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Board of Directors

HCL’s board members provide oversight and direction for the organization, while sharing understanding and appreciation of our core values. Like many of our staff members, they are knowledgeable, compassionate leaders of native Hawaiian ancestry who are working to help solve Hawai‘i’s housing crisis. This group of individuals also shares impressive credentials in the community.

HCL’s returning board members are Felicity “Kui” Meyer (treasurer) and Billy Pieper (president) and HCL’s new board members include Kawena Beaupré, Jaclyn Kaina, and Alapaki Nahale-a. We are grateful for this team’s leadership!

Billy Pieper - Hawai‘i Community Lending Board

Billy Pieper
President

Hawai‘i Community Lending Board

Felicity “Kui” Meyer
Treasurer

Board of Directors, Hawai‘i Community Lending

Kawena Beaupré
Board Member

Jaclyn - Board of Directors, Hawai‘i Community Lending

Jaclyn Kaina
Board Member

Hawai‘i Community Lending Board

Alapaki Nahale‘a
Board Member

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About Felicity “Kui” Meyer

Felicity “Kui” Meyer was raised on the island of O‘ahu. She is a Branch Manager and Residential Loan Officer at Security National Mortgage Company. With more than 30 years in the mortgage industry, Kui knows how to work with homeowners, buyers, builders and real estate professionals to help members of her community gain and retain homeownership. Over the years, she has served as a board member for many local nonprofits dedicated to building foundations for future generations through homeownership, with a particular focus on native Hawaiians and transactions on Hawaiian Home Lands.

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About Billy Pieper

Board President - Billy Pieper is born and raised on the island of O‘ahu. He is senior vice president and director of strategic partnerships for American Savings Bank (ASB) and has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry.

Billy serves as the board chair for ʻIolani Palace and is a board member for RiseHI Collective and the Daniel Kahikina Akaka Foundation. He served as board chair for Bishop Museum and the Ke Aliʻi Pauahi Foundation. Billy holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. He is an Omidyar Fellow and Pacific Century Fellow and a graduate of the First Nations’ Futures Program.

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About Thomas Atou

Thomas Atou is born and raised on the islands of Kaua‘i and O‘ahu. He is a planner with the City and County of Honolulu Elderly Affairs Division. Thomas has more than 25 years of experience in community-based economic development, and recently served as manager of the $27-million Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund.

He is knowledgeable in managing federal and philanthropic grants and contracts, as well as in providing entrepreneurship training, management of a business incubator, and administration of a micro-loan program for Pacific Islanders.

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About Alapaki

Alapaki believes in a future “where every family is part of a thriving community and where individual and collective well-being manifests a better world for all.” Principal at Islander Institute, Alapaki strives to address systemic issues using island values. He leads initiatives around locally rooted community leadership development, sustainable local food system innovation, and community empowered education initiatives. Inspired by indigenous ways of living in reciprocity with the earth, Alapaki was responsible for launching and leading ‘Iole Global Resilience Hub in 2022. For 10 years, he was senior director of the team that manages all Kamehameha Schools land on Hawai‘i Island and has previously served as the director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. He believes that land plays a central role in the health and well-being of native Hawaiians.

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About Jaclyn

Jackie is the executive director of Kaua‘i Economic Development Board (KEDB), a position she has held since 2022. A proponent of “transformational and servant leadership,” Jackie is an experienced leader who knows what it takes to help communities thrive. Since she began working for KEDB in 2015, she has focused on areas that include development and construction of the Kauai Creative Technology Center, the update and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategic Plan (CEDS), as well as initiatives in food and agriculture, science and technology, renewable energy, and education. For Jackie, working with the community and having the ability to “give back” is the most rewarding part of her job.

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About Kawena

Kawena Suganuma Beaupré, Esq. is senior vice president & general counsel at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF). The great granddaughter of preeminent Hawaiian scholar and educator Mary Kawena Pukui, Kawena has built her career and personal life around helping others, fostering community and building a network of trusted relationships. Prior to HCF, she was an associate in the tax department of Cades Schutte LLLP where she practiced in the areas of tax and finance. Kawena is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business and UH Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Kawena is also a certified public accountant. In 2021, Kawena was selected as a Pacific Business News Women Who Mean Business Honoree. She serves on various boards including the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Partners In Development Foundation, and the Mary Kawena Pukui Cultural Preservation Society.

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