Meet Our Board of Directors
Maui Tomorrow is working to manage the overburdening of our aging infrastructure and actions that are compromising our environmental quality. With your help, Maui Tomorrow will meet these and other challenges – we cannot stand by and let our community plans be ignored by developers. You can count on use to protect our precious natural resources, open space and rural, small town lifestyle that makes Maui Nō Ka ʻOi! We proudly serve as your watchdog for enforcement of Hawaii’s environmental and land use laws, taking legal action when necessary.
Michael L. Williams
PRESIDENT
Mike is a magna cum laude Harvard Law School graduate and is a “nearly retired” lawyer. For 38 years he was a plaintiffs’ trial lawyer in Oregon, where he represented thousands of people injured by dangerous and defective medical devices and drugs. He has sued and conducted discovery of nearly every large pharmaceutical company at one time or another, in federal and state courts all over the country. He specialized in the science of the cases, recruiting experts for the plaintiffs, and cross-examining the experts for the drug companies. Michael now resides on a farm in Kula with his wife Linda Love where they grow fruit, flowers, and organic, hydroponic greenhouse tomatoes.
Lucienne de Naie
VICE PRESIDENT
Lucienne de Naie is a policy analyst, grant writer and historical researcher. She has lived on a small East Maui farm for over 30 years and serves on many local non-profit boards. Lucienne is a frequent presenter on historical and water resource issues and is author of a report on Maui’s water resources (2005) and a book on the history of the Makena region (2007). Lucienne has served on a number of citizen planning committees including: Maui County General Plan Advisory Committee, Focus Maui Nu Advisory Committee, Mayor Apana’s Open Space Ordinance Advisory Committee, Maui County Impact Fee Advisory Committee, Paia Relief Route Advisory Group and the Honoapiilani Highway Realignment Task Force.
Trip Lynch
TREASURER
Married on Maui in the late 1990’s and a frequent visitor since, Trip and his wife made Upcountry their permanent home in 2006 after the youngest of their 6 children headed off to college. Now a highly regarded marketing consultant, Trip has run successful international businesses based in Europe, Asia, and on the mainland. Passionate about surfing, art, and real estate, Trip and Deb are keenly aware of Maui’s fragile environment. They are dedicated to preserving Maui’s pristine near shore waters and vast Upcountry vistas for tomorrow’s generations to enjoy as much as they do today.
Maury King
SECRETARY
Maury serves as Secretary, Sustainable Agriculture Committee and Volunteer Coordinator. He has lived on Maui since 2006 and has been involved with issues important to Maui’s future which has led to co-founding South Maui Sustainability, a term as Board Member at the Kihei Community Association, founder of the South Maui Bicycle Coalition and member of the DIRE Coalition, working to phase out the injection wells.
Albert Perez
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Perez, who was born and raised in Hawaii, earned a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and has extensive experience in Geographic Information Systems. A founding member of Maui Tomorrow, Perez has worked at the State of Hawaii Office of Coastal Zone Management, the Washington State Department of Transportation, and the County of Maui.
Mike Foley
BOARD MEMBER
Mike has served on the Maui Tomorrow Board of Directors for 14 years. Mike has worked as an environmental consultant and as the Planning Director for the Northern California cities of Sausalito, Davis, Woodside and Napa. Mike also served 4 years as the Planning Director of Maui County and taught Geography classes at Maui College. Mike is also on the Maui Council of the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust. He has an AA degree in Architecture, a BA in Urban Geography and a Masters Degree in Community Planning/Urban Design.
Mark Sheehan
BOARD MEMBER
Mark has a Ph.D., is a real estate broker specializing in sustainable properties, and is also a dynamic presence in Maui’s environmental communities. Mark is past president of Makawao Community Association; board member of Maui Open Space Trust and State Park at Makena; board member of the Montessori School, Maui and of Haleakala Waldorf School.
Tara Grace
BOARD MEMBER
Tara has lived on Maui since 1978, raising her family of four children and now grandchildren. While working with various organizations over the past four decades, Tara developed her grassroots spirit and cultivated a vast network of her greater ‘ohana. Tara continues to support important causes, movements, and community activism on Maui. Working in real estate for the past 14 years, Tara specializes in the sustainable lifestyle on Maui’s north shore.
Bill Greenleaf
BOARD MEMBER
Bill founded Greenleaf Farm with his wife Marta in 2004. He also founded Maui Farmers Union with Vincent Mina, Evan Ryan and Glen Martinez. Bill has experience with Maui Farmers Union Treasurer, HFUU State Treasurer, HFUU Haleakala Chapter President, Ag Working Group member, FACE Board Career as Golf Professional, 46 year member of the PGA of America, and is one of 200 Master Professionals in USA.
Michael Duberstein
BOARD MEMBER
Michael served as an advisor to the Superferry trial team where he compiled an analysis of public scoping requirements as part of environmental impact studies for ferry systems in the U.S. and in foreign nations. He resides in Kihei where he created a weekly kuleana maintaining the South Maui Heritage Trail and became a member of the Kalama Park Action Team.