At Nipoa, our personal values are our business values: integrity, respect, and high performance
There are three seats on Nipoa’s board of directors. We are a Native Hawaiian Organization controlled by Native Hawaiians.
Aaron Wallen is a director and Vice President of Nipoa. Aaron owns one of the largest insulation contracting companies in the state of Hawaii. He has completed projects for the Department of Defense, U.S. Government Accountability Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope.
Aaron holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In addition to being Native Hawaiian, he is a member of the Choctaw Nation.
AARON K. WALLEN
DIRECTOR
Leeann Siu is a director of Nipoa. Leeann is an RN Clinic Operations Manager overseeing three Urgent Care Clinics on Oahu. She is a Native Hawaiian who has spent her professional career in healthcare, serving areas with predominantly Native Hawaiian populations.
Leeann holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration/Education from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelors of Science in Dental Hygiene and Nursing from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was born and raised on the island of Kauai.
LEEANN M. SIU
DIRECTOR
Matthew Teho is President of Nipoa. Matt has founded two Native Hawaiian Organizations and numerous 8(a) subsidiaries. The companies he created were awarded almost $1 billion in contracts from the Department of Defense. Matt is responsible for developing and maintaining profitable relationships with Nipoa’s Department of Defense clients and teaming partners.
Matt holds an MBA with concentrations in finance and real estate from The Wharton School of Business and is a lifelong resident of Hawaii.
MATTHEW A. TEHO
DIRECTOR
- Our partners and clients realizing superior outcomes from our relationships
- Our communities receiving significant socio-economic benefits
- Our performance, operationally and profitability, to be best of class
As a company, we strive for:
Mary Moriarty is the founder of Nipoa’s first 8(a) subsidiary and President of Nipoa’s 8(a) subsidiary group. She leads all for-profit operations with a focus on federal contracting, strategic planning and teaming relationships. She began her career at Turner Construction Company and later Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, serving as a project engineer, financial analyst, and project manager, and has delivered complex, multi-phase projects for federal agencies including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in San Francisco and the Transportation Security Administration throughout Hawaii and the Pacific. Mary also oversaw a Hawaii commercial property portfolio of nearly 1 million square feet, leading all aspects of operations and leasing.
Mary holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona and was named a Pacific Century Fellow in 2010. She is Native Hawaiian and raised on the islands of Kauai and Oahu.
MARY MORIARTY
President and Founder-
Nipoa Standard LLC
