About

Jan Edward Hanohano Dill
Vice President 

Jan Edward Hanohano Dill has over fifty (50) years of experience working effectively with federal, state, and local governments. He has successfully developed and managed programs for Native Hawaiian families through his leadership of both nonprofits Partners in Development Foundation (“PIDF”) and the Consortium for Hawai‘i Ecological Engineering Education dba Mālama ‘Āina Foundation.

Mr. Dill founded PIDF in 1997 to utilize culturally-based approaches to build healthy and resilient families and communities in areas of education, social services, and environmental sustainability. He served as President and Chairman of the Board from January 12, 2001 through December 31, 2014 and continued to serve as President and Director on the Board until his retirement on April 1, 2020. PIDF has served over 10,000 families annually in more than 75 communities throughout Hawaiʽi. He co-authored eight children’s books created as resources for PIDF’s Tūtū and Me families.

Mr. Dill also served as President and Chair and/or Vice Chair of the Board of the Mālama ‘Āina Foundation (“MAF”) which he founded in 1998 to focus on educational programs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (“STEM”). He has also led MAF in collaborating with the University of Hawai‘i, public charter schools, and others in STEM education for over 20 years. Mr. Dill retired as Chief Executive Officer and from the Board of MAF on May 7, 2024.

Mr. Dill’s successful leadership has been fueled by and based upon his passion for serving the community and the intentional integration of the values of pono (righteousness), po‘okela (excellence), mālama (to take care of), aloha (a spiritual force of compassion, mercy, and love) and lōkahi (unity).

Among other community involvement, Mr. Dill served on the Board of Na Pua a Ke Ali‘i Pauahi as Vice President and President (1997-2004) and Chairman of the Governor’s/Mayors’ Annual Hawai‘i Prayer Breakfast (1977-2008). He was Chair of the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Hawai‘i Board (1982-1997), a member of the Steering Committee for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Hōkūle‘a 1980 Voyage and the Volunteer Corps of the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center (1978-1984). Since 2018, Mr. Dill has served as Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Abigail K.K. Kawānanakoa Foundation.

Since 1997, Mr. Dill also served as President of Strategic Solutions, Inc., a consulting firm which is not currently active. He served as Senior Advisor of the Massachusetts Foundation for Excellence in Marine Polymer Sciences, Inc. from 1997 to 2002. Prior to Mr. Dill's position with PIDF, he was Vice President of the Pacific American Foundation (1998-2001), Partner and Project Director of Strategies Hawai‘i (1997-2001), Co-Chief Executive Officer, Vice President and Public Affairs Officer of The Oceanic Institute (1978-1997), Research Associate and Special Assistant to the President of the Tufts University (1977-1981), Director of Exchange Programs, Latin American Teaching Fellowship Program at Tufts University (1972-1977), Fulbright Fellow with the National University of Guatemala (1970-1972), and a high school teacher and football coach at Punahou School (1966-1968).

Mr. Dill was honored in October 2019 by the Hawai‘i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In April 2018, he received the ‘Ō‘ō Award from the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce. He served as an Ambassador of Aloha for the September 30, 2017 Aloha Festivals. On October 12, 2016 he received the Order of Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Award from the Pauahi Foundation and Kamehameha Schools for his personal and professional contributions that have helped communities locally and abroad for nearly 50 years. He was awarded the Angels in Adoption Award by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute in 2015. He is a graduate of the Weinberg Fellows program, Class of 2013. He was a Fulbright Fellow (1970-1972), received the Shell Oil Development Fellowship in 1970, is a member of Kappa Sigma Iota (National Spanish Language Honor Society), and he was recognized with the Distinguished Graduate Award from Kamehameha Schools (1978).

He received a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy degree in economic development from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, successfully completed oral exams for the doctoral course program from the same school, obtained a Master of Arts degree in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science/philosophy from Beloit College in Wisconsin. He is fluent in Spanish and a student of ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i.