Theda “Teddi” Waller has joined the Maui Economic Opportunity Board of
Directors, representing the resident sector.
MEO has a 21-member tri-partite board with seven members each representing
the residents and clients, businesses and government. The board sets policy
and approves budgets for the 60-year-old nonprofit agency, which assisted
30,500 households on Maui (including East Maui), Moloka`i, and Lana`i in
fiscal year 2024 and has a staff of more than 250 on the three islands.
Her appointment to the Board was approved on July 24.
Waller is a retiree, having worked for many years at Liberty House, the
predecessor to Macy’s. Currently, she is the Treasurer for the Lahaina
Honolua Senior Club and has been a member of the Kahana Canoe Club.
She replaces longtime Board Member Arleen Gerbig, who served for 10 years
on the board. Gerbig was president of the Lahaina Honolua Senior Citizens
Club for many years following the passing of the influential Mae Fujiwara
and kept the club together following the August 2023 wildfires. Gerbig was
the Board Secretary for several years and was MEO Volunteer of the Year and
Kupuna Advocate of the Year in 2021.
Teddi Waller joins the Maui Economic Opportunity Board of Directors.
