LorMona Meredith
LorMona (Mona) is the founder and principal owner of Malama Mai Consulting Ltd. As a life-long learner with so many varied interests, Mona is passionate about using creative outside-of-the-box thinking to empower and elevate community, nonprofit organizations and small businesses (especially women-owned businesses) to advance their missions. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Brigham Young University of Hawaiʻi, a Master’s in Public Administration and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa. She is a graduate of the East-West Center’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program Cohort 11, and alum of the Pacific Century Fellow Leadership program.
Mona currently serves as the Managing Director of Ocean Aware Hawai’i and Program Manager for Sustainable Tourism Association of Hawai’i. As the former Project Director and Administrator for Partner In Development Foundation’s Opportunity Youth and Workforce Development programs, she oversaw two large complex projects that provided education, culturally-relevant healing programs and workforce development opportunities for justice-involved youth in Hawai’i.
Prior to this she was the director of operations for Pacific Islands Institute, an Oahu-based tour operator and destination management company which provided quality in-bound travel programs for the Hawai’i Islands and Oceania/Pacific Islands (Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji and Rapa Nui). She also served as the executive manager for Conservation International’s Center for Oceans. Her role included facilitating special projects across the globe, providing programmatic and operational support, and strengthening collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across multiple geographies.
Mona comes from a large Polynesian family, and is the oldest of eight kids. She grew up in Hawai’i, American Samoa and Samoa. A colon cancer survivor and mother of two, Mona firmly believes in the power of family, alofa (love and aloha), and positive psychology as a means of healing, personal reflection and growth.