter on design, architecture and environmental issues throughout the country for organizations including AIA, USGBC, SCUP, MAAM, Ecobuild, and ULI.

Robert Bruce Graham, Jr. : Partner » Back to Attorney List » Print Phone: (808) 539-0440 • Email: bgraham@awlaw.com Areas of Practice: Real Property Estate Planning Emphasizing: Trust Commercial Leasing Land Title Real Estate Transactions Trust Administration Non-Profit Organizations Robert Bruce Graham, Jr., a partner at Ashford & Wriston, began practicing law in 1973 and joined the firm in 1989. He is a member of the firm's compensation committee and has served on its management committee. Mr. Graham's practice focuses on real estate transactions, including commercial leasing and land title issues; trust administration; and nonprofit organizations. His experience includes: Counsel to the Roman Catholic Church In The State Of Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii and Damien Memorial School. Representation of the Kamehameha Schools concerning trust law issues, property title and Hawaiian land rights. Representation of title companies and numerous Hawaii landowners in matters concerning the determination of title, boundaries and appurtenant rights, and Land Court (Torrens Registry) matters. Court-appointed master to review the accounts and administration of numerous private and charitable trusts, including the Kapiolani Park Trust. Professional Activities: Mr. Graham is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). He is the author of "Land Court Petitions" and "Legal Description and Title Search" (Hawaii Conveyance Manual, 5th ed., 2010); "Traditional Hawaiian Land Law" (Hawaii Real Estate Law Manual, 2008); "Legal Description and Title Search" (Hawaii Conveyance Manual IV, 2001 and Hawaii Conveyance Manual II, 1992); “Traditional Hawaiian Land Law” (Hawaii Real Estate Law Manual, 1997); “Title Matters” (Hawaii Commercial Real Estate Manual, 1988); Co-Author, Boundary Law In Hawaii (1990); and an Adjunct Professor of Real Property Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii. A frequent speaker concerning Hawaiian land law and related matters, he has spoken at seminars sponsored by the Hawaii Bar Association, Hawaii Association of Land Surveyors, Hawaii Association of Realtors, Hawaii Developers' Council, Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), NAIOP, Counselors in Real Estate (CRE) and others. Mr. Graham previously served as a director of the Real Property and Financial Services Section of the Hawaii State Bar and as a Hawaii Bar examiner. Professional Recognition: Mr. Graham is identified as one of the best real estate lawyers in Hawaii in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995 to present editions; as one of the leading Hawaii real property lawyers in America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers USA), 2003 to present; and by Super Lawyers magazine, 2010 to present in the fields of real estate, estate & trust litigation, and non-profit law. He was inducted as a member of Lambda Alpha International Honorary Land Economics Society (Hawaii Chapter) in 1998 and is an honorary member of the Hawaii Land Surveyors Association. Mr. Graham has received the Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rating. Community Activities: Mr. Graham is the Hawaii member of the Diocesan Attorneys Association of the United States Catholic Conference. He previously served as an officer and director of Damien Memorial School, and as a member of the Finance Council and the Development Committee of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. He is a charter member of the Native Hawaiian Tourism and Hospitality Association, and served as director of the Hawaii Visitors and Bureau. For more than eighteen years, he was president of the Association of Apartment Owners of Harbor Square, a 370 unit mixed use residential and commercial condominium in downtown Honolulu, and coordinated its rent renegotiations and eventual conversion to fee simple ownership. Education: J.D., University of Virginia, 1973 B.A., cum laude, Santa Clara University, 1970

Neil Hannahs directs the Land Assets Division of Kamehameha Schools which is responsible for a portfolio of 358,000 acres of agriculture and conservation lands in Hawai`i. These lands are managed to promote a thriving land for a vibrant people by implementing asset management strategies that: • optimize care and use of natural, cultural and water resources; • create sustainable systems to produce food, renewable energy and timber resources; • support sustainable, community-based economic development; and • foster social enterprise development to engage Hawaiian stakeholders in opportunities to execute and benefit from these strategies. Mr. Hannahs is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and received his BA and MA degrees from Stanford University. He is active in community affairs, serving on the governance boards of Queen’s Health System, Queen’s Medical Center, Moloka`i General Hospital, Bishop Museum, Polynesian Voyaging Society, Wai`anae Community Re-Development Corporation, Hawaiʻi BioEnergy and Hawaiian Islands Land Trust. He is also founder and co-director of the First Nations Futures Program in partnership with Stanford University, and serves on advisory boards for the U.S. Army Garrison Command, as well as the Richardson School of Law, Hawaiʻinuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge and Sea Grant College of the University of Hawaiʻi.

President & Principal Specializing in planning, entitlements and design, Rob Iopa has honed his craft through years of experience with several noteworthy firms, including for the past decade with his own, WCIT Architecture. Throughout his career Rob Iopa has led and participated in the development of projects throughout Asia, South America, the South Pacific, and all of the major Islands of Hawaii. While tasked with multiple responsibilities both within his firm and throughout the community, creating architecture is where Rob Iopa’s passion, and still much of his attention, lies. Currently, Rob Iopa maintains a lead role in all of the firm’s projects and heads the design effort for over a dozen projects in Hawaii including the Princess Kaiulani Hotel Redevelopment, the International Marketplace, UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language, UH Hilo College of Pharmacy, and the master planning efforts for Ward Kakaako, Turtle Bay Resort, and Hanalei Plantation. Some of Rob Iopa’s most notable completed projects include the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort, Honua Kai Resort, the Royal Lahaina Resort, the Ritz Carlton Kapalua Bay Club & Residences and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel historic renovation to name a few. A native Hawaiian born and raised in Hilo, Rob Iopa continues to discover and embrace the depths and traditions of the island’s heritage. He is a respected advocate and creative interpreter of culture, most notably that of the host Hawaiian culture, but also that of the diverse ethnicities of the Hawaii. Through this appreciation and passion for culture and a keen understanding of the nuances of local sensibilities, Rob Iopa has developed into one of the most sought after designers in the islands and one of the leading and most successful entitlement professionals in Hawaii. Through this skill set, Rob Iopa demonstrates a unique ability to plan, design and implement sophisticated and complex development proposals and sustainable strategies – proposals and strategies that strive to create uniquely special places and environments that are rooted in the Hawaiian way of life.

Stephanie Nagata, Associate Director, holds both an M.B.A. from UH and an M.S. degree in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University. She has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors with coordinating programs, conferences and events, research, and feasibility studies. Nagata began working for OMKM as its interim assistant director since its inception in August 2000, and was selected to fill the post on a permanent basis in December 2001.