Staff

Dr. Akiemi Glenn, Executive Director

Akiemi is the founder and executive director of the Pōpolo Project. She holds an MA and PhD in linguistics from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and a BA in linguistics from New York University. Akiemi is a scholar and community worker who specializes in studying culture and facilitating community change on large and small scales. A filmmaker, artist, and cultural practitioner with genealogical ties to the forest and coastal areas currently known as North Carolina and Virginia, her research, curation, and work in Indigenous language revitalization and in community-based culture education centers the experience of diaspora and the potential of radical connection for profound change.

Board of Directors

Jamila Jarmon, Board Chair

Jamila was raised in Honolulu and is a graduate of the George Washington University and William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. As a practicing attorney, Jamila has experience in civil litigation, real estate, poverty law, and environmental law.  She has served on numerous boards, currently also serving on the board of Aloha Harvest and Ceeds of Peace, and has worked with many community organizations, including the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawai‘i and at the Domestic Violence Action Center. She was COO and General Counsel at Chewbox, a software start up that reimagines food service as a sustainable vehicle of social justice. She was formerly General Counsel at Elemental Excelerator, a clean tech growth accelerator based in Honolulu. Jamila is currently the Manager of Growth Strategy for the Electrification of Transportation (EoT) at Hawaiian Electric Company. Jamila oversees EoT’s strategy to support the rapid growth of EVs and EV load. In 2019, Jamila was named one of Hawai‘i’s most influential young leaders by Pacific Business News as one of the 40 Under 40 and she was selected as a Pacific Century Fellow to be part of a cohort of emerging leaders creating innovative solutions to Hawai‘i’s problems.  

Altagracia Falvey, Board Secretary

Altagracia is an account executive at Anthology Marketing Group where she helps to develop and execute strategic marketing initiatives. She was formerly an account executive at Diane von Furstenberg and Rebecca Minkoff, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American literature, with a minor in Italian, from New York University.

Dr. Camonia Graham-Tutt, Board Member

Dr. Camonia R. Graham-Tutt is currently the Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs serving as a senior advisor to the Vice Chancellor and Chancellor. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Hawai’i-West Oahu. Camonia is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) making her uniquely qualified to assess, design and implement sustainable community health education programs that deliver positive benefits to vulnerable communities. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Baylor University in Health Science Education and her Ph.D. from Howard University in the field of Medical Sociology. She is the immediate past President and a lifetime member of the Hawai’i Public Health Association (HPHA). “Dr. C,” (as she is often referred to by her students) is dedicated to many service organizations where she serves community through local, national and global efforts. She is a compassionate researcher/educator that values the notion of creative education. She is known to elicit excellence from herself and others and encourages all who come in contact with her to be the change they want to see and more.