Office of Compliance, EEO, and Title IX

Christine Chun is responsible for directing efforts across the Community College System to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements as they relate to Title IX, the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA), Civil Rights laws, as well as University policies. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Ms. Chun previously served as legal counsel specializing in employment and labor law for eighteen years, at both the University of Hawaii, and in private practice where she was a partner at the law firm Torkildson, Katz, Hetherington, Harris, & Knorek.

Phone: (808) 956-4564
Email: csychun@hawaii.edu

Brian Aune received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. from the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa. He is a former prosecutor and corporate attorney. He has also served as CEO/COO and General Counsel for start-up and non-profit companies.

Phone: (808) 956-6981
Email: aune@hawaii.edu

As Compliance Coordinator, Tina Kaku assists the Investigators with case management and tracking. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in English and American Literature from New York University. She has an extensive background of working with attorneys in private practice since 2008. Most recently, Tina was employed by ES&A, Inc., a law firm specializing in labor and employment law, where she worked as their office manager for over five years, overseeing the management of the office, litigation calendar, and effectuating all electronic filings with the courts in compliance with state and federal laws. Her prior experience also includes serving as a legal assistant at the litigation firm Bronster Fujichaku Robbins, and as an office administrator at the asbestos litigation firm Lynch Daskal Emery LLP in New York City for five and a half years.

Phone: (808) 956-8049
Email: kakut@hawaii.edu

Jesse Maeda is a licensed attorney who previously practiced law in insurance defense, focusing primarily on personal injury cases. He graduated cum laude from the Willamette University College of Law, where he served as the Note and Comment Editor of the Law Review. He also earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Phone: (808) 956-4650
Email: jessemae@hawaii.edu

Jessica Shaffer is a licensed attorney with a dedication to public interest work. Before joining the University, she was a Fellow with Harvard University’s Office for Dispute Resolution, where she assisted in investigations of Title IX allegations, such as sexual harassment and sexual assault. Ms. Shaffer also previously served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, MA, prosecuting a variety of crimes, including domestic violence. And, she was an Honors Fellow with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, working as an Assistant Attorney General in civil litigation and environmental protection. Ms. Shaffer has a variety of courtroom experience, including arguing before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Michigan Court of Appeals and conducting criminal trials. She graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Ms. Shaffer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Phone: (808) 956-4565
Email: jshaff@hawaii.edu