Ke kū nei ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a hoʻokipa ʻo Hawaii me ka wā e hiki ʻole ke manaʻo ʻia. ʻO Chris Tatum, ka CEO hope loa a me ka Pelekikena o ka mokuʻāina mokuʻāina i mālama i ka hoʻokipa, ka Hawaii Koho mana, ua hele i kahi hoʻomaha loa a neʻe i Colorado i kēia pule, a ua kū kāna hana i ka manawa paʻakikī loa i kū i mua o Hawaii.

Lawe ʻia kahi kanaka me ka hihiʻo e alakaʻi a kūkulu hou i ka ʻoihana nui ʻoi loa ma Hawaii, ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā huakaʻi. ʻO John de Fries paha kēia kanaka.

Manaʻo ka hapa nui i ka nui a me ka huakaʻi nui e lilo i pilikia i ka wā i hala. Ke kū mai nei kahi mea maʻamau, a pono ia e noʻonoʻo i ke kaiapuni a me ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. Ua lilo ʻo COVID-19 i ala ala no Hawaii, ʻaʻole wale no ke kumu olakino a me ka hoʻokele waiwai akā no ka nohona palupalu hoʻi.

ʻO John de Fries wale nō ke kanaka e hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i kēia kūlana maʻalahi a paʻakikī hoʻi.

Ke hoʻonohonoho nei ka Papa o ka Manaʻo Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻo Hawaii i ke ʻano o ia wā e hiki mai ana i ke koho ʻana iā John De Fries no ka hana paʻakikī e kūkulu hou i ka huakaʻi ma ka Aloha Mokuʻāina ma hope o COVID-19. Inā ʻae ʻo John De Fries i ka hāʻawi, e lilo ʻo ia i ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi mua e lilo i pelekikena a CEO ʻo HTA.

Hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma kahi kaiāulu ʻo Waikiki ma ka mokupuni ʻo Oahu, ua ulu a puni ʻo John De Fries e nā kūpuna ʻohana i kūpale i nā kuʻuna o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. I kēlā manawa like, ke hele maikaʻi nei ʻo Waikiki Beach e lilo i wahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi honua. ʻOiai ke kahakai i hāʻawi aku i nā wahi leʻaleʻa i nā malihini kipa a me nā kamaʻāina kūloko pū kekahi, hoʻomanaʻo pū ʻo De Fries i ke kai ma ke ʻano he waiwai waiwai no ka meaʻai a me ka lāʻau no kona ʻohana a me nā hoanoho. ʻO kēia hoʻonohonoho kamaliʻi i hoʻokomo iā ia i kahi ola lōʻihi o ka ʻike, a me ka mahalo i nā pilina simbiotic e kū nei ma waena o ke kaiāulu a me ka moʻomeheu, kūlohelohe, a me ke kālepa.

Hoʻohana i 20 mau makahiki o ka ʻike, hoʻokumu ʻo De Fries Pūʻulu Pāʻoihana Sun, Inc. i ka makahiki 1993. Ua kālele nui ka 'oihana kuka a me ka hui hoʻoponopono papahana ma luna o ka hoʻokipa' ana aku o nā mea lawelawe ma loko o ka hoʻokipa 'ana a me nāʻoihana hoʻoponopono waiwai. ʻO ke kūlana ma mua ma ke ʻano he aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo no ke Kalana o Hawaii, ua hana ʻia ʻo De Fries me ke kōkua ʻana i nā hana a ke Kalana i loko o ka Green Green Growth Initiative - kahi hana a ka mokuʻāina e hōʻuluʻulu i nā alakaʻi mai ka ikehu, nā meaʻai, a me nā kaiapuni e ana i ka holomua hui ke hana ʻia nei i nā pahuhopu paʻa paʻa. Ma kēia kūlana, alakaʻi ʻo De Fries i ke Kalana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka World Conservation Congress o ka International Union for Conservation of Nature, i hoʻākoakoa ʻia ma ka Hawaii Convention Center ma Honolulu ma 2016.

I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua kono ʻia ʻo De Fries i kahi manawa kūpono e aʻo ai ma Hawaii. Ua hana ʻo ia me kāna Mea Hemolele, The Dali Lama; nā lālā o ka Rapid Evaluation Team mai Google X; ʻO Gro Harlem Brundtland, ke kuhina wahine mua o Nolewai; ʻO Hina Jilani, kahi loio kaulana, ka mea hoʻokūkū pro-democracy, a he alakaʻi ikaika i ka neʻe ʻana o ka wahine ma Pakistan. ʻO Archb Bishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu o Cape Town, ʻApelika Hema; lāua ʻo Sir Sidney Moko Mead, PhD, nāna i hoʻokumu i ka ʻĀina Hoʻonohonoho Mua o kona ʻāina ma ke Kulanui ʻo Victoria ma Wakinekona, Niu Sila. ʻO ka laulā o nā kumuhana i loko o kēia mau kūkākūkā like ʻole e pili pū me: kekahi i kekahi.

Ua noho ʻo De Fries a me kāna wahine ʻo Ginny ma Kona, Hawaii, mai ka makahiki 1991.

"Ua manaʻo ka papa e hana ʻo John i kahi hana maikaʻi loa ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a he CEO hou ʻo HTA e loaʻa ana nā aʻa hanauna ma Hawaii a hāʻawi i kāna ʻike no ka wā e hiki mai ana, kahi e pono ai i kēia manawa o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19," wahi a ka luna o ka papa HTA ʻo Rick Fried. .

Ua loaʻa ʻo HTA ma mua o 300 mau noi no ke kūlana. Ua kōkua ke keʻena ʻimi alakaʻi a me nā limahana limahana ʻo Bishop & Company i ke kaʻina hana. Ua loiloi kekahi kōmike o ʻeono mau lālā o ka papa HTA a he ʻekolu mau lālā kaiāulu i nā pono o nā mea noi ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka papa inoa i kahi hui o ʻeiwa mau hope loa no nā nīnauele. Ua nīnauele ʻia ka papa HTA piha i nā moho hope ʻelua i kēia lā i ka wā i hele ai ka hālāwai i loko o ka hālāwai hoʻokō.

Ua alakaʻi ʻo De Fries ma mua i ke Keʻena ʻOihana ʻImi a me Hoʻomohala no ke Kalana o Hawaii, kahi mahele kuleana no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ulu waiwai i nā ʻoihana e like me ka huakaʻi, mahiʻai a me ka ikehu hou. Ma mua o kēlā, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a me CEO ʻo Hokulia, kahi kaiāulu noho hanohano ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaii. Mālama ʻo De Fries ma nā papa he nui, e like me Kualoa Ranch, Bishop Museum a me Keahole Center for Sustainability.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

The previous position as an advisor to the County of Hawaii, De Fries was been tasked with facilitating the County’s efforts in the Hawaii Green Growth Initiative — a statewide effort to bring together leaders from the energy, food, and environmental sectors to measure the collective progress being made toward specific sustainability goals.
Ke hoʻonohonoho nei ka Papa o ka Manaʻo Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻo Hawaii i ke ʻano o ia wā e hiki mai ana i ke koho ʻana iā John De Fries no ka hana paʻakikī e kūkulu hou i ka huakaʻi ma ka Aloha Mokuʻāina ma hope o COVID-19.
Chris Tatum, the last CEO and President of the State agency in charge of tourism, the Hawaii Tourism Authority, went into early retirement and moved to Colorado this week, and his job was up for takes in the most difficult time Hawaii ever faced.