Billy RichardsRichards 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, primrily 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. Read More Read Less