The SEEQS Governing Board

The SEEQS Governing Board is a committed and experienced group of educators, professionals, and community members who bring a range of skills and knowledge to meet the diverse needs of charter school governance. More information about the Governing Board, including its roles and responsibilities, as well as agenda, minutes, and policies, can be found on the Board Information page.


Marvin Heskett – Governing Board Chair

Marvin Heskett was raised with sustainability at the heart of family life. He is currently a practicing environmental consultant and an environmental chemist. Marvin received a B.S. in biochemistry from California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo and has worked as a mass spec. chemist, quality assurance officer, and laboratory director prior to taking on the role of a consultant. As a consultant he has worked with the State of Hawaii Department of Health in innovating novel approaches to solving environmental problems throughout the Pacific Region. He is the father of a SEEQer and has enjoyed observing his son grow with SEEQS's progressive approach. Marvin is an active member of the Honolulu community, having served on the Palolo Neighborhood Board and as the chairperson for the Surfrider Foundation Oahu Chapter. He also helped found the Surfrider Spirit Sessions and is an avid surfer and bodysurfer. ​

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Dabney Gough – Governing Board Vice Chair

Dabney Gough has provided marketing leadership to nonprofits and mission-driven companies in Hawaiʻi for over a decade. She currently serves as Director of Marketing at Hawaiʻi Pacific University, where she also earned an MBA. Prior to her role at HPU, Gough led marketing at Farm Link Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Public Radio, and Whole Foods Market. Outside of work, Dabney enjoys ballet and tap dancing. 

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Amy Yamashiro – Governing Board Secretary

Amy Yamashiro teaches Human Anatomy and Physiology at Kapiolani Community College. She is also highly involved in the college's STEM program and has led initiatives for National Science Foundation grants at the college. Amy's interest in sustainability started as a child when her family participated in the clean up effort of a nearby river, was fueled by rich learning experiences in environmental science courses in college, and ultimately led to a short career as a park ranger in New Mexico and on Maui. She is a perennial advocate for active learning experiences for students of all ages.

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Tyler Fujita – Governing Board Member

Tyler Fujita is the Assistant Director of the Wo International Center at Punahou School. In this role, he works on programs related to global and experiential/travel-based education. Tyler believes in the power of education to frame the questions that young people will use to identify what they want most from life, and its role in cultivating the skills, strength of character, and general goodness that will help them get there.

Tyler began his work in education at SEEQS, where he spent four years in various classroom and administrative roles. He also brings previous experience as a management consultant and nonprofit program officer. Tyler earned an M.Ed. in Curriculum Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

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Sean Kettley – Governing Board Treasurer

Sean Kettley is a Senior Associate with Commercial Asset Advisors, a commercial real estate firm in Honolulu. He primarily focuses on office leasing and sales and has been involved with SEEQS throughout the process of identifying a long-term campus location (prior to relocating to Kaimuki High School). Sean has been an active member of the finance committee since 2016 and joined the board in 2019. Prior to embarking on a career in commercial real estate, Sean spent over 15 years working with internet startups and educational companies to develop and execute their marketing programs. Aside from work, Sean coaches soccer and spends his free time driving to and from the various activities of his two children. Being a parent of a high-schooler and a college student provides Sean with a unique perspective of what kids and parents are looking for in an education.

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Layla Kilolu - Governing Board Member

Layla Kilolu is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her areas of interest include renewable energy and participatory planning. She has served as an economist for the State of Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission and as a policy analyst for the City and County of Honolulu’s Climate Change Commission. She holds a master’s degree in urban and regional planning (MURP) from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Pepperdine University. She is also the founder of Circular Fashion Hawaii, a company dedicated to promoting upcycled, vintage, secondhand, and locally sourced clothing.

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Justin Levinson - Governing Board Member

Justin Levinson is a Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii, where he teaches business law and criminal law courses. He is a scholar in the field of implicit bias and the law, where he develops modern social cognition-based measures in legal contexts. Before becoming a law professor, Justin practiced corporate law at Silicon Valley’s largest firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He has held academic positions at Beijing University, UC Berkeley, and at Nagoya University.

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Benjamin Lukey – Governing Board Member

Benjamin Lukey received his doctorate in comparative philosophy from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His interests in philosophy of disability, comparative philosophy, and philosophy for children (p4c) have developed from his broader goal of including more voices in philosophical discourse. Since 2007, he has been part the p4c Hawai‘i initiative at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, piloting and developing a Philosopher in Residence project at Hawaii public high schools. Dr. Lukey continues to support p4c Hawaii teachers and students at Waimanalo Elementary & Intermediate School, Kailua High School, Waikiki Elementary, Ka’elepulu Elementary, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He is currently Associate Director for the UH Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education.

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Diamond Tachera – Governing Board Member

Diamond Tachera is a kanaka ‘ōiwi (Native Hawaiian) born and raised on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from the Department of Earth Sciences in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Diamond is currently an NCAR Advanced Study Program postdoctoral fellow working with the Research Applications Laboratory and Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory and is working on the Rising Voices Changing Coasts hub project. In addition to her research, Diamond is also the Co-Director for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa SOEST Maile Mentoring Bridge Program, which creates mentoring relationships that offer support, encouragement, and the sharing of knowledge by weaving individual student goals with personal and cultural experiences. The Maile Mentoring Bridge fulfills a broad desire to inspire Native Hawaiians, kama‘āina, and individuals of other underrepresented ethnicities into ocean, earth and environmental science professions.

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Interested in becoming a Governing or Foundation committee or board member? Review our board member Roles and Expectations. Interested candidates should complete and submit a Board Interest form. Mahalo!