Mary Hattori (PhD)
Mary Hattori (PhD) is Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program, East West Center, in Honolulu. PIDP is a founding member of the Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacic (CROP) and the Secretariat of the Pacic Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) which is comprised of the 20 Heads of Government from the Pacific. She is Affiliate Graduate Faculty of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the USC Rossier School of Education. Dr. Hattori is a community organiser for Pacific Islanders in Hawai'i, co-organizer of cultural events such as the Annual Cultural Animation Film Festival, the Annual Celebrate Micronesia Festival, Micronesian Women’s Summit, and Oceania on the Reel, and is an author, poet, public speaker, and philanthropist. Dr Hattori is a native Chamoru of Guåhan (Guam).