Maui Group Executive Committee

The Maui Group Executive Committee (ex-com) has 9 members, who each serve for 2 years. Every fall, elections are held for 4 or 5 of the positions. The executive committee meets once/month at our office in Kahului. Between meetings, the members drive the various activities of the group through committees, which also include Sierra Club members not part of the executive committee.

If you are interested in being a candidate for the next round of elections, please contact us. If the number of members listed above is less than nine, we are currently short and the executive committee can appoint a member without waiting for the elections; in that case, don’t wait until the end of the year.

Any Sierra Club Maui member may add items to the ex-com’s agenda by emailing us at least a week prior. Sierra Club Maui members are invited to attend our monthly meetings. Please feel free to contact any of the Executive Committee members to give your feedback on issues. If you’re interested in attending a meeting – contact us.

See also previous Executive Committee members by year.

 

CURRENT MAUI GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2021)

  1. Clare Apana
    Claire is a native of Wailuku, Maui, is a cultural practitioner and teacher who is deeply involved with cultural preservation issues throughout Maui. Clare received the Sierra Club’s Onipa‘a Award in 2013 for her long dedication to research and advocacy to protect Maui’s traditional cultural landscapes and burial areas. She has a Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy and has a private practice in both Maui and Honolulu.
  2. Lucienne De Naie
    Chairperson
    Lucienne de Naie is a long time Club member who has served as Chair and Vice-chair of the Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter Executive Committee. She is a researcher and writer whose passion is protection of native plants, streams, watersheds and cultural sites.
  3. David Dorn
    David, a native of Sydney, Australia, is a long time Maui business owner, waterman and avid protector of Maui’s oceans, reefs and wetlands. He is a founder of the SaveKihei.org website that helps keep the community up to date about proposed developments. David researches and presents testimony on a wide variety of topics at public meetings and uses photographs, aerial footage and diagrams to help educate policy makers.
  4. Charlene Schulenberg
    Secretary
    Charlene was raised in Hawaiʻi, graduated from Maui’s St. Anthony High and California’s Santa Clara University. She has a background in media production and event and property management. She has volunteered for many years with organizations that help children, homeless families and the Kīhei community. Char hopes to assist the Sierra Club’s efforts on wetlands protection. She is active in many campaigns to protect natural and cultural resources in the South Maui area.
  5. Jeanie Stewart
    Treasurer
    Jeanie is a life member of the Sierra Club who served as the first chair of the Delaware Chapter in the 1990’s. She teaches at Kīhei Charter School and has a passion for outdoor education, hiking and protecting our native plants and animals. Jeanie was appointed to a vacancy on the Maui ExCom in 2019 and looks forward to continuing that service.
  6. Gary Savage
    Gary read John Muir’s writings in High School and  grew up with activist parents. He became an activist and a Hippie in the sixties then joined the Sierra Club and learned that our world really needs us. The documentary “A fierce green fire” shows our collective environmental activism. We’ve done a lot and we have so much more to do. Gart fell in love with the Hawaiian Islands on his first visit in 1966. After years of visiting and living here for long periods, he moved to Maui permanently in 1999. Gary is an experienced waterman, an avid backpacker and an amateur naturalist.
  7. Momi Fortune
    Momi was born and raised on Hawaiʻi island and now lives, and is raising her family in Hā’iku, Maui. Momi is an avid hiker, especially enjoying the East Maui streams and watershed. She has recently joined the East Maui stream water quality monitoring volunteer program “Eyes on the Streams.”