Kamehameha Schools has named Dr. Jamee Miller regional director for its North Shore and Windward Oʻahu regions which encompass all of Waialua, Koʻolauloa and Koʻolaupoko. Miller was previously regional director of KS’ West Hawai‘i region and will serve as interim regional director until her replacement is found.

The new position is part of the Community Engagement and Resources Group (CE&R), a recent addition to the KS organizational structure. CE&R oversees KS’ comprehensive approach to providing services in each region. The group pursues partnerships with key entities that possess similar goals to improve the educational systems that touch Hawai‘i’s people.  

As regional director, Miller’s kuleana includes facilitating region-wide planning, with community collaborators, to strategize the implementation of educational programming that addresses community needs. These actions are directly in line with part of CE&R’s goals to contribute to communities’ collective efforts to improve Hawaiʻi’s educational systems under KS’ Strategic Plan 2020 – Kūhanauna and Strategic Vision 2040. 

“Jamee laid a strong foundation for Kamehameha’s efforts in West Hawaiʻi,” said Alapaki Nahale-a, senior director for Hawaiʻi island CE&R.

“We’re thankful for all she has done, especially during our transition to a new strategic plan. We will continue to build on the work she has accomplished and are excited about the contributions she will make on Oʻahu.”

Miller’s transfer allows her to bring her skill sets and experience as a seasoned regional director to the North Shore and Windward Oʻahu regions to help the whole of CE&R.

“I am very excited to continue the important mission of Pauahi and furthering the goals of SV2040 by joining the O‘ahu team,” she says.  “I enjoy being part of the CE&R ‘ohana and believe in the new direction this group represents within KS.

“I will miss the people and unique work of West Hawai‘i tremendously but will utilize those experiences to forge and strengthen new relationships.  It is a privilege to return and serve the community that nurtured and raised me, my children and now my moʻopuna.”

Prior to joining KS , Miller worked for the Queen Liliʻuokalani Children’s Center in Koʻolauloa and West Hawaiʻi, taught at Kailua High School and started a Healthy Start program in Waimānalo that continues today.

Miller was born and raised in Punaluʻu and holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Hawaiʻi, one in Hawaiian studies and another in secondary education. She also has a master’s degree in social work from UH-Mānoa and a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California.

I will miss the people and unique work of West Hawai‘i tremendously but will utilize those experiences to forge and strengthen new relationships. It is a privilege to return and serve the community that nurtured and raised me, my children and now my moʻopuna.
Dr. Jamee Miller

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