Kā‘eo Duarte is vice president of the ‘Āina Pauahi Group. He and his team are charged with culturally- rooted stewardship of over 370,000 acres of land to harvest competitive portfolio returns while cultivating prosperous ʻohana and communities.

Prior to joining KS, Duarte was a faculty member at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa where he

specialized in indigenous resource management and hydrological sciences.

Duarte graduated from Saint Louis School and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Princeton University and a doctorate degree in environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.