Alexis Charpentier is the CEO of Waikiki Health where she oversees the organization's 200 employees over 6 sites. Prior to Waikiki Health, she was the Director of Prevention of a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., called the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), which represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs across the country. Charpentier worked for the Hawaii Department of Health as an Epidemiological Specialist IV and began her career at Waikiki Health as an HIV Quality Improvement Specialist. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Primary Care Association, Hawaii Public Health Association and AlohaCare. She previously served on Waikiki Health's Board of Directors for many years.

Alexis was awarded a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellowship in 2020, named one of the de Beaumont Foundation’s 40 under 40 public health leaders in the nation in 2021, and selected as an Association of State and Territorial Health Officials’ Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health scholar in 2022. Alexis received a B.A. from the University of Portland and M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her passion to help others, especially traditionally marginalized groups, drives her to incessantly learn from and network with other public health champions, while standing up for those who have no voice; ultimately, to reduce stigma, eliminate barriers to care and advance health equity for all.

Dr. Sheri-Ann Daniels is the chief executive officer of Papa Ola Lōkahi, the Hawaiian health board, which provides oversight of the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program and five Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems that provide direct primary, dental and mental health services, outreach, enrollment and health promotion across seven islands. As co-chair of the Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Hawai‘i COVID-19 Response, Recovery & Resilience Team (NHPI 3R), she continues to convene more than 60 public and private partners around emergent health response & recovery, data collection, policy and community outreach.

Born and raised on Maui, Dr. Daniels is a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools. She holds degrees in counseling psychology, has several license certifications, and more than 25 years of experience in social service programs across Hawai‘i in both non-profit and government sectors. She is actively involved in various community organizations on Maui, including Hawaiian language education. Among her many recognitions is the 2022 Pacific Business News’ Women Who Mean Business. She recently was elected Chairperson for the U.S. Office of Minority Health’s Advisory Committee on Minority Health. Dr. Daniels is committed to raising the health status of Native Hawaiians and the broader community through strategic partnerships, public policy and programs, workforce development and leadership, and investing in traditional knowledge and community-based initiatives.

Keli Acquaro is the Acting Administrator for the Hawai’i State Department of Health’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD), which is the state’s Medicaid provider of intensive mental health services for children and adolescents with a serious emotional disturbance (SED). She started out as a care coordinator at CAMHD 25 years ago, and has dedicated her career to improving child and adolescent mental health in Hawaii. She was leading the Family Guidance Center on the Big Island when the State was coming into compliance with the Felix Consent Decree, which was a transformational time for the child and adolescent mental health system in Hawaiʻi. As a neighbor island resident, she has advocated for resources, representation, and grassroots solutions. As a Native Hawaiian, she is committed to responding to the mental health needs of her community in ways that are accessible, acceptable, and culturally responsive.

For 14 years, Terrina Wong has been actively engaged in spearheading programs and initiatives that empower immigrants, refugees, and low-income residents of Hawaiʻi towards self-sufficiency. Terrina holds special accreditation from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which authorizes her to provide immigration legal services as a non-attorney to ensure access to justice for low-income immigrants.

She also directs PGC’s social services programs ensuring all basic core needs are met instrumental to rebuilding lives of the displaced and uprooted. This includes supporting oversight of federal programs related to refugee resettlement and human trafficking case management. Most recently, PGC was designated as the Immigrant Resource Center for O'ahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Kauai and has been actively engaged serving the limited-English proficient communities during the crises of the Pandemic and Maui fires and working directly with the influx of Ukrainian humanitarian parolees to Hawaii.

Terrina was the former Chair of the Language Access Advisory Council of the State's Office of Language Access, InterAgency Council for Refugees and Immigrants, and is a member of the Honolulu Council on Aging. In 2016 she received the Spark of Hope Award of the Interfaith Alliance of Hawaii for inspiring work in the community with the disenfranchised and in 2024 was given the “Guardian for Immigrant Justice Award by The Legal Clinic of Hawaii.

She earned her Master’s degree in Education and was an educator for 20 years teaching global priorities.

Tia-Nicole Leak, Ph.D. is a Supervisory Public Health Analyst in the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care’s Office (BPHC) of Policy and Program Development (OPPD). Dr. Leak is the Deputy Director of the Strategic Initiatives Division where she oversees the development of short and long-term strategies to inform federal priorities for the nation’s community Health Center Program. Dr. Leak began her federal career in 2013 in HRSA’s Bureau of Health workforce, before joining BPHC in 2016.

Dr. Leak is a Cultural Anthropologist whose work explores HIV/AIDS and the intersections of race, class, gender and sexuality in the U.S. and post-apartheid South Africa. She is the recipient of numerous research fellowships and awards including NIH/NIMH Doctoral Fellow, Ford Foundation Fellow, and a Fulbright Fellow. Prior to HRSA, Dr. Leak was on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco working on issues of social and racial inequities in chronic diseases, and maternal and infant health disparities.

In addition to being scholar, Dr. Leak has nearly 20 years of experience advocating for and working directly with medically underserved populations in community-based organizations and state and local governments in New York and California. Dr. Leak earned her Masters of Arts and Doctoral degrees from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

In her spare time, Dr. Leak is an avid gardener, fan of sci-fi and crime dramas, a musician, and a highly competitive board games player. She currently lives in Frederick, MD with her wife and their dog Molly.