Hawaii Preparatory Academy recently announced the following staff appointments: Hawaii Preparatory Academy recently announced the following staff appointments: • Mike Donnelly, an HPA alumnus, was named assistant director of admission. Donnelly recently retired from the Army after 26 years of
Hawaii Preparatory Academy recently announced the following staff appointments:
Hawaii Preparatory Academy recently announced the following staff appointments:
• Mike Donnelly, an HPA alumnus, was named assistant director of admission. Donnelly recently retired from the Army after 26 years of service. In his new position, he will be responsible for grades 9-12 admissions, focusing on the Hawaiian Islands and greater Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining HPA, Donnelly was communications advisor for the U.S. Army Pacific at Fort Shafter on Oahu. He previously worked in public affairs, marketing and public relations positions with Logistics Command (Fort Shafter), 25th Infantry Division (Schofield Barracks and Northern Iraq), and Special Operations Command, Pacific (Camp Smith). Donnelly earned his bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University and is pursuing his master’s degree in communications from the University of Oklahoma.
• Aaron Schorn was named webmaster. Schorn has been an active member of the HPA community since he arrived on campus in 2013. He has served as dorm parent, tutor and long-term substitute teacher. He previously was director of business development and government relations at the Wall Street Fund for African Development (WSFAD) in Washington, D.C. Prior to that he was strategy and operations program officer at Family Health International (FHI 360) in Washington, D.C. He also was project manager/contracts officer for the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa, Israel. Schorn earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
