Melissa Pavlicek

Executive Director
Hawaii Public Policy Advocates, LLC

Melissa Pavlicek serves as the executive director of the Hawaii Harbors Users Group, a trade group representing more than 20 commercial maritime organizations with governmental partnerships at the state and federal level. For 20 years, she has served as a lobbyist and association management professional in Honolulu. Ms. Pavlicek currently volunteers as the executive director of the state’s law enforcement memorial, honoring fallen police officers. Raised in Maui, she graduated from the Wm. S. Richardson School of Law and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Hawaii.

Sessions

Session #8: Modernization in Hawaii Harbors: How to Promote Long-Term Progress in a “Short-term” Policy Environment
Hawaii’s ten commercial ports operate on a hub-and-spoke system with more than 90 percent of all goods coming through Honolulu Harbor. Honolulu’s three-stage modernization plan has been in effect for nearly 20 years, yet 1920s infrastructure built remains pervasive. Viewed as a case study in major long-term transformation when policy leaders operate on short term […]