Kent has served as the Regional Commissioner of the Aloha Region for USA Volleyball in Hawai’i for over 30 years.

As one of the most respected Regional Directors in the sport, Kent manages and oversees the Aloha Region’s operations, junior tournaments, and officials for the region. He is also widely known for managing and marketing the Hawai’i State High School Invitational tournaments.

Denny Lennon is the National Commissioner of AAU Beach Volleyball. His decades of work with the AAU, helping young athletes grow through competition, connection, and teamwork has established Denny as one of the Nation’s leaders in the sport of beach volleyball. Denny is the Director of the AAU BEach National Championships and directs Island Fest’s Honolulu Beach Championship and selects teams to then compete in international beach competition on behalf of AAU.

Dr. Makekau-Whittaker serves as the Executive Director of Culture for the Hawaiian Island Volleyball Festival.

Dr. Makekau-Whittaker is one of the foremost professors of Hawaiian language. He is highly esteemed for his research and knowledge of the Hawaiian language as well as for his teaching of it.

Dr. Makekau-Whittaker has taught as a professor at both the University of Hawai’i at Hilo and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Known as the best defensive specialist in the world in the late 80's and early 90's while playing for the USA National Team, Eric Sato is a two-time Olympic medalist winning Gold in 1988 and Bronze in 1992. He also won gold medals from the 1986 World Championships and the 1987 Pan-Am Games, and bronze medals from the 1991 World Cup and the 1994 World Championships.  Sato was also a member of two USA Volleyball Open national Championship teams, and was also named Defensive Player of the Year on the 4-man pro beach tour in 1997.

 In 2003, he was honored by USA Volleyball as one of the members of USAV's 75th Anniversary All-Era (1978-2002) Team.  In 2011, Sato was selected as Volleyball Monthly top 35 all time greats.  In 2016, Sato was selected USAV's All-time great male player award.

Both of Eric’s parents are from Hawai’i.

Kaneala Makainui is native Hawaiian, born and raised on Oʻahu. Along with his wife Michelle, Kaneala founded the island tourism company Aloha Adventure Ohana.

Aloha Adventure Ohana and Island Fest partner to bring a one of a kind experience to Island Fest competition-families and guests.

Aloha Adventure is the #1 partner of Southwest Airlines for inter-island travel.

Allen-Allen is regarded as one of the greatest American players of all time. A native of Samoa, Allen-Allen came to prominence as a three time All-American for the University of Hawai’i.

Nick-named the “A-Bomb’ for his explosive style of play, Allen led UH to its first #1 ranking in the nation. At the completion of his career, Allen ranked first in Kills, Kill Average, Kill Attempts, Block Solos, Digs and Dig Average. With a game-changing, hybrid style of play Allen represented the epitome of what has come to be known as the ‘Flyin’ Hawaiian’ style of play that has earned the University multiple National Championships.

Allen officially retired from professional competition in 1998. Allen's coaching career started in 1993 when he was an assistant coach with his alma mater for one year. Two years later in 1995, Allen became the head coach for the Samoan men's and women's National Team. He went on to become the head women's volleyball coach at Alliant University in San Diego, Calif., before founding the Allen Allen Club Volleyball in 2004. Allen helmed Alliant for three seasons (2003-2005) and then became the Assistant Coach at Gonzaga University.

Allen Allen is the Director of Coaches and Athletes Development for u10-u15 for Renovators Volleyball Club in Spokane, WA.

Serving as Island Fests travel advisor. Anchulee background is in group meetings and events for various corporations. I planned logistics for their incentive trips, meetings, and conferences all over the world. At the same time, I have always had an interest in leisure travel. Island Fest is both!

My first time on an airplane was at 6-years old. That experience began my love of travel. Now, I work as an Independent Travel Advisor with Montecito Village Travel, a member of Virtuoso. Because I started traveling at such a young age, it helped me to see the world and its endless possibilities. It's my privilege to help people curate their dream travel experience.

Kamalu Makekau-Whittaker, finished her stellar NCAA Division 1 career in 2019 where she was the starting setter for the Cal State Northridge Matadors. This was after spending several seasons setting the USA Volleyball High Performance team.

While at CSUN Kamalu trained under Gold Medal setter Jeff Stork. Kamalu Makekau-Whittaker led the Matadors with a career-high 412 assists (4.85 aps) while also recording 128 digs and serving eight aces and averaged 5.10 assists per set in Big West matches which ranked 10th among all conference setters.

Kamalu was born and raised on the ‘Big Island’ of Hawai’i. Her family is deeply entrenched in preserving and furthering their Native Hawaiian language and culture. Her father, Dr. Kalani Makekau-Whittaker, is an esteemed professor of Hawaiian studies and language at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo and Manoa.

Jason, was an All-American at the University of Hawai’i.  While at Hawai'i Jason set many school volleyball records, was awarded the inaugural Governor's Award for Academic Excellence, was named the University's top Scholar-Athlete, and received the 1995 Jack Bonham Award for academic excellence, athletic accomplishment and community service.

Jason, lead the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors to their first ever appearance in the NCAA Final Four while being named to the Outrigger All Tournament Team, First Team All MPSF and an AVCA First Team All-American. His team was ranked #2 in the nation in 1995 and behind the charismatic play of the team set the national attendance record for the sport at over 10,000 people a game en route to becoming the MPSF Pacific Division Champions. In 2024 Jason won the 50s USAV Open National Championship with Balboa Bay.