Trustee Crystal Kauilani Rose

Chair

Crystal Kauilani Rose is a founding partner of the law firm Lung Rose Voss Wagnild and has practiced real estate, trust, business and construction litigation for more than 40 years.

Rose’s legal excellence has earned her numerous accolades, including being named Arbitrator of the Year by Best Lawyers in 2021 and Construction Litigation Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in 2013, and she has been recognized annually as one of Hawai‘i’s Best Lawyers since 2006. Pacific Business News named her Business Woman of the Year in 2005, and she received the ‘Ō‘ō Award from the Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce as Hawai‘i Business Person of the Year in 2000.

Rose is an expert in corporate governance and has served on the corporate boards of Central Pacific Bank, Hawaiian Airlines, Gentry Homes Ltd. and Hawaiian Electric Company.

She has also given back to the community in countless ways, including serving as a past trustee of The Nature Conservancy; a board member for the Boys and Girls Club of Hawai‘i, Blue Planet Foundation and Child and Family Services; and a member of the advisory boards of Kamehameha Schools and Catholic Charities Hawai‘i.

Born and raised in Hilo, the Kamehameha Schools alumna holds a juris doctorate degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law, and a bachelor of science degree in psychology and sociology from Willamette University.

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