KIHEI,
Hawaii, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Mana Pacific, Inc. announced that
the company's Board of Directors has appointed Honorable Katherine
Hammack as its new Chair of the Board. Hon
Hammack succeeds MK Merrigan, Co-Founder of Mana Pacific, who served as Chair of the Board
of Directors since 2019. MK will continue to serve Mana Pacific's board as a Director.
Award Winning Renewable Energy Project
Developer Mana Pacific Inc Appoints New Board Chair
Mana Pacific's CEO, Joe Reed, said, "As co-founder, MK has worked
tirelessly, with ingenuity, vision, and the entrepreneurial spirit
key to our success and growth to date. She provided a breadth of
community experience that was critical to our ability to serve our
shareholders and stakeholders as a Hawaii Sustainable Business
Corporation. Honorable Katherine
Hammack will serve as our new Chair and is exactly what we
need as we evolve as a well-established growing corporation with
operations in over 10 island nations. We welcome her extensive
international experience and history of large corporation
achievements."
On the new role for Hon Katherine
Hammack, Merrigan shared, "Having met Hon Hammack in 2010, I have continued to learn
from her leadership style, and watched as she's helped grow small
organizations and projects through scalable and sustainable growth.
She is exactly the leadership the Mana Pacific Board needs during
this exciting season of expansion."
Honorable Katherine Hammack
served as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations,
Energy, and Environment under President Obama (2010-2017). She was
the primary advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff
of the Army on all Army matters related to installation policy,
oversight, and coordination of energy security and management. In
addition, she was responsible for policy and oversight of
sustainability and environmental initiatives; including design,
military construction, operations, and maintenance; privatization
of Army family housing, lodging, real estate, and utilities; and
Army installation safety and occupational health programs.
This responsibility was a culmination of her experience and
passion to improve the world for future generations. Among her many
accomplishments are the establishment of the Army's Net Zero
program, and the creation of the Office of Energy Initiatives (OEI)
to enhance energy resilience on Army bases with microgrids, energy
storage, and renewable energy, as well as to accelerate large-scale
renewable energy projects to achieve 1GW of renewable energy by
2025.
Her career began with Carrier Air Conditioning, followed by work
with several electric utilities. Later, at Ernst & Young, she
provided energy and climate change strategy to Fortune 500
companies when she was called to Washington D.C. Having advocated for energy
efficiency and sustainability for many years, she helped found the
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and develop LEED. She also
serves as chair of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration
and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) High Performance Green
Buildings Committee as well as a Director on the Board of
Slipstream.
About Mana Pacific,
Inc.
Mana Pacific, a Hawaii sustainable business corporation,
develops renewable energy projects using top quality technologies
to achieve scalable resiliency in Hawai'i and 22 Pacific Island
Countries and Territories, with projects in 12 Pacific Island
countries as a commanding entry. Mana
Pacific's mission is to accelerate the renewable energy
transition to achieve increased energy independence for Pacific
Islands. The company was founded in 2019 as a minority,
veteran, and woman-owned enterprise and has grown to be a globally
award-winning renewable project developer throughout the South
Pacific. Mana Pacific is one of only
6 companies nationwide to win Phases 1 and 2 of the DOE Community
Power Accelerator Prize.
For more information, contact:
info@manapacific.com
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