Emma Broderick

Executive Director
Pu‘uhonua Society

Emma Broderick serves as Executive Director of Pu‘uhonua Society & the Keanahala Program Manager. She is the third generation of women in her family to lead the organization, which was founded by her grandmother, Emma Akana Aluli Meyer, and run for many years by her mother, Maile Meyer. Emma was raised in Kailua, O‘ahu but now calls Kalihi Valley home. Emma has spent the past eight years working and volunteering at various Hawai’i not-for-profits in areas of education, conservation and community-based research. She completed her MPA at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with a focus in Nonprofit Management. She has a personal weaving practice and teaches basic prep and lau hala weaving classes through Keanahala. She has experience with community outreach, place-based and culturally-grounded programming, and community-based evaluation and data collection.