About Common Ground Kauai

We set the table to find common ground in shared values and the commitment to leaving places better than we found them. We want to harness the connective power of food to bring people together to share, connect and collaborate. We invite visitors to join us in making a difference and be in awe of the beauty of the land that feeds us.

Our Values

Our values

Purpose

We strive to build regenerative communities around food that consider and care for all parts of the system – from the land, to the culture, to the economy and the people, and recognize the local and global contexts in which they live, exist, and interact.

OUR VALUES

Roots and Authenticity

Our foundation are the expertise we bring to what we do, the genuine interest in people, the deep respect for our place and community and the drive to make a difference.

Our values

Connection

We foster and curate connections between people and between people and the place, the community and the land for mutual benefit that otherwise wouldn’t happen.

OUR VALUES

Joy and Awe

The foundation of our work is joy. We aim at fostering joy among our colleagues, partners, members and guests and value awe inspiring experiences.

The People

Meet the Team

Everything we create is done in collaboration. Our team works in harmony with the local community of growers, creators, builders and connectors.

Leadership

Oliver Niedermaier

Chairman

For more than 20 years, Oliver has worked to accelerate solutions to broken systems that hinder humanity’s potential for achieving a sustainable world. He strongly believes in Hawaii’s potential to re-invent its economy and become an epi-center for food systems innovation, with Common Ground as a petri-dish and leader for this movement.

Gary Moore

President

Gary Moore is a real estate developer, executive and investor with extensive experience leading complex resort real estate developments, both domestically and internationally. Gary spent 21 years with Timbers Resorts, overseeing all development, sales, marketing and operations.

Jennifer Luck

CEO

Committed to driving lasting community impact, Jennifer brings more than 20 years of operations experience in budget oversight and operations management. She sits on the boards of the Kauaʻi Land Trust, Namahana Charter School and Kipuka Kuleana and holds a master’s in business administration from USC.

Amy Meharg

CFO

Amy Meharg has over 30 years of CFO and business management experience, with an expertise in Real Estate Accounting, Government Contract Accounting and Compliance, Financial Systems Creation and Audits (federal, state, military and internal). In addition, Amy holds a master’s in business administration from Rutgers University.

Constanze Niedermaier

Board Member, CEO Ensemble LLC

Constanze oversees the company’s brand building as well as the development of the Common Ground Ensemble community with its membership program, event series and media productions. She is a long-term senior marketing executive with extensive eCommerce and media experience.

John Parziale

Director of Agroecology

John has practiced organic, ecological agriculture on Kauai for 23 years. He founded Kauai Authentic Farms in 2001, home to the Center for Regenerative Agriculture. He has taught permaculture and sustainable agriculture in Hawaii, the US mainland and in Europe.

Jon Champlin

Director of Operations

Jon has helped launch an online marketplace, pop-up dinner series, and our flagship Farm & Food Experience. Jon’s experience incorporates website development, booking systems, digital marketing & analytics, and logistics. Jon holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering.

Ivory Kealani Lloyd

Director of Events & Brand

Ivory, originally from Kaua’i, grew up in Kalaheo and Anahola. She holds a degree in Political Science from UH and a International Masters in Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility. Previously, Ivory applied her expertise in the financial cooperative sector to support local entrepreneurs.

Crystal Sautter

Director of Food & Beverage

Crystal brings more than 27 years of hospitality experience to the Common Ground team. She has served in a senior management role overseeing Food & Beverage operations for the 1 Hotel, JW Marriott, and Hillstone Restaurant Group. In her spare time, she loves to spend time at the beach and cooking locally inspired foods with her family.

Advisors

Geoff Davis

Executive Board Member

Geoff a pioneering leader in impact investing. His teams have invested in over 200 high-impact companies globally. His contributions have earned him recognition as Entrepreneurial Thought Leader by Stanford University, Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, and a Social Capitalist by Fast Company.

Dan Tabori

Strategic Advisor, Board member

Dan, focuses on strategic financial initiatives aimed at developing the overall Common Ground vision. Dan is currently the Managing Partner of Tabori Gilbert, LLC a boutique M&A Advisory firm based in Honolulu. Previously, Dan spent 13 years as Executive Vice President at Locations, LLC, a leading residential real estate company in Hawai’i.

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