Leilani Spencer

Leilani Spencer, a graduate of New York University, is currently employed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa as a Nutrition Education Assistant. She provides life skills and nutrition education classes to limited-income seniors and middle and high school students island-wide. Ms. Spencer is currently the Executive Director for Supporting the Language of Kaua’i Inc., a nonprofit organization, which is the fiscal support arm of Kawaikini New Century Public Charter School. As one of the co-founders of the school, she served as Kawaikini’s facilities director since 2008, which involved the development and implementation of State CIP Septic funds, management of architects, engineers, site workers, and building general contractors, including the relocation, and building permitting process for all the buildings at the campus. She also managed a large multi-year project that involved the construction of roadwork, water, and electrical infrastructure, and the installation of approximately 10,000 square feet of classroom space for the school, replacing the tents used for classrooms. Ms. Spencer was born and raised in Hawaii and is enthusiastic about maintaining, sustaining, and stabilizing the tight-knit communities on Kaua'i that she has always known and loved.