MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE: Friday, January 16, 2026

TIME: 1:00 P.M.

PLACE: Remote Meeting via Interactive Conference Technology

This meeting will be held virtually and may be viewed live via OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone by dialing (213) 338-8477 and entering Webinar ID: 854 2502 2450 Additionally, this meeting can be viewed live on ‘Ōlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/. A physical meeting location will be open to the public for those who wish to provide oral testimony or observe the meeting in person at: Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

  A. November 13, 2025

  B. November 24, 2025

III. Status of OHA Activities

  A. Update: Lā Kūkahekahe – Hailama Farden, Sr. Director Hawaiian Cultural Affairs

  B. Update: 2026 1st Quarter Priorities & Announcements – Summer Sylva, Interim Administrator/CEO

IV. New Business

  A. Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment – January 14, 2026

1. BAE Action Item #26-01: Approval of a Resolution Supporting the Continued Community-Led Management of Kaʻūpūlehu, Kona Region, Hawaiʻi Island Including in Ongoing Agency Rulemaking (Presentation by Hui Kahuwai and supporting community members)

2. BAE Action Item #26-02: Approval of a Resolution Supporting Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Claimants’ Reburial Plans for the Mōkapu Collection at Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi, Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu (Presentation by Kolealani Skye Razon-Olds, Cy Kekumano Harris, and Adrian Keohokalole)

3. BAE Action Item #26-03: Approval of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Legislative Testimony Procedures for the 2026 Legislative Session

  B. Committee on Budget and Finance – January 14, 2026

1. Amend the prior board action on Action Item BOT #25-13 (November 6, 2025) to change the funding allocation of the previously authorized $6.1 million in OHA I Ola emergency assistance funding between the two OHA beneficiary groups for (1) Income Bridge Support (up to $1,200 per eligible individual) and (2) Essential Needs Support (up to $350 per eligible individual

V. Executive Session§

  A. Legal Matters. The Board anticipates convening in an executive meeting pursuant to HRS § 92- 5(a)(4) to receive updated information, consult with its legal counsel, and take any necessary action regarding the Board's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities with respect to matters relating to Stacy Kealohalani Ferreira v. OHA, Civil No. 1CCV-25-0001822

VI. Community Concerns and Celebrations

VII. Announcements

VIII. Adjournment

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Keola Fong at (808)626-5484 or by email at keolaf@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.

In the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda. Meeting recordings will be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.

Public Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Community Concerns and Celebrations is not limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 92, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.

The board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817, no later than three full business days before the meeting. The board packet will also be made available on Oha’s website, https://www.oha.org/bot as soon as practicable thereafter.

§ Notice: This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS § 92-5.

Testimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as: (1) written testimony or (2) live, oral testimony online or at the physical meeting location during the remote meeting.

(1) Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the meeting. All written testimony will be posted on OHA’s meeting website. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g., name, email address, phone number, home address, or materials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online.

(2) Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting, please click on the link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85425022450

To provide oral testimony online, you will need:

 (1) a computer or mobile device to connect to the remote meeting;

 (2) internet access; and

 (3) a microphone to provide oral testimony.

Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day-of the meeting at the physical meeting location.

Once your oral testimony is completed, you may be asked to disconnect from the meeting. If you willfully disrupt the meeting or do not disconnect on your own, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by telephone, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.

Oral testimony online or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes. Oral testimony by telephone/landline will not be accepted at this time.