OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

From left to right:
Rev. Katir, for Saiva Siddhanta Church; Allan Rietow, for Bette Midler Family Trust; Leslie Milnes; Kelly Gooding, Vice-President; Lincoln Ching, Secretary; Jerry Ornellas, President; Tony Branco, Treasurer; Bill Hancock. Not pictured: Dan Yamaguchi

Cooperative Directors' Biodata and Experience
The Cooperative has nine directors. Their names, positions and qualifications are as follows:

Jerry Ornellas, President
6170-G Hauiki Road
Kapaa, Kauai, HI 96746
Raised on a dairy farm on Kauai, farming since 16 years old, full and part time, the last ten years in bananas. He is a graduate of the Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii, class of 2001; former President, Hawaii Banana Industry Association, and member, Board of Directors for eight years. Works for University of Hawaii, CTAHR, as an agricultural research technician. Member, board of directors, Hawaii Awa Council.

Kelly Gooding, Vice-President
2887 Waa Road
Lihue, Kauai, HI 96746
Graduated from college in agriculture, banana farming for last ten years, worked with CTAHR representative for Hawaiian homes program, employed by the Department of Agriculture, now an independent farmer.

Lincoln Ching, Secretary
6116 Opaekaa Road
Kapaa, Kauai, HI 96746.
Presently a 26-year employee as County Extension Agent at Kauai Office of the University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Bachelor of Science degree in General Agriculture from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1970. Thirty-one years as owner/operator in cattle production on Kauai.

Anthony Branco, Treasurer
760B Waipouli Road
Kapaa, Kauai, HI 96746
Cattle producer and general contractor on Kauai.

Leslie P. Milnes
6277 Puuopane Place
Kapaa, Kauai, HI 96746
Nineteen years experience in operating horse farm, 10 years manager and general partner of Garden Island Ranch. Employed by County of Kauai, Department of Planning.

Daniel Yamaguchi
5731-C Hauiki road
Kapaa, Hawaii, 96746
Thirty years as an insurance broker. Twenty years experience in cattle raising and ten years in banana farming.

William R. Hancock, for Kapaa 382, LLC
4569 Kukui 4569 Kukui Street
Suite 200
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii 96746
Mr. Hancock has practiced as a certified public accountant since 1977, previously in Washington, D.C., and on Kauai since 1992. Mr. Hancock has developed several real estate projects on Kauai and is presently developing 570 acres of former Lihue Plantation land in Kapaa.

Allan Rietow, for Midler Family Trust.
Ms. Bette Midler, as trustee of the Bette Midler Family Trust, is the owner of approximately 1400 acres of property located in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii. The Midler trust intends to use this property for agricultural purposes and has hired Agro Resources, Inc., to manage the property and to prepare short-term and long-term agricultural plans for the property. The president of Agro Resources, Inc., is David Rietow, whose brother Allan Rietow will represent Agro Resources, Inc., on Kauai and handle the day-to-day affairs related to the property management.

Allan Rietow
4899A Waikalua Street
Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii, 96754
Allen has a B.S. degree in General Tropical Agriculture, College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii Manoa in 1974. He has 20+ years of experience in aquaculture and diversified agriculture on Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii.

Rev. Swami Arumugam Katir, for Saiva Siddhanta Church
107 Kaholalele Road
Kapaa, Kauai, HI 96746
The Church is a California non-profit corporation with thirty plus years of experience on Kauai in truck crops, medicinals, pasture, orchards, dairy cows and botanical gardening. Fourteen years experience in commercial bee keeping.