Profile

.Published writer since kindergarten – (okay, it was a couple of poems in the school paper but published is published)

.Since 1986, articles, essays and photographs published in numerous Hawai‘i and Mainland publications

.Co-author, two cookbooks for Ten Speed Press (now Random House)

.Contributor to several Dorling Kindersley (London) Eyewitness Guides

. Annual contributor to Fodor’s Maui

. Winner of three Pele Awards for copywriting/advertising

 . Dining Editor at The Maui News, 1985 – 1987

. Belgium field producer for the Hawai‘i documentary “Simple Courage,” winner of many awards including a regional Emmy

. News reporter/writer/editor, producer/bureau chief, and studio director at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., CBS, and PBS, 1971 – 1982; privileged to work with giants like Walter Cronkite, Charles Kuralt, and Ed Bradley

. Writer, producer, director – 30-minute film documentary for the CBC, nominated for an ACTRA award

. Taught Menu Merchandising at Maui Community College for eight years; in May ‘07, earned a Pastry Cook certificate from the college’s culinary arts program

. Owned gourmet catering company, Discriminating Taste, 1985 – 1988

. Student of Hawaiian language, culture and values since 1990; studied hula for 12 years

. Volunteer kumu kokua (teachers’ aide) at Punana Leo o Maui (Hawaiian language immersion pre-school) since 1991; taught English literature and language arts to immersion 6^th, 7^th and 8^th graders for one year

. Founded Maui’s first organization devoted to feeding hungry and homeless members of community

. Co-curator of “Here’s to the Heroes,” September 2002 – major benefit art show and sale commemorating the first anniversary of the September 11^th attacks; $51,000 in proceeds donated to Maui Firefighters Relief Association and Engine 33, Ladder 9 in New York City

. Member, Directors Guild of America since 1978

. Lifetime Yankees fan