PIHOA is comprised of six Governing Board members and twelve Associate Board members representing fourteen health agencies, along with fourteen Affiliate organization members, twenty-six management, administration, and technical program Secretariat staff, and over thirty full-time technical consultants/contractors, including 25 Pacific Public Health Fellows, based at PIHOA offices in Honolulu, Hawai’i and Hagåtña, Guam, and/or deployed/co-located directly within USAPI health departments.
Secretariat Staff
Emi Chutaro, MSc
Executive Director
Janet Camacho, APRN, MSN, MPH
Deputy Director of Operations and Programs
Elisa Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer
Vasiti Uluiviti, PhD, M(ASCP)CM, MMSc
Regional Laboratory Strengthening Coordinator
Gillian Dunn, DrPH, MS
Regional HIS and PI Coordinator
Angela Techur-Pedro, MO, MA, MA, MPH, Ph.D
Pacific Basin Primary Care Office Coordinator
Soulmaz Rostami, MPH
Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Manager
Jade Chennaux
Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Administrator
Limb Hapairai, DPhil
Reginoal Medical Entomologist Pacific Security RME
Rasmi Davu, MPH
Regional Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance Officer
Hélène Le Mouëllic, MBA, MPH
Strengthening Health Interventions in the Pacific Program Manager
Elua Mori, MPA
Strengthening Health Interventions in the Pacific Program Administrator
Michael Baker
Accounts Payable Accountant
Cerina Mariano, MPA, CGMS
Grants Manager
Patti See Tasaka, PHR, SHRM-CP
Human Resources Administrator
Keleise Reid
Contracts Management Officer
Billie Hiraishi, MA
Communications Officer
Pamela Santos Bermudes
Office Administrator - Honolulu
Matilda Ward
Office Administrator - Guam
Tammy Enos
Administrative Assiatant - Honolulu
Kumiko Moriai
Accountant
Crystal Artacho
Bookkeeper
Consultants and Contractors
Regional Epidemiologist for the USAPI
- Haley Cash
American Samoa Lymphatic Filariasis Prevention and Elimination (LFE) Project
- Lynette Suiaunoa-Scanlan
- Sinoti Taai-Salavea
American Samoa NCD Hybrid Survey Support
- Leiema Hunt
Building and Enhancing NCD Surveillance and Data Use in the USAPIs
- Aifili Tufa
Dengue and Climate Services Project
- Thomas Leon
- Jacquelyn Lefagoyal
Human Resources for Health (HRH) Information Systems (IS)
- Mindy Sugiyama
Pacific Basin Primary Care
- Baltazar A. Hattori
- Jasmine Nicole Almoguera
Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program (PPHFP)
- Paul Dacanay
- Casierra Cruz
- Bernadette Provido Schumann
- Yvette Paulino
- Christian Yarowe
Pohnpei NCD Hybrid Survey Support
- Lien Kempahn Roson Mwahu (LKRM)
RMI Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project
- Loraini Ranadi
- Tavaita Suvirara
RMI ECD Project Nurse Mid-Wifery Project (NMWP)
- Latileta Gumatua
- Senimelia Hatoago
- Viema Lue Bale
RMI Public Health Infrastructure
- Ilaisa Daucakacaka
- Edgardo Padlan
- Olayinka Ajayi
RMI Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)
- Rosanna Rabago
- Albino Joram
- Burton Joran
- Nicktemus Arento
- Paul Lucky
- Rosten Morelik
- Russel Batin
- Dr. Tamara Buhagiar
Strengthening Health Interventions in the Pacific (SHIP)
- Dr. Ian Rouse
- Dr. Katherine Robsky
- Dr. Mark Durand, MD (Field Epidemiology Training Program; NCD Emergency Crisis Eval)
- Dr. Courtney Choy (NCD Emergency Crisis Eval)
- Dr. Amardeep Thind
- Dr. Anthony Marfin
- Fadzai Chikwava
- Peter Williams
- Stephanie Kern-Allely
- Apple Charm Agulto
- Christina Drummond
Tailoring Health Systems and Capabilities for the USAPIs FY24 (Supplement)
- Robert “Mike” Linne
TB Prevention and Control Laws in the USAPIs
- Manel Kappagoda
Regional Public Health Advisor
- Robert Uti Gerbauer
Regional Health Communications Specialist/Trainer
- Samantha Birmingham-Babauta
Administrative Consultants
- Marci Stark (Communications Assistant)
- Manuel Hechanova, Jr. (Moodle Systems Consultant)