Management

With more than 200 years of collective knowledge and experience across multiple disciplines, our Management Team work together to ensure that all of our services meet the highest industry standards while incorporating Hawaiian culture and values. Our Management Team helps to guide our organizational culture with the values of: haʻahaʻa (humility), laulima (work together), hoʻomanawanui (make plenty of time), kūlia i ka nuʻu (strive for excellence), and aloha.

Meet our Management Team

CEO, Keolamaikalani Dean, Esq. headshot photo

Leadership

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Position: Keolamaikalani Dean (he/him/kāne) is the Chief Executive Officer of the King Lunalilo Trust & Home.

    Background Experience & Education: After graduating from the Kamehameha Schools, Keola obtained his B.A. from Harvard University, M.S. in Accountancy from Bentley University, J.D. from Stanford Law School, and Master of Health Policy & Administration from Washington State University. He practiced public accounting and audit for five years and corporate and securities law for ten years. Most recently, he served for eight years as an executive in the Washington state Medicaid agency, focused on tribal and urban Indian physical and behavioral health care and long-term services and supports. Keola is licensed to practice law in Washington.

    Fun Facts, Awards, & Other Unique Qualities: Keola is descended from two very different kahuna lines and enjoys singing and weaving haku lei.

    Personal: Keola grew up in Nānākuli, where his mom and grandparents raised him. He is married with four grandchildren and two dogs.

Director of Kupuna Programs & Community Engagement, Iwalani Kanoelehya Ah Quin headshot photo
COO, Jennifer A. H. Inouye headshot photo

  • Chief Operating Officer

    Position and Role: As Chief Operating Officer of the Trust, Jennifer serves as the organization’s integrator—ensuring alignment across people, processes, and priorities to support effective and sustainable operations for the Trust and Home. With more than 20 years of experience in human resources, finance, payroll, and strategic planning, she leads internal operations with a focus on accountability, efficiency, and mission-driven outcomes.

    Background Experience and Education: Prior to joining the Trust in 2022, Jennifer led human resource and accounting functions for several locally owned Hawaiʻi businesses. Raised in East Honolulu, she maintains a strong connection to the community surrounding the Home. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Vermont and both her Master of Business Administration and Master of Human Resource Management from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She holds the SHRM-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) credentials.

    Fun Facts, Awards, and Other Unique Qualities: Jennifer is actively involved in youth development through soccer, coaching players across multiple age levels and helping ʻōpio build teamwork, resilience, and goal-setting skills

    Personal: She lives in East Honolulu with her two keiki.

  • Director of Kupuna Programs

    Position and Role: Iwalani Ah Quin (she/her/wahine) is the Director of Kupuna Programs & Community Engagement, and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for residents at Lunalilo Home and participants in the adult day center. She designs and oversees engaging therapeutic activities tailored to the unique interests and needs of kupuna. Iwalani develops a comprehensive volunteer program, ensuring effective recruitment, training, and support for volunteers. Collaborating closely with healthcare professionals and staff, she continuously evaluates and improves programs while fostering a kupuna-centered care environment. Iwalani also facilitates the Kupuna Council, ensuring that kupuna have a voice in decisions that impact their lives and care.

    Background Experience and Education: A graduate of the University Laboratory School in Mānoa, Iwalani has worked at Lunalilo Home since 1993. The longest tenure employee of the King Lunalilo Trust, she served in nearly every department at Lunalilo Home before she became Director of the Adult Day Center in 2017 and then Administrator of the Lunalilo Home in 2023.

    Fun Facts, Awards, and Other Unique Qualities: Iwalani grew up close to Lunalilo Home, in Kamilo Iki Valley. She really enjoys working with the kūpuna and says she learns new things from them every day.

    Personal : Iwalani has long-standing ties to Lunalilo Home and the area. Her mother grew up on Maunalua Bay before Hawaiʻi Kai was developed. Her father was a resident of Lunalilo Home for several years before his passing.

Sales and Marketing Manager, Emma Adolpho headshot photo

  • Sales and Marketing Manager

    Position and Role: Emma Adolpho (she/her/wahine) is the Sales and Marketing Manager at King Lunalilo Trust. She oversees sales, marketing, and admissions, strengthening community engagement and donor relationships while promoting the trust’s mission.

    Background Experience and Education: Emma earned her B.S. in Marketing from Weber State University. She worked in nursing home admissions, marketing, and customer service for over six years before joining the King Lunalilo Trust. In 2021, she joined the King Lunalilo Trust as Admissions Manager of Lunalilo Home, and, in 2023, she became Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer.

    Fun Facts, Awards, and Other Unique Qualities: Emma loves the outdoors. She is from Utah and loves hiking and the beach. She graduated with her degree with honors. She speaks three languages: Spanish, Papiamento and English. She loves being with and around people; that’s what makes her happiest.

    Personal: Emma has a loving family who live in Utah. She enjoys activities outdoors, movies, and good food. In her free time she likes to paint and thrift shop.

Smiling woman with gray hair in a bun, wearing a black shirt with pink roses, outdoors with green trees and picnic tables in the background.

  • Director of Community Engagement

    Position and Role: Brandy Akimo is the Director of Community Engagement. Her role focuses on growing and coordinating a Lunalilo Home volunteer program with the overall goal of building meaningful connections between King Lunalilo Turst, Lunalilo Home and the broader community. Her role also includes strengthening Lunalilo Home partnerships with local and Hawaiian organizations, and creating experiences and opportunities that enrich the lives of kūpuna.

    Background Experience & Education: After graduating from Kamehameha Schools, Brandy obtained her B.S in Family Resources from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, M.S. in  Counseling Psychology(MSCP) and has had her License in Mental Health Counseling since 2022. With 25 years of experience in mental health and community care, Brandy has had the privilege of serving individuals and families across the lifespan, from keiki and ‘ohana to kūpuna.

    Fun Facts, Awards, and Unique Qualities: Brandy enjoys getting lost in spiritual reads, reading heartwarming holiday fiction stories, reading medical fiction and reading books that celebrate Hawaiiʻs culture and history. 

    Personal: Brandy was the only child of her parents, raised by her grandparents and an uniquely large community of aunts, uncles and cousins. It has been Brandys great honor to hānai her daughter, just as her own kupuna embraced and raised her. In addition, Brandy embraces the role and love and affection she has with her many nephews and nieces. It is an honor to work with kūpuna. Their stories, wisdom, and resilience remind us daily of the strength and values that shape our communities