The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation is happy to announce the introduction of Jamee Miller, Keʻalohi M. Reppun, and Keolamaikalani Dean to its Board of Directors. As long standing servant leaders to the Native Hawaiian community and people of Hawai’i, they will bring invaluable talents, skills, and perspective to the board that help NHLC to achieve its mission.

Jamee Māhealani Miller

Jamee Māhealani Miller, EdD, LSW, is the co-founder and co-Executive Director of ʻEkolu Mea Nui, a nonprofit transforming Hawaiʻi’s criminal justice system through Native Hawaiian values. She leads initiatives to end intergenerational incarceration and supports workforce development for justice-involved individuals, including recovery efforts in Maui. The former ʻĀina Ulu Director at Kamehameha Schools, she has worked with ali’i trusts, serving the Native Hawaiian community. Dr. Miller holds a doctorate in education, a master’s in social work, and is committed to second chances and cultural healing.

Keolamaikalani Dean

Keola is a seasoned attorney and organizational leader with more than two decades in the practice of law and health policy. As a passionate advocate for kanaka ʻōiwi (Native Hawaiians), he brings a unique blend of policy expertise and solution-based pragmatism. Before his appointment as CEO of King Lunalilo Trust and Lunalilo Home in 2022, Keola served as an executive at the Washington State Health Care Authority, where he developed innovative health care policies in partnership with the Indian tribes and urban Indian health organizations. His signature achievements include co-writing the Washington Indian Health Improvement Act, which was enacted in 2019, and numerous Medicaid policy innovations that increased revenues to tribal governments and respected their sovereignty. His professional achievements are driven by the teachings of his kūpuna and the hardships they lived through trying to protect and preserve our ʻike kupuna (elder wisdom). Keola is a proud graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, is an oli haumāna, and serves in the Royal Order of Kamehameha I.

Keʻalohi M. Reppun

Ke‘alohi M. Reppun is a kupa of Waianu, O‘ahu. She is a graduate of Waiāhole Elementary School, Punahou School, UH Hilo’s-Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke‘elikōlani, and UH Mānoa‘s College of Education. Keʻalohi is currently the director of Kuaihelani Learning Center for ‘Ike Hawai’i at Punahou School, a co-founder of the non-profit organization Kauluwao, Inc., and an independent contractor focused on providing ʻIke Hawaiʻi focused PD and ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi translation services. Keʻalohiʻs purpose and motivation in all the work she is privileged to do is to fortify the foundation upon which we as a people stand through the education of our ʻike lāhui and ʻōlelo makuahine of our Hawaiʻi aloha nui ʻia.