Program Leadership
Our program team guarantees that all of our health, food, elder, youth, and cultural programs are staffed with the greatest hospitality we can offer our Oceanian village. They are our hands and feet. They have the lived experiences and expertise to serve in culturally responsive and humanistic ways while serving with excellence and love. They ensure our programs are consistent, responsive to need, and culturally relevant.
Raven Atonio
Youth Program Manager
Fetuli Tafa
Facilities Manager
Vaitafe Mageo
Senior Program Advisor
Koleti Michael
Senior Program Manager
Melissa Tuani
Senior Program Manager
Tilia Stewart
Mana Wahine Organizer
Village Navigators
Our village navigators contribute significant heart to the work of Oceania NW and we are so grateful for the ways that they share their mana to take care of our villages all across the Puget Sound region. They speak our sacred languages and maintain powerful presence to help support our Pasifika Diaspora. They serve as our diverse voices for Oceania, ensuring that our unique experiences are valued and honored.
Elisapeta Tafa
Samoan
Village Navigator
Coleen Joel
Kosraean
Village Navigator
Lavenia Natuna
Itaukei
Village Navigator
Jeivet Kenelak
West Papuan
Village Navigator
Patricia Anni
Marshallese
Village Navigator
Oceania Youth Navigators
Our Oceania Youth Navigators work together to promote environmental justice issues that impact the health and wellness of the wider Pasifika Diaspora. They do this through
Joe Peter
Chuukese
Youth Navigator
Monica Pese
Samoan
Youth Navigator
Martha Abraham
Marshallese
Youth Navigator
AJ Loeak
Marshallese
Youth Navigator
Mannie Tafa
Samoan
Youth Navigator
Dlara Riungel
Palauan
Youth Navigator
Taumafa Kava Leadership
Oceania NW patners with Kalapu Northwest and Kalapu Kolo 'Emalata to offer up our Tamafa Kava programs on the weekends as a space where our young men can find cultural home and guidance. Our Taumafa Kava leadership support the work of Oceania while providing a safe space for our young Pasifika men to find belonging and brotherhood.
Vili Vea
Kolo Emalata President
Clark Huakau
Kolo Emalata
Vice President
Peni Maile
Kolo Emalata Secretary
Mosese Fonua
Kalapu NW President
Saimone Kapetaua
Kalapu NW
Vice President
Maurice Coley
Kalapu NW Secretary
Mana Wahine Leadership
Our Mana Wahine Collaborative comprises of Pasifika women business owners and cultural workers organizing together to co-create, co-produce and coordinate initiatives and culturally rooted events that celebrate the gifts of Pasifika women and their entreprenerial spirit. 'Mana Wahine/Fafine' means 'women of power' in our various Pasifika dialects.
Faleata Iosefa
Poly Drip
Kehau Rodrigues
Kehau's Ono Grindz
Vaioleta Hamala
South Pacific Kitchen
Melissa Tuani
Melani's Island Treasures
Janilla Augofie
Sugar Sisters
Tilia Stewart
Tilia's Boutique & Miliona Kava
Patricia Anni
Auburn Postal Center
Lavenia Natuna
Aunty La's Kakana
Our Leadership Board
Our Board consist of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders who are well integrated in the lives of our village network and are commited to the Oceanian liberation work of perpetuating the wisdom of our ancestors. They are intimately involved in supporting our programs and services.
Shirley Laulu
Haus of Diamonds
Kekai Leialoha
Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Ponipate Rokolekutu
San Francisco University
Kapiolani Laronal
JED Foundation
Mareta Aitulagi
Mana Wahine
