“Creating a Healthier Hawai‘i: The Pali Momi Medical Center.”

Annie Valentin is the Senior Development Officer for Pali Momi Medical Center.  Her talk on the 21st  will highlight Pali Momi Medical Center, their clinical offerings, their patients and philanthropy campaigns. She will further offer insight into the educational programs that Hawai‘i Pacific Health provides including their Clinical Training for Teens, the Summer Student Research Program, and Simulation Labs. Last but not least, Annie  will discuss Hawai‘i Pacific Health and Pali Momi Medical Centers COVID-19 Relief, as well as ways to support.

Valentin is former executive director of Project Vision Hawai’i, a non-profit dedicated to improving access to healthcare for people throughout Hawai‘i. Valentin is co-founder of WE… a hui for health, as well as co-founder of Project Hiehie, Hawai‘i’s first mobile hygiene unit for people experiencing homelessness.

Valentin was a Pacific Business News’ Women to Watch honoree and Forty Under 40 honoree. She is a Weinberg and a Pacific Centuries Fellow, a past president of Palolo Lions, and has served on the boards of Sustainable Coastlines, Women’s Fund, and Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival. Valentin is currently on the board of the Institute for Human Services.

Valentin, named after her great grandmother, a physician in Nepal, is a 6th generation woman healer. Valentin earned her master’s degree in public health at University of Hawai‘i, and her bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from UCSB. She is a Punahou School graduate.