Our Team

Directors and Project Managers

Deborah "Deb" Goebert, DrPH

Co-Director

goebertd@dop.hawaii.edu

Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH

Principal Investigator

and Co-Director

jsugimot@hawaii.edu

Tai-an Miao, PhD

Project Manager and Evaluator

taian@dop.hawaii.edu

Graduate Assistants

Dave Rehuher, MPH

Community Liaison

rehuher@hawaii.edu

Katrina Tolentino

Education Liaison

kmtolen@hawaii.edu

Aubrey Mariano

Community Liaison

anym@hawaii.edu

Alexa St. Martin, LCSW

Postvention Liaison

alexastm@hawaii.edu

Harmoni Brennan

Evaluation Liaison

hbrennan@hawaii.edu

Kriztofer "KC" Caraang

Training Liaison

kcc69@hawaii.edu

Former (Affiliated) Staff

Marissa Watanabe

Evaluation & Training Liaison

maw4@hawaii.edu

Natalie Jung

Education Liaison

naj256@hawaii.edu

Thomas Robertson, MSW, LCSW

Postvention Liaison

troberts@hawaii.edu

Andie Kida, DNP, RN, RD

State Education Liasion

Cade Akamu, MPH

Evaluation & Training Coordination (Stakeholder Analysis Mapping)

Graduate Assistant

Genesia Paolo, MPH

Molokaʻi & Kapaʻa Community Liasion

Patteera Vontangton, MD

Social Media and Suicide Prevention Specalist (AI, Instagram and Facebook)

Prince Mahidol Award Scholar (Thailand)

Sources of Strengths Hui

The HCSI team gathered 24 community partners from across the state to become new Sources of Strength trainers.

Community Partners

Our community partners are essential to the function of our project.

We are still building capacity and talking with potential partners in many communities across the state.

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