Lorinda Riley is an Assistant Professor of Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health in the Office of Public Health Studies with a joint-appointment at Kamakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. Dr. Riley holds an SJD in Indigenous People's Law and Policy. Her research engages communities with ancestral ties in Hawaiʻi, Micronesia, the Philippines, Ryukyu, and other Indigenous Pacific communities in Hawaiʻi. Her work on historical trauma and resilience has highlighted the importance of community, environment, and self-determination as part of understanding and healing historical trauma.

Dr. Jan Höltge is an Assistant Professor of Research at the Resilience Research Centre (RRC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The RRC has developed four resilience measures and supports Dr. Höltge’s intersectoral an interdisciplinary mixed-methods research on protective and promotive mechanisms that constitute human resilience. Dr. Höltge’s work is grounded in people’s social location and lived experience as evidenced by his postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa from 2021-23 where he worked on NH resilience with Dr. Riley.

Anamalia (Ana) Suʻesuʻe is a Community Psychology doctoral student at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Ana's research interests include culturally responsive policies and programs for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in health and education. Ana has worked as a graduate research assistant with Dr. Lorinda Riley for four years on projects focused on Native Hawaiian historical trauma and resilience as well as alternative incarceration models in Hawaiʻi. Ana holds an M.A. in Psychology from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and a B.S. in Psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu.

Haley Smith is a Master of Public Health student specializing in Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Her research focuses on the implications of policy on Indigenous health across Turtle Island and Hawai'i. She has worked as a graduate research assistant with Dr. Riley for two years on Native Hawaiian historical trauma and resilience. Previously, Haley worked at the Indian Health Service, leading key projects, including a GIS web map for Urban Indian Organization facilities and managing the On-Site Review Program. She also served as a Policy Fellow with the National Council of Urban Indian Health. Haley holds a B.S. in Community Health from the University of Maryland and is a proud member of the Makah Nation.