The Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development, Inc. (GIRC&D) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan, community-based organization focused on the prudent use of natural and human resources on the Island of Kaua‘i. Originally sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and initially administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service—a federal agency—we are now locally managed.
The GIRC&D was incorporated in January 1991, authorized by Congress in February 1992 and received its 501 (c )(3) nonprofit status in May 1993.
With its broad mission, GIRC&D provides many avenues for worthy projects to succeed. Some projects that GIRC&D hosts are finite, but leave a lasting impact. Others become entities and nonprofit organizations on their own. Seven committees outreach to the community; one committee functions internally.
GIRCD Board of Directors
| Gilbert P. Kea Director since 6/99 |
Kauai Planning & Action Alliance Royal Order of Kamehameha |
President Director |
| Sabra Kauka Director since 9/93 |
Hawaiian Studies: State Department of Education & Island School | Vice President Director |
| Gary Ueunten Director since 6/00 |
Agricultural Specialist | Treasurer Director |
| Edward J. Kawamura Director since 10/93 |
Kawamura Farm Enterprises East Kauai Soil & Water Conservation District |
Secretary Director |
| Niki Volz-Kunioka Director since 2/22 |
County of Kauai Office of Economic Development | Director |
| Bill Cowern Director since 12/02 |
Hawaiian Mahogany | Director |
| Tiffani Keanini Director since 12/18 |
Kauai Invasive Species Committee | Director |
|
Kalaniumi Martin Director since 8/22 |
Ag Specialist, West Kauai Soil & Water Conservation District | Director |
| C.W. Spitz Director since 10/05 |
Kauai County Farm Bureau | Director |