Terrence Aratani

Terrence Aratani leads Ko'olauloa Health Center as Chief Executive Officer — a role that, by his own cheerful admission, covers just about everything. Behind that answer is a leader who understands that the work of a community health center is never finished, and who shows up every day with the commitment and quiet determination that the job demands.

That spirit has a name in Japanese: ganbatte — do your best, keep going, give it everything you have. It is a phrase that captures something essential about how Terrence approaches his work and his community. And in Ko'olauloa, he has found people who live that same ethic naturally — honest, warm, and genuinely connected to one another.

When he steps away from the office, Terrence pursues the things that restore him: traveling to new places, fishing, and the patient, discerning pleasure of collecting.