Our Family
Biologist / Owner / Managing Member
Wade C. Lee
Wade C. Lee was raised on an anthirium farm in the Panaewa Farm lots in Hilo, Hawaii. It was there that Wade learned that if you take care of the land it will take care of you. Great grandmother Kawewehiokealiiokalanikamamalu was pure Hawaiian and supported herself and children tending a taro loi in Manoa Valley where she is buried.
Being of Hawaiian, Chinese and Caucasian decent, Wade was taught by the many generations of the Lee Ohana (family) who raised and nurtured him the tradition to respect the Aina (land).
Wade then pursued higher education at the Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO., receiving his Master’s degree in Science, majoring in Fishery and Wildlife Biology. Wade’s love of the outdoors spawned a new concept of forest regeneration and he’s pursued this idea for nearly two decades by writing numerous publications on forestry management and preservation.
Haloa Aina is just what Wade and his managing partners had envisioned: a new generation of forestry management by re-establishing Native Hawaiian forests which will culminate in a self-sustaining, culturally correct and environmentally responsible endeavor.
Natural Resource and Forestry Management
Dr. Randy S. Senock
Doctor Randy S. Senock or Randy as he is locally known comes to the Haloa Aina reforestation project with a plethora of educational accolades. Randy has authored the forestry management plan for this project and understands the importance of forest regeneration in Hawaii.
For nearly two decades Randy has studied forest regeneration in Hawaii while a Professor at University of Hawaii- Manoa, and University of Hawaii-Hilo. Randy has dozens of scientific publications to his credit and is currently a member of the Society of American Foresters, Society for Range Management, American Institute for Biological Sciences
Randy received his Doctorate in Agronomy from Kansas State University in 1994. Since, Randy has been a Professor/ lecturer at Universities around the country and is presently the Associate Professor of Environmental science at California State University at Chico.
Research and Development Engineer
James Montgomery
James Montgomery spent much of his youth on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was there that he found his love for the outdoors and the beauty of what nature had to offer. James graduated from Saint Josephs High School and decided to further his education in the great Northwest.
James attended the Oregon Institute of Technology and majored in mechanical engineering. After receiving his bachelors degree James became more focused on research and development of equipment geared for the forestry and farming industries with the latter years specifically focused on resource recovery and recycling.
James has worked at numerous companies across the United States and comes back home to Hawaii Island bringing over twenty five years of experience to the Haloa Aina reforestation effort. The mechanized equipment designed and built by James will be utilized to recycle the remnants of a dead and dying forest.
James also has an artistic side and spends his free time as the owner, operator and artist of the Natures Steel Sculptures which specializes in Creation of original 3D steel and wood sculptures.
Senior Accountant
Marysue Joyce
Originally from the East Coast Marysue Joyce has called Hawaii her home for over 20 years. Her background includes accounting management in the property development, retail, producing, restaurant, non-profit and construction industries.
In addition she worked for many years as an account representative for David Ramos CPA & Associates. She brings extensive knowledge of office management, retail inventory control, and job cost accounting. Marysue also runs her own business, Office Angels, which provides accounting support and financial review for several Big Island companies.
Currently Marysue is a member of the North Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union’s Supervisory Committee and has previously served on the board of directors of the Hamakua Music Festival, the Hawaii Montessori School PTSA and volunteers time at the Hamakua Youth Center. She lives on the Hamakua Coast with her husband, teenage son and family dog.
