Meet the Group
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FoundersOriginally from South Africa, the Taylors are the visionaries behind Makanalani. After raising their family in Irvine, California and leaving Corporate America in the early 2000’s, the journey of building Makanalani began. Read more about how we started.
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Operations Manager
Clayton joined the group in early 2021. He and his wife moved from California to join our group and help us manage our businesses. With a background in Real Estate and over 10 years of experience managing a youth camp, he has been a wonderful addition to our team.
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Finance and Executive Management TeamThe Holohans joined the group in 2017 after working at a Christian youth camp in Prescott, Arizona for 10 years. In their early marriage, they spent time touring the USA with a theatre ministry and briefly spent 3 years in South Africa doing mission work.
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Kids House Operations
Trent first joined Makanalani as an intern in 2022, and after a year of being an intern, he said “see you later” to his hometown in Missouri to join us on staff full time. He has a heart for camp ministry and loves to get out and surf!
