LIHUE — Appointed in early May as Hawaii Life’s Director of Conservation and Legacy Lands, Beth Thoma Robinson was one of the first real estate agents who joined Hawaii Life on Hawaii Island in 2009.
She has worldwide experience as a Wall Street banker and in consulting and leadership development businesses. In 2006, she began her career in Hawaii real estate.
“I am honored and humbled to be appointed to this new role as conservation director, a way to combine my real estate knowledge with my passion for protecting this special part of the world,” Robinson said.
Hawaii Life is the first brokerage to hire a conservation director and Robinson’s responsibilities include identifying and tracking conservation priorities across Hawaii, particularly those properties that are either for sale or potentially coming to market.
Robinson will also lead the firm’s efforts as a resource for owners and sellers of properties with conservation values.
The goal is to generate awareness for the role that conservation plays in Hawaii’s future and make resources available to conservation-minded sellers and buyers of real estate, according to Hawaii Life representatives.
“Land is a zero-sum game in Hawaii, and it is among our most precious natural and cultural resources,” said Matt Beall, principal broker and Hawaii Life CEO. “Creating this position enables us to use our reach and influence to further conserve land.”
Beall and Hawaii Life have been working with Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (HILT) toward conservation of land on Hawaii since 2011 when HILT was founded.
Robinson said she’s looking forward to furthering that goal in her new position and sharing her expertise with brokers, agents and clients throughout Hawaii.
“As a practicing real estate broker, she has been representing sellers of conservation and legacy properties since joining Hawaii Life,” said Beall. “Beth is so clearly the right person for this role.”
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Jessica Else, environment reporter, can be reached at 245-0452 or jelse@thegardenisland.com