Pete is the fourth generation namesake of Kikiaola’s founder. He’s also the president of Faye Properties, Inc., ranch property in Northern California acquired by his grandfather as a diversification of the Kauai sugar operations. Pete is retired from 30 plus years as a commercial and corporate banking executive. He has an MBA from Santa Clara University and a Masters degree in bank administration from the University of Washington. He and his wife Vicki live on Eldorado Ranch in Northern California.

Chris is the executive director of Hui o Laka, the nonprofit operator of the Natural History Museum in Koke’e State Park. Formerly she was collections curator for the Kauai Museum and, for 35 years, she was an entrepreneurial artist telling stories through various media. Chris is the great-granddaughter of H P Faye, and daughter of Tony Faye, former plantation manager of Kekaha Sugar. She makes her home between Kekaha and Koke’e State Park.

Jim brings a wide range of business experiences to his 17 years on the Kikiaola board. He’s a former broadcast journalist for NBC Radio, university administrator and adjunct professor, public relations consultant, specialty food retailer, and innkeeper. Jim is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He’s been visiting Kauai regularly since his honeymoon on the island 52 years ago. Jim and his wife Nancy, H P Faye’s great granddaughter, live in southern Oregon.

George is a Seattle native of Norwegian heritage. He has served on the board for 13 years, ten as chairman. His background as a building contractor and real estate developer has been a valuable asset to the land company. He has a degree from Central Washington University in Geography/Urban Planning. George and his wife Gail Morgan, H P Faye’s great-granddaughter, currently split their time between the Northshore of Oahu and the San Juan Islands.

Marissa operates Wranglers Steakhouse in Waimea. She graduated from Hawaii Preparatory Academy and has a B A in Business Administration from Chaminade University on Oahu. Marissa was born and raised in Waimea and is the daughter of Mike and Colleen Faye and is the great-granddaughter of H P Faye.

Laurel Loo is a Kauai native, and a proud graduate of Waimea High School and the University of Hawaii. Laurel is a managing partner at the law firm of McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon and also a University of Hawaii Regent. She has been a KLCo board member since 2014.

Divina has been the Bookkeeper with Kikiaola since 2001 and Connie has been the Executive Secretary with the company since 1992.

Tony was a “Kaua‘i Living Treasure” honoree for his many decades of service to the community. He was the former manager of the Kekaha Sugar Plantation and the Lihue Plantation, and served on the boards of United Way, Wilcox Hospital, and Kaua‘i Economic Development. After retiring from the sugar industry, Tony worked as President of the Kikiaola Land Co. and chairman of its board for 19 years. He then served as chairman of the board of the Waioli Corporation. Tony lived in Koloa in a restored plantation house. Tony was born in 1932 and died on May 16, 2025. His wife, Diane ‘Willi’ Guslander Faye, died in 2024. Tony had five daughters, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Mike Faye is the manager of the Kekaha Agriculture Association, a non-profit agriculture cooperative on Kauai’s westside. For more than 40 years, Mike specialized in moving buildings and doing historic restorations as owner of the Kikiaola Construction Company. One of his first projects was rebuilding 40 acres of Faye family property into what is now Waimea Plantation Cottages. Mike is Secretary of International Association of Structural Movers and a graduate of University of Hawai'i Manoa. He resides in Waimea Kauaʻi with his wife Colleen Vidinha Faye. Mike is the grandson of H P Faye.

Jim Ballantine is the founder of Hale Puna, the nonprofit organization that has revitalized the historic Kōkeʻe Lodge in Kōkeʻe State Park, and is restoring and preserving the oldest house in Kauaʻi and the second oldest in all of Hawaiʻi, the Gulick-Rowell House in Waimea. Jim has an impressive 25-year career in the animation industry, having worked on such well-known films as The Little Mermaid, Bambi II, and the cult classic The Ren & Stimpy Show, for which he received an Emmy-nomination. Jim was born and raised in west-side Kauai, and is the great-grandson of H P Faye.