Hugh has worked with nearly every facet of the rural land industry in Hawaii for nearly 54 years. Born in the Islands, most of his youth was spent in Ranching Communities on the Big Island, Maui, and Moloka’i. He studied at Cornell University specializing in studies of Agricultural Economics and Animal Husbandry. Hugh returning to the Islands to work for a Ulupalakua Ranch on Maui in 1968. He later went on to obtain his real estate license in 1971, and he currently works with individual small landowners as well as with a number of Maui’s largest landowners.

His expertise consists of:

family land planning

long-range holistic land planning

liaison work with client attorneys

low-scale development consulting

agriculture/water/recreational planning

digital map and aerial exhibit preparation

mediation and negotiation in land matters

feasibility studies & investment assessments

community/government interface collaboration

use of land preservation tools such as conservation easements

Hugh's guiding philosophy is to foster long-term land stewardship for the proverbial seventh-generation; we strive through our work to protect & preserve those elements of Hawaii’s environment and culture that make these Islands so unique on our planet Earth. We recognize & accept the far-reaching demands that growing and migrating human populations make on our natural resources. These are resources that extend from high elevation rain forests to near-shore ocean waters, all delicate and vulnerable ecosystems.

Hugh has a strong belief that the future growth in Hawaii’s rural areas must be constructively & consciously balanced with persistent support and nurturance of our glorious natural and agricultural open spaces.