Lance D. Collins is an attorney in private practice on the island of Maui, specializing in areas such as Hawaiian land rights and land use law. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a graduate of William S. Richardson School of Law. He publishes and presents on the comparative legal history of Hawaii and the Philippines before and during their American colonial periods including editing several volumes on the modern history of West Maui. He has also produced several musical albums including Kawili.

Cody Pueo Pata is the Kumu Hula of Halau Hula o Ka Malama Mahilani
(Maui, Oahu, Japan), a Hawaiian language and culture educator and consultant, a recording artist, artisan, and Haku Mele. His foundation for Mele practices was first laid in 1991 when he became a formal haumana Hula of Kumu Hula Nona Mahilani Kaluhiokalani and Loea George Lanakilakeikiahialii Naope. In 1998, Pueo was sent to learn the style of Haku Mele termed “Alelo Maalea” under the mentorship of the late Kahuna Laau Kahea Eleanor (Kaupu) Makida of Kona, Hawaii. After five years under her tutelage, Pueo was graduated as a Haku Mele in the spring of 2003.

Jonah Kahanuola Solatorio, a native of Kewalo Uka, Kona, Oahu, comes from an ohana of many talented musicians. Kahanuola holds a BA degree in both Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies and MEd in Elementary Education. He is currently a kumu olelo Hawaii at the Kamehameha High School Kapalama campus and is also a member of the Hawaiian musical group, Keauhou.

A kupa of Haiku, Heeia, Koolaupoko, Oahu, Nicholas Kealii Lum holds a BA in music and Hawaiian and MA in Hawaiian. He is currently a doctoral student at Ka Haka Ula o Keelikolani at UH Hilo. He is a member of the multi-award-winning traditional Hawaiian music group Keauhou. He is the co-editor of the West Maui songbook Lei Nahonoapiilani (distributed by Kamehameha Publishing) and produced two accompanying albums. He works at Kaiapuni Assessment of Educational Outcomes (KAEO).

A native of Ahuimanu, Koolaupoko, Oahu, Zachary Lum holds a BA in music and Hawaiian language and MA in Ethnomusicology. He is presently a doctoral student in Political Science at UH Manoa. He previously was the director of choral music at Kamehameha Schools–Kapalama. He is a member of the musical group Keauhou. He is the co-editor of the West Maui songbook Lei Nahonoapiilani (distributed by Kamehameha Publishing). He produced the second accompanying album, as well as the albums Kuhao Maunakea and Huliamahi, Volume 1.