Meet Our Administrators

HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Chancellor

Rockne Freitas

974-7659

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Rockne Freitas was born and raised on the island of Oahu. He graduated from Kamehameha Schools, Kapalama. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science and a minor in Business Administration from Oregon State University. Rockne received several all-star honors while playing football at OSU which led to his professional football career as an offensive tackle with the Detroit Lions for 12 years. He received all-pro honors with the National Football League for three consecutive years and was also once-voted the most valuable player for the Detroit Lions.

As a former NFL player and coach, Rockne was inducted into the Hawai‘i Sports Hall of Fame and the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame.

Dr. Freitas received his M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Education from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. His doctoral research focused on developmental systems and guidelines for drug prevention, education, monitoring and counseling for intercollegiate athletics.

Dr. Freitas served as Vice President and Executive Director of the Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation and held several leadership positions at Kamehameha Schools and GRG Enterprises. He also served as a trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and commissioner for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

He previously served as Vice President of University Relations for the UH System and Associate Athletic Director for UH Manoa. In August 2004, Dr. Freitas was named as Chancellor of Hawai‘i Community College and the University of Hawai‘i Center at West Hawai‘i.

Chancellor Freitas currently serves on the American Council on Education’s Commission on Lifelong Learning and the American Association of Community College’s Commission on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. He is also a member of the Pacific Postsecondary Education Council

BIOGRAPHY:

Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs

Doug Dykstra

dykstra@hawaii.edu

Ph # 974-7592

Vice Chancellor of Administrative Affairs

Mike Leialoha

mikalohja@hawaii.edu

Ph # 974-7614

BIOGRAPHY:

Dean of Student Services Barbara Arthurs has been "educator" since she was little. Being the eldest of the cousins, she played school with her younger cousins and played the role of "teacher" while growing up in Waianae on Oahu.

Years later she earned her B.Ed. and Fifth Year Certificate from UH Manoa and returned to her alma mater, Waianae High School, to serve as a Social Studies teacher. After a few years of teaching she returned to UH Manoa to earn her M.Ed. in Special Education.

While working on her master’s degree she met her husband Bob Arthurs who joined the U.S. Department of State. His first assignment was in San Francisco. While there Barbara attended the University of San Francisco and earned her Ed.D. in Educational Psychology – Counseling and Guidance.

She is the mother of two children: Leilani, who has a Ph.D. in Geochemistry and is currently working at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Bobby, who has a B.A. in Art and who is a designer and builder of custom designed homes and also a musician.

Barbara was born in the Kalihi-Palama area, grew up in Waianae, and lived in many places outside of Hawaii to include California, Virginia, Colombia South America, Trinidad in the West Indies, and Australia. She has been an educator (teacher/counselor/administrator) where ever she has lived and has worked with diverse students in pre-schools, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, a community college, universities, and a prison. She believes that education is a vital process in realizing and actualizing the potential of each individual.

Dean of Student Services