Leilani Spencer

PRESIDENT

Leilani was born and raised in Hawaiʻi, and is passionate about maintaining, sustaining and stabilizing the tightly-knit communities on Kauaʻi that she’s always known and loved. She is a Nutrition Educator at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and a graduate of New York University. She provides life skills and nutrition education classes to limited income seniors, adults, and middle and high school students island-wide.

Leilani is also the Executive Director for Supporting the Language of Kauaʻi Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, 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 the Facilities Director since 2008. This 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. Leilani also managed a large multi-year project that involved the construction of roadwork, water and electrical infrastructure, and installation of approximately 10,000 square feet of classroom space for the school, replacing some of the tents that had been previously used for classrooms.