Mr. Makena White has worked at Planning Solutions Inc. as a graphic artist, GIS technician, and planner for the past ten years. He has primary responsibility for most of the firm’s report and presentation graphics and for integrating the use of GIS information into its work products. He has conducted field work for a wide range of projects and has been responsible for preparing reports and data summaries for those efforts. Projects on which he has worked include those related to environmental planning/environmental impact assessment, utility management, habitat conservation planning, environmental permitting, and alternative energy project investigations.

• The Psi Chi (ΨΧ) International Honor Society in Psychology

• Geographic Information Systems
• Land Use Permit Applications
• Environmental Impact Analysis
• Graphic Design
• Ecological Monitoring

• Currently working on Master of Science (MS), Chaminade University of Honolulu
• Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

• Planner, Planning Solutions, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai‘i
• Graphic Technician, Planning Solutions, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai‘i

• Maui Electric Co. System Seabird Habitat Conservation Project, Maui, Hawai‘i
• Kauai County Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan, Kauai, Hawaii
• Environmental Assessment for Hale Maunaloa Residence, Maunaloa, Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i
• Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Rural Utility Service Application, Kaua‘i
• Visual Impact Assessment for Kaheawa Wind Power II, Maui
• Restoration Plan, Permits, & Environmental Assessment, Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon Restoration project, Waikīkī, Hawai‘i
• Campbell Industrial Park Generating Station Environmental Impact Statement, Campbell Industrial Park, Barbers Point, O‘ahu
• North Shore Reliability Enhancement Project Alignment Study, Kaua‘i, Hawai’i
• Islandwide Electric Power Line Habitat Conservation Plan, Kaua‘i
• Endangered Bird Monitoring & Habitat Enhancement, Ocean Pointe, ‘Ewa, Hawai‘i
• Ocean Pointe Archaeological Preservation Plan Implementation, ‘Ewa, Hawai‘i
• Environmental Assessment, SMA Permit, and Shoreline Setback Variance, Pāpipi Road Drainage Improvements Project, ‘Ewa, Hawai‘i
• Environmental Assessment & Permits, Stable Tank Reservoir & Waterline, Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i
• Zoning & State Land Use District Boundary Amendments, Maunaloa, Moloka‘i
• Environmental Impact Statement for the Waiau Fuel Line Project, O‘ahu
• Kawaihae Propane Storage Facility Project, Kawaihae, Hawai‘i
• NPDES Construction Stormwater Permit for the Waiau Fuel Pipeline Project, O‘ahu
• Critical Habitat Consultation, North Fork of the Wailua River, Kaua‘i
• Stream Channel Alteration Permit, Department of the Army Permit, and 401 Water Quality Certification Applications for the Waiau Fuel Pipeline Project, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
• Environmental Assessment for the Honomū Well, Hilo, Hawai‘i
• Critical Habitat Planning, Kauai Electric Transmission System, Kaua‘i
• Power Line Alignment Study, Kekaha to Pu‘u Ka Pele Substation, Kekaha, Kaua‘i
• Environmental Assessment Report and Permitting Documentation for the Pacific International Center for High Technology CO2 Ocean Sequestration Experiment, Hawai‘i and the Gulf of Mexico