Kolealani “Kolea”
Skye Razon-Olds

Executive Director & Founder

Kolealani “Kolea” Skye Razon-Olds is the Executive Director of Sunfish Foundation and a Native Hawaiian community leader, cultural practitioner, nonprofit strategist, and advocate whose work is deeply rooted in Hawaiʻi and the Waiʻanae Coast.

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Throughout her career, Kolea has worked at the intersection of community development, disaster recovery, energy resilience, conservation, economic opportunity, and nonprofit capacity building. Her work is grounded in a belief that community based organizations need more than funding for programs. They also need strong infrastructure, sustainable energy systems, trusted partnerships, and organizational capacity to continue serving their communities for generations.

As Executive Director of Sunfish Foundation, Kolea leads efforts to invest in resilient energy and community infrastructure that lower operating costs, strengthen organizational stability, and help trusted community facilities become better prepared to serve during times of need. For Kolea, this work is especially personal. Sunfish begins its work on the Waiʻanae Coast, the community she calls home, with a vision to strengthen community serving organizations across Hawaiʻi.

Her commitment to community extends well beyond her professional work. Kolea serves as Board Chair of Kuleana Coral Restoration, Secretary of Maui United Way, and a board member of Urban Native Collective. She serves as Chair of both the Statewide and Oʻahu Nā Ala Hele Trail and Access Program Advisory Councils and represents her community on the Nānākuli Māʻili Neighborhood Board, where she serves as Treasurer and Chair of the Land and Water Committee.

Across these roles, Kolea’s work connects community well being with the stewardship of ʻāina and wai, conservation, cultural responsibility, access, disaster resilience, and the strength of local organizations. Whether working alongside community organizations, participating in civic leadership, or advocating for the places and resources communities depend upon, she believes those closest to a place should have a meaningful role in shaping its future.

Kolea brings extensive experience in grant writing, fundraising, strategic planning, governance, organizational development, and community investment. Her experience also includes leading and supporting large scale disaster response and recovery efforts and developing initiatives designed to bring resources, capital, partnerships, and opportunity closer to the communities they are intended to serve.

Recognized as one of Pacific Business News’ 40 Under 40, Kolea brings together nonprofit leadership, community investment, cultural practice, conservation, civic service, and a lifelong connection to Hawaiʻi. At the center of her work is a simple commitment: listen to community, mālama the places that sustain us, and leave stronger foundations for the generations that follow.

Isaiah Ness

President & Founder

Isaiah Ness is the President and Founder of Sunfish Foundation and Founder of Sun Bear Industries. A renewable energy entrepreneur and community infrastructure leader, Isaiah brings experience developing, financing, and delivering energy projects across the country, with a particular focus on expanding access to energy infrastructure and ownership for Tribal Nations and underserved communities.

Isaiah entered the renewable energy sector in 2020, developing eco-conscious products and exploring new approaches to an industry undergoing rapid change. Before founding Sun Bear Industries, he co-founded two residential and commercial solar companies and consulted for one of California’s fastest-growing solar enterprises, gaining experience across project development, construction, financing, and operations.

He has since led hundreds of solar and renewable energy projects nationwide, with extensive experience supporting Tribal Nations in project funding, infrastructure development, and energy ownership strategies. His work includes navigating complex federal, regulatory, utility, and land use environments, including THPO, NEPA, the HEARTH Act, and Tribal land use coordination.

Under Isaiah’s leadership, Sun Bear Industries has developed partnerships with Tribal Nations and underserved communities and received the Clean Energy Community Impact Award. His expertise includes federal grant navigation, utility-scale renewable development, utility planning, advanced financial modeling, sustainable economic development, and renewable energy construction management.

Isaiah also serves on the boards of RENEW Wisconsin and Cedar Growth CDFI, formerly First Nations Community Financial, extending his commitment to renewable energy, community investment, and expanding access to capital.

Isaiah helped found Sunfish Foundation from a belief that the benefits of the renewable energy industry should reach organizations and communities that may not otherwise have the capital to access them. Through Sunfish, he brings together industry experience, relationships, and technical knowledge to help community based organizations lower operating costs, strengthen their facilities, and invest more of their resources directly into mission and community.

Nathaniel Abitbol

Secretary

Nathaniel Abitbol is a Native Hawaiian renewable energy and electrical construction professional who was born and raised in Waiʻanae, Oʻahu. He brings extensive experience in solar energy, electrical construction, project management, and energy infrastructure, along with a personal connection to the communities Sunfish Foundation seeks to serve.

Nathaniel currently serves as Senior Manager, Solar Electrical at Moss, where he oversees solar electrical projects and coordinates complex construction activities. His career has spanned multiple levels of the renewable energy and electrical construction industry, giving him both field and management experience.

Prior to his current role, Nathaniel served in construction management with Duke Energy and as a General Superintendent with REC Solar. Earlier in his career, he worked as an Electrical Foreman with Sentry Electrical Group and REC Solar, leading electrical teams and supporting the safe and successful delivery of energy projects.

Nathaniel’s technical foundation began through an electrical apprenticeship at Honolulu Community College and has grown through years of hands-on experience delivering renewable energy and electrical infrastructure projects.

As Secretary of Sunfish Foundation, Nathaniel brings technical knowledge together with a deep connection to home. Having grown up in Waiʻanae, he understands both the strengths of the community and the infrastructure challenges organizations face. His experience helps Sunfish evaluate energy and infrastructure opportunities not only from a technical perspective, but with an understanding of how thoughtful investment can lower costs, strengthen community serving facilities, and build greater resilience across Hawaiʻi.

Evan Mokuahi

Treasurer

Evan Mokuahi is a Native Hawaiian community leader, historian, researcher, writer, and emergency management professional whose work is grounded in service, kuleana, and strengthening communities across Hawaiʻi.

Born and raised on Oʻahu and now raising his ʻohana in Kapolei, Evan has spent much of his professional life working directly with people and communities. Today, his work in emergency management focuses on community preparedness and resilience, partnering with communities throughout the pae ʻāina to strengthen their ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

At the heart of Evan’s work is the belief that our communities know their people, their places, and their needs best. Strong relationships, local knowledge, and trust built long before an emergency are just as important as plans and systems. His approach is rooted in listening first, building capacity from within, and making sure communities have a meaningful voice in the decisions that affect them.

Evan’s experience also spans Hawaiian history, historical and community research, cultural interpretation, tourism, public speaking, writing, and small business ownership. As a Hawaiian historian and researcher, he is especially interested in recovering and sharing the stories of Hawaiʻi’s people and places, and in understanding how the ʻike and experiences of those who came before us can help address the challenges facing Hawaiʻi today.

His work is guided by the ʻōlelo, I ka wā ma mua, i ka wā ma hope. We look to what came before us as we find our way forward.

As Treasurer of Sunfish Foundation, Evan brings a community centered perspective on resilience, preparedness, culture, and place to the Foundation’s leadership. His experience reinforces Sunfish’s belief that resilient infrastructure begins with listening to the people who know their communities best. He helps ensure that as Sunfish grows and invests its resources, the Foundation remains grounded in kuleana, responsible stewardship, and the long term interests of the communities it was created to serve.