History Education Hawaii, Inc., Welcomes Christopher J. Wong

History Education Hawaii, Inc., is pleased to announce that Christopher J. Wong has been named to its Board of Directors.

Born and raised in Kalihi Valley, Wong is an alumni of Kamehameha Schools and Hawaii Pacific University, where he graduated with a bachelor degree in business administration. Wong founded Blue Tides Pacific, LLC. He was appointed to the Hawaii state Commission for National and Community Service. Recently, Christopher Wong was the marketing and public relations specialist of the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives until joining as the manager of the marketing and public relations staff at Hawaii Energy Connection. Wong was named to the Pacific Business News ‘Forty Under 40’ in 2010.

“We’re delighted that Chris would join the board of History Education Hawaii,” said president and co-founder Jeffrey Bingham Mead. “He brings a wealth of talents, passion, innovation and leadership to the table. Christopher Wong’s energy, commitment to creative solutions is refreshing.”

History Education Hawaii, Inc., is the officially recognized ‘Hawaii Council’ of the National Council for History Education (NCHE).
 It is a technology-based independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit corporation serving the history learning community of the state of Hawaii that promotes leadership, study, research, effective, innovative history teaching and learning best practices.
 It collaborates with educational institutions, facilitates interactive, professional and interactive programs involving history-buffs, history educators and students, teacher-candidates, historians and historic preservationists, foundations, museums as well as the government, military and business communities of Hawaii.