Laura Hokunani Edmunds Ka'akua is the Energy Security & Community Outreach Manager at Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation where she oversees fulfillment of the historic Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation settlement agreement which affirms the right to a clean and healthful environment, leads development of the Energy Security & Waste Reduction Plan, is helping to create a Native Hawaiʻian Consultation Policy, and supports collaborative transportation solutions and projects that are based in community, indigenous knowledge, and nature. Prior to HDOT, she served as Deputy Director of DLNR, President and CEO of Hawaiʻi Land Trust,and Native Lands Program Manager for Trust for Public Land. ʻOhana, hula, and mālama ʻāina, fill her free time.