Malama Honua: Hokule'a -- A Voyage of Hope

JENNIFER ALLEN is a retired professional chef and author of several cookbooks. Living in Texas for more than 20 years has inspired her recipe creation, with lively Southwestern flavors popping up in many of her recipes. She's now cooking north of the border in Ontario, Canada, and continues to post her recipes at KetoCookingWins.com. She also creates non-keto recipes for the rest of the family at CookWhatYouLove.com.

Founded in 1973 on a legacy of Pacific Ocean exploration, the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) seeks to perpetuate the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the spirit of exploration. We use experiential educational programs that inspire students and their communities to respect and care for themselves, each other, and their natural and cultural environments. PVS has taught thousands of people through its education, training, research, voyaging and communication programs. The organization teaches in multiple forms of classrooms while seeking innovative methods of outreach to today's and tomorrow's children. Currently, a large part of PVS- mission-focused activities are centered around the organization's voyaging canoes, H'k'le'a and Hikianalia, and the M'lama Honua Worldwide Voyage. The canoes serve as models of island sustainability, and their crews seek to share - Island Wisdom, Ocean Connections, Global Lessons- both in Hawai'i and around Island Earth.

John Bilderback was a SURFER Magazine senior staff photographer for twenty years on the North Shore of O'ahu, and has dozens of covers and hundreds of magazine page credits to his name. When H'k'le'a came to Hale'iwa in 2013, he became deeply captivated by M'lama Honua and the mission ultimately drew him in, and he became a crew member. He also participates on the board of directors for the North Shore Community Land Trust.

Richards serves as a director on several public service, Native Hawaiian and educational boards, including Paepae O He'eia, Bishop Museum Association Council, and 'Aha K'ne. He has held management positions in both the public and private sector, primarily in the field of aquaculture. He spent close to two decades at The Oceanic Institute, a private non-profit research organization. Currently, Billy is the Director of Communications for Partners in Development Foundation, a public not-for-profit company that serves the Native Hawaiian community through social and educational programs. He has been involved with Hawai'i's voyaging community since 1975 and has voyaged aboard the wa'a kaulua (double-hulled voyaging canoes) H'k'le'a, Hawai'iloa, Makali'i and Hokualaka'i throughout the Pacific. He is presently the President of The Friends of H'k'le'a and Hawai'iloa and serves as co-chair of 'Ohana Wa'a, a round-table collaborative of voyaging organizations from all of the Hawaiian Islands.