Michael Epp

Michael oversees cross-cutting initiatives for KKV, including student engagement programs, research, leadership development, and planning and development. Michael grew up in Hawaii and began his work in health care at KKV, an urban health center in Honolulu with a large Filipino, Samoan, and Micronesian clientele, where beginning in 1992 he spent eight years focusing on community and resource development. He then worked for the Hawai'i Primary Care Association, where for five years he assisted in the startup of five new health centers in Hawai’i and a new regional health entity called the Pacific Islands Primary Care Association, which currently serves the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. He then assumed for seven years the Executive Directorship of the Pacific Island Health Officers Association, a leadership body composed of the Directors and Ministers of Health, Public Health, and the Hospitals of these same six Pacific Island nations and territories. He assisted with the startup of three health centers in Micronesia and has served on the Boards of two health centers in Hawaii, including as Board President for Kokua Kalihi Valley.