Momi Cazimero

Momi Cazimero, a Big Island native from Pepe'ekeo, worked her way through school from age 12 and went on to found Graphic House in 1972, the first woman-owned design firm in Honolulu. A community leader and advocate for the arts, she has devoted herself to the preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian culture as director for the Friends of Hawai'i Charities, Aloha Festivals, the Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau, Hale Kipa, Historic Hawai'i Foundation and Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce. She is a longtime trustee for the Queen's Health System, the Queen Emma Foundation and The Queen's Medical Center, and former chairwoman of the Bishop Museum Association, a University of Hawai'i Regent and UH Foundation trustee. Her other board and commission service includes the State Judicial Selection Committee, Hawai'i Judicial Evaluation Panel, Hawai'i State Foundation for Culture and The Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Maui Culture and Arts Center, and Kaua'i Arts Society.