People + Partners

Meet The Elemental Excelerator Team

Strategy & Partnerships

CEO

Chief of Staff

Strategic Initiatives

Partnerships Manager

Investor in Residence

Director of Impact Partnerships

Head of Corporate Partnerships

Senior Partnerships Manager

Startup Acceleration

Managing Director, Accelerator

Managing Director, Equity & Access

Kim Candid

Director of Innovation, Water

Director of Innovation, Agriculture & Circular Economy

Danielle Harris

Director of Innovation, Mobility

Portrait of Nneka Uzoh Director of Energy Innovation

Director of Innovation, Energy

Director of Accelerator Operations

Pipeline & Dealflow Manager

Portfolio Manager

Senior Portfolio Analyst

Nathaly Moreno

Nathaly Moreno

Manager of Innovation, Equity & Access

Karina Soria Mendoza

Portfolio Fellow

Avra van der Zee

Avra van der Zee EEx

Avra van der Zee

COO In Residence, Go-to-Market Track

Peter Fiske

Market Intelligence Coach, Go-to-Market Track

Julia Murphy

Julia Murphy

Financier in Residence

Sierra Peterson

Investor in Residence

Community Activation

Director of External Affairs, Hawaiʻi

Career Pathways Manager

Pam Chasuta Anukoolthamchote

Senior Partnerships and Policy Manager

Operations & Finance

Managing Director, Finance

Controller

In-House Counsel

Executive Assistant

Office Manager

Communications

Lauren Tonokawa

Managing Director, Communications

Director of Content & Media

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Filmmaker

Events Manager

Communications Fellow

Board of Directors

Laurene Powell Jobs

| Board Chair
President
Emerson Collective

Dawn Lippert

| Board Member
CEO
Elemental Excelerator

Kelvin Taketa

| Board Member
Past President/CEO
Hawaii Community Foundation

David Crane

| Board Member
Senior Operating Executive at Pegasus Capital System

Maxine Burkett

| Board Member
Professor of Law

Cheryl Martin

| Board Member
Founder at Harwich Partners

Maurice Kaya

| Director Emeritus
Elemental Excelerator

Advisors

Aimee Barnes

| Board Advisor
Former Senior Advisor
Office of Governor Brown, State of California

Ernest Moniz

| Board Advisor
CEO and Co-chair
Nuclear Threat Initiative CEO
Energy Futures Initiative

Peter Seligmann

| Board Advisor
CEO and Co-founder
Nia Tero

Brad Powell

| Board Advisor
Managing Director, Investments
Emerson Collective

Vivian Yasunaga

| Board Advisor
Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer
Child & Family Service