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Bryan Keliʻi Esmeralda

Bryan was raised on Maui in the town of Wailuku. After graduating from Baldwin High School, he attended the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with minors in Hawaiian Studies and History in 2010. Bryan went on to obtain his Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree with a specialization in Environmental Planning from Eastern Washington University in 2013.

Bryan was a private-sector land use planner with Munekiyo Hiraga before joining LT. He managed and consulted on various projects, and processed land use entitlement applications and environmental review documents for projects statewide. Bryan also spent a year working as a planner with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. 

Outside of the office, Bryan likes to spend time with family and friends, travel, and enjoy the beach. He is a member of the American Planning Association-Hawaiʻi Chapter, the Urban Land Institute, and is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners. 

Bryan is grateful and humbled to be an LT team member working towards perpetuating the Queen's legacy of caring for Hawaiʻi's kamaliʻi.