Kupu, Hawaii’s leading conservation and youth education nonprofit organization, has announced the addition of the following members to its team:

>> Gaven Sugai joins Kupu as staff accountant. Prior to joining the company he worked as a solutions associate at KMH LLP for nearly three years. Sugai has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Hawaii-West Oahu.

>> Sara Maripuu has been appointed as payroll specialist. Most recently, she was a payroll analyst for Nomad Health, a large tech company, for three years. Maripuu earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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