Our Team

  • Tam Hunt

    Chair, Secretary

    Tam is a lawyer, writer and advocate. He has twenty years of experience as a public policy lawyer, focused mostly on renewable energy law and policy. He has been in Hawaii off and on since the early 1990s, when he was a soldier at Schofield Barracks and trained each year at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. He is a co-founder of Think B.I.G. and a board member of the Hawaii EV Association. He is working on his first novel about Hawaii. He is a proud parent of three cats.

  • Noel Morin

    Director

    Noel is a co-founder of Think B.I.G. He is involved in several local organizations focused on climate action, sustainability, resilience, and STEM education.

    Connect with Noel on LinkedIn.

  • Jeannette Gurung

    Director

    Jeannette Gurung, PhD, is a forester and gender expert, Founder and Executive Director of WOCAN (Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management) — a Hawai’i-based international non-profit with over 1350 members in 113 countries, to support capacity building for women’s leadership and empowerment and gender integration. Jeannette is also a co-founder of a new initiative to develop a Climate Resilient and Agricultural Innovation Hub for Women Farmers of Hawai’i County.

Advisors

Advisors to Think BIG act as a brain trust we can call on for specific issue areas and support

  • Rep. Nicole Lowen

    A resident of Kailua-Kona for more than 20 years, Nicole Lowen has been serving as state representative from the Big Island since 2012. She is Chair of the House Energy and Environmental Protection Committee and has sponsored and passed several bills to help improve Hawaii’s environment and quality of life.

  • Deborah Todd

    Deborah “Deb” Todd is a residential designer with four decades of experience creating sustainable, site-responsive homes. Her work includes more than 400 homes and remodels, LEED Platinum projects, Living Building registrations, and Washington State’s first hemp-lime home. Now working in Hawaiʻi, Deb champions hemp-lime construction as a practical foundation for regenerative island living. Her designs respond to the land, climate, and needs of each homeowner while supporting a circular economy built around locally grown and processed materials.

  • Harvey Stone

    Harvey Stone is a community leader, entrepreneur, and sustainability advocate dedicated to strengthening Hawaiʻi Island’s resilience, economy, and quality of life. His work has included leadership in major sustainability summits, a TEDx event, and efforts supporting the creation of the Hawaiʻi Island Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience. As Executive Director of the Kohala Coast Community Fund, he has helped raise more than $1 million for workforce development programs serving local youth and young adults. Harvey also advises innovative organizations working in renewable energy, agriculture, technology, waste management, aquaculture, and water systems.