Veteran conservationist Suzanne Case will talk about "My Life in Conservation: From Nature Conservancy to the University of Hawaii‘i" in a free, hybrid pau hana event on August 29. Pupus will be provided from 5 p.m. for in-person participants at the Sinclair Honu Conference Room at UH Manoa, with the talk beginning at 5:30 for in-person and online attendees.

Download the PauHana-Case.pdf event flyer, which includes directions and parking information.
Email arcshonolulu@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link to participate live and YouTube link for watching later.

From aquatic resources to watershed protection, Case brings extensive experience in Hawai‘i environmental policy and practice to her latest role as inaugural director of the University of Hawai‘i’s Office of Land and Ocean Conservation Futures. UH was the first university to sign a memorandum of understanding to provide environmental research expertise to the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators. Among Caseʻs responsibilities is connecting NCEL members with university experts. NCEL is a non-partisan resource network or more than 1,200 state legislators from all 50 states working to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment around regional and issue-specific projects.

Born in Hilo and trained as an attorney, Case spent 28 years with The Nature Conservancy and 7 years as chair of the Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources and director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. She co-chaired the Sustainable Hawaiʻi Initiative; Hawaiʻi Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Commission; and Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Committee, and she served on the state Board of Agriculture and Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.