Pūpūkahi i holomua • Hawaiian Proverb • “Unite to move forward” • “By working together we make progress”
OUR MISSION:
We transform communities and places of work, learning, and gathering to Lōkahi Places, where unity, harmony, diversity, and belonging thrive. We do this by providing organizational strategies that unify and synchronize three key areas of culture & leadership, operations, and innovation.
LŌKAHI - UNITY, HARMONY, AGREEMENT, ACCORD, UNISON
PONO - GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS, INTEGRITY, DOING WHAT’S RIGHT
LAULIMA - MANY HANDS WORKING TOGETHER IN COOPERATION, TEAMWORK
KAULIKE - EQUITY, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS
‘OHANA - FAMILY BEYOND BLOOD, COMMUNITY, TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER
OUR VALUES:
OUR TEAM:
Meet Kathleen (she/her)
Kathleen has spent over two decades in Fortune 100 companies, Department of Defense, small to mid-size businesses, and non-profit organizations. As a technology and operations leader in different industries, Kathleen had the unique opportunity to experience a spectrum of team, company, and organizational cultures ranging from healthy and productive to dysfunctional and toxic. For much of her career, she championed and advocated for equitable, fair, and inclusive organizational practices that impacted historically underrepresented groups like women and people of color.
Kathleen founded Lōkahi Places because she recognizes the persistent challenges that organizations face in fostering healthy, positive, inclusive environments, which has proved to be even more challenging today. She realizes the urgency and need for younger generations like Gen Z to work, live, and gather in places that value their ever-increasing diversity. Kathleen understands the powerful interconnection between culture, leadership, operations, and innovation. She is passionate about working with communities, organizations, and teams to create healthy, harmonious, and inclusive cultures that reflect the Hawaiian concept of Lōkahi.
Kathleen is an engaging speaker, instructor, and facilitator. She holds a B.S. in Information Systems and professional certifications in Risk Management and Compliance (CRCMP), Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (CDP), Project Management (PMP), Business Process Management (BPM), and Business Intelligence (CBIP).
Meet Tamisha (she/her)
Meet Tammie (she/her)
Meet Desireé (she/her)
Meet Aditya (he/him)
Aditya is a Senior IT & Data Leader with over 20 years of experience in data engineering, data quality, cloud migration, and enterprise data platforms using AI-based solutions across Finance, Healthcare, Retail, and Government. Aditya has a proven ability to lead diverse, multi‑team engineering organizations, modernize data ecosystems, and deliver scalable cloud solutions. Aditya is PMP‑certified with deep SDLC, architecture, and program management expertise. He has delivered multi‑million‑dollar cost savings, reduced data pipeline failures by 40–60%, and accelerated analytics delivery across multiple organizations.
Aditya’s core skills include (but are not limited to):
Leadership & Delivery • AI-Driven Data Engineering • Cloud Migration • Data Quality & Governance • Architecture & Roadmaps • MDM • ETL/ELT • Data Modeling • Informatica Stack • Teradata • Oracle • SQL • Python • Java • Agile/Waterfall • Stakeholder Management • Gitlab/Terraform • UCD/Jenkins
Aditya holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance & Marketing and a B.S. in Engineering and Computer Science. Along with a PMP certification, he is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and Sun Certified Java Programmer.
Meet Luis (he/him)
Luis is a Technology, Data, and AI professional who operates at the intersection of human behavior and technology. His journey began with obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, where he developed a keen interest in the interplay between human systems and business strategy. Driven by a passion for technical mastery, he is self-taught in the intricacies of data analysis, eventually securing a suite of professional certifications from both Google and Microsoft. During his years at Microsoft, Luis specialized in AI and Copilot integration, a role that deepened his expertise in data infrastructure. Luis has found this technical foundation to be essential; by mastering identity management and authorization, Luis can effectively bridge the gap between complex data ecosystems and the intelligent AI tools that power modern workflows.
Along with a B.A. in Psychology with a Minor in Business, Luis holds several professional certifications, not limited to:
Certified: AI-900 AI Fundamentals • Certified PL-300 Power BI Data Analyst Associate • Certified MB-800 Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant • Certified: SC-900 Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals • Certified: PL-900 Azure Database Fundamentals • Google Data Analytics
Meet Kayliah (she/her)
Kayliah has several years of experience as a psychology professional, educator, and instructor with a passion for helping individuals recognize their strengths, build meaningful relationships, and reach their full potential. Throughout her career, Kayliah has seen firsthand the impact that trust, communication, psychological safety, and a sense of belonging can have on an individual's ability to thrive.
Kayliah's professional experience spans behavioral and mental health, education/training, project management, and delivering community-based services. She has supported individuals and families through behavioral and personal challenges, collaborated with multidisciplinary teams, and worked as an educator helping students build confidence and achieve their goals. These experiences have shaped her belief that understanding people as individuals — recognizing their strengths, experiences, and unique needs — is essential to creating meaningful and lasting change.
Her passion for creating inclusive environments was deeply influenced by strong women in her family who built careers focused on people, culture, leadership, and creating environments where all can thrive. Kayliah brings that same people-centered perspective to her work, while drawing on her own experiences in psychology, behavioral health, education, and relationship-building.
Kayliah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the College of William & Mary and has developed a diverse professional background working with adolescents, families, educators, professionals, administrators, and individuals from all walks of life.
OUR ADVISOR:
Meet Karen (any/all)
Karen L. Suyemoto, PhD is a professor in Clinical Psychology and Ethnic Studies. Dr. Suyemoto has been providing education and consultation to advance JEDI goals for over three decades. Her teaching, research, consultation, and training experience focuses on racism and mental health, issues of oppression, privilege, justice, and healing, and promoting individual and organizational change to advance anti-racism and social justice.
She is the co- author/editor of four books, including Unraveling Assumptions: A Primer for Understanding Oppression and Privilege and Teaching Diversity Relationally (with Grace Kim and Roxanne Donovan) and dozens of scholarly articles. A licensed psychologist active in disciplinary organizations, Dr. Suyemoto has served as President and APA Council Representative for the Asian American Psychological Association, as the Chair of the American Psychological Association’s Task Force for the Guidelines for Race and Ethnicity in Psychology, and as a member of the APA’s Presidential Task Force on Decolonial and Liberation Psychology. She is a founder and core organizer with Psychologists for Justice in Palestine.
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