Neil Hannahs

Neil J.K. Hannahs directs the Land Assets Division of Kamehameha Schools that manages Kamehameha’s 347,000 acres of agriculture and conservation lands in Hawaiÿi.  He is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and received his BA and MA degrees from Stanford University.  Mr. Hannahs joined the Kamehameha Schools staff in 1974 and has performed various roles, including coordinating development of Kamehameha Schools’ Strategic Plan for 2000-2015 and directing the initial Native Hawaiian Educational Assessment Project for the U.S. Congress. 

Mr. Hannahs is active in community affairs, serving as trustee of Queen’s Health System, Queen’s Medical Center, Moloka`i General Hospital and Bishop Museum, as well as chairman of the Hawaiÿi Public Television Foundation.  He also performs leadership roles for Polynesian Voyaging Society, Land Use Research Foundation, `Ike `Äina Hawaiian Land Trust, National Science Foundation’s Hawaiÿi Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Steering Committee and the University of Hawaiÿi Sea Grant Advisory Council.