Maui Land & Pineapple Company Names Oralani Koa as Director of Cultural & Community Engagement
Newly created role reflects the company’s commitment to land stewardship and prioritizing relationships with the community
KAPALUA, MAUI - Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (MLP) announced the appointment of Oralani Koa as Director of Cultural & Community Engagement, a newly created leadership role.
In this role, Koa will help deepen the company’s relationship to place, integrate cultural perspective more fully into its work, and support a continued thoughtful, grounded approach to land stewardship across its lands and operations.
“I am honored to join MLP at a time when there is both a need and an opportunity to deepen connection, understanding, and kuleana,” said Koa. “My personal kuleana is best expressed with my favorite quote: Na wai hoʻi ke ʻole o ke akamai, he alahele i maʻa i ka hele ʻia e oʻu mau mākua. Translated as Who would not be wise on a path walked upon by my parents and ancestors. - stated by Kamehameha 11, Liholiho.”
A respected Hawaiian cultural practitioner and educator, Koa brings deep experience in ʻike Hawaiʻi, cultural education, and community connection. She most recently served as Manager of Culture and Activities at The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas and previously as Manager of Hawaiian Programming at The Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Kaʻanapali, where she led cultural programming centered on Hawaiian practices, history, language, and storytelling.
Known for ensuring Hawaiian culture is shared with authenticity and respect, Koa has helped create spaces where ʻike, language, history, and place-based values are treated not as add-ons, but as essential.
“Oralani brings deep cultural knowledge, credibility, and care to this role, and her perspective will help shape how we move forward as a company,” said Race Randle, CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. “Her appointment reflects our commitment to land stewardship and authenticity rooted in history and culture. Stewardship is not only about land use; it is also about relationships, responsibility, listening, and trust. Oralani will play an important role in helping us strengthen that foundation.”
The creation of the Director of Cultural & Community Engagement role marks an important step in MLP’s continued evolution as it works to deepen cultural understanding and long-term community relationships.
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About Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc.
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (NYSE: MLP) is dedicated to the thoughtful stewardship of over 22,000 acres of land along with approximately 247,000 square feet of commercial properties. Founded as a family company in 1909, today MLP envisions a future where Maui residents can thrive in more resilient communities with an increased housing supply, food and water security and renewed connections of people and place. For over a century, MLP has built a legacy of authentic innovation through conservation, agriculture, community building and land management. Our mission is to ensure our assets are actively used to their fullest potential in a way that honors the past and nurtures our island home and its residents into the future.
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