Chessa Harris, M.B.A.
Associate Chair of Finance & Operations
Department of Native Hawaiian Health
Phone: (808) 692-1008
Email: chessa@hawaii.edu
As the Associate Chair of Finance & Operations, Chessa provides leadership and strategic decision making in the areas of healthcare and finance administration. She is responsible for formulating business strategies that address the integration of Hawaiian cultural knowledge and wisdom within the medical education, basic and clinical research, clinical services, and community engagement missions of the Department. Chessa currently serves as the Treasurer for the Papa Ola Lokahi Board of Directors and a reviewer on multiple scholarship committees at all levels within the University of Hawaiʻi system. Chessa completed both her undergraduate degree in Communications and Masters of Business Administration at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is originally from Kailua-Kona on Hawaiʻi Island.