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Josh has two decades of cross-sector professional experience in Hawai‘i working in government, business, and nonprofits. He has served as the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i, Deputy Director for the Hawai‘i Department of Taxation, District Director for Congresswoman Mazie Hirono, Special Assistant to the Hawai‘i Attorney General, and as a private sector litigator. Josh has also managed multiple Hawai‘i political campaigns. He is currently on the board of directors for the Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival and Temple Emanu-El, and previously sat on the board of director for the Sex Abuse Treatment Center and on the Kailua Neighborhood Board. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and the Georgetown University Law Center.
When local girl Tracey Erker left Hawai`i, she wasn’t sure she’d return. The Punahou School graduate saw firsthand the effects of the high cost of living because her own mother chose to move to Arizona, just to be able to afford a house. She has three siblings who also live on the continent. Erker’s career in human resources and business operations spans a range of industries: retail, digital gaming, restaurant and hospitality, cannabis, and most recently, media – as the HR director of aio Hawai`i. “I’m definitely industry agnostic,” she admits. “I think what ties it all together is loving the small business and start up environment, wearing a lot of hats, and thinking on my feet.”
Matthew Prellberg joined Holomua Collective because it reaches the middle class, “and coming from a working family, I want to use my skill sets in ways that can advocate for others.” Advocating for others is something he’s been doing for most of his life, sparked by a formative experience when he was ten-years-old. “I was watching Nick News [Nickelodeon’s news magazine for teens and tweens] and saw a story about puppy mills and how unsafe they are for the animals. I was livid,” he recalls.
