Ramsay Taum to receive transformational leadership award at East-West Center’s Spring Leadership Symposium.

04/22/08

Pasifika Foundation Hawai’i board president Ramsay Taum will be honored with an award for transformational leadership at the East-West Center’s second annual Spring Leadership Symposium.

The event will be held on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Wailana Room at the Imin International Conference Center. The East-West Center is located adjacent to the University of Hawaii, Manoa campus.

Ramsay Taum is Director of External Relations and Community Partnerships at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa’s School of Travel Industry Management (TIM) where he lectures on host cultural values in the work place. Mentored and trained by respected Hawaiian elders, he is a practitioner and instructor of several Native Hawaiian practices including ho‘oponopono (stress management and conflict resolution), lomi haha (body alignment) and Kaihewalu lua (Hawaiian combat/battle art).

As a recognized speaker and cultural specialist, he actively promotes environmental education and sustainability based on the Native Hawaiian
Ahupua’a management system.

Besides serving as president of Pasifika Foundation Hawai’i, Taum also serves on numerous local, state and national boards, community groups and advisory councils including the HTA Hawaiian Culture Advisory Group, the State Consortium of Integrative Health, and Pacific Islanders in Communication.

He is also the Co-facilitator of Sustain Hawaii, a non-profit group dedicated to developing and promoting sustainable solutions in Hawaii.