Led by retired Native Hawaiian military officers and industry leaders who are dedicated to serving our Native Hawaiian people and the men and women protecting our Country. Drawing on the combat experience of veterans raised on these islands, our NHO Board of Directors carries both the profound kuleana of a people who have called Hawaiʻi home for generations and a clear-eyed grasp of the operational demands facing the warfighters who train here to defend the nation.

Our NHO board members bridge that gap naturally — because there is no gap for us. We have served this nation in uniform and come home to serve the communities we grew up in and where our families have lived for generations. 

Who are Native Hawaiians? — “any individual whose ancestors were natives, prior to 1778, of the area which now comprises the State of Hawaii.” – 13 CFR § 124.3

Mission Statement – Our “Why”

 

Our NHO is a truly Native-Hawaiian-led nonprofit, established to serve the people of the Kaʻū community through healthcare, education, and the preservation of our culture.

What started our NHO was a promise our Chairman made at his father’s bedside before he passed on December 8, 2023: to build a dialysis clinic in Kaʻū, so that no family in our community has to watch a loved one go without the care they need. That promise still drives us. We keep it – and carry the wider work forward – with an 8(a) economic engine Congress wrote into law for economic development, and we account for every dollar in the open, so anyone can see exactly where the money goes, and the good it does for the people of Ka’u.