Born and raised in Hawaii, L.P. "Neenz" Faleafine is the CEO of Faleafine Enterprises, LLC the parent company of digital media consulting agency, Pono Media. Neenz calls herself a "Social Disruptor", which is someone who works to change the status quo.
Neenz is a nationally recognized expert in the application and use of social networks to gather intelligence, build online communities, and use those networks to achieve favorable end results. She began her career building communities as a property manager for her father’s company in some of Hawaii’s toughest neighborhoods. There she learned that the most important commodity of a neighborhood are the people. She focused on understanding and empathizing with residents to build relationships in order to partner with organizations to collaborate on solutions. It is through the strengthening of the people that neighborhoods thrived and communities formed.
A Visionary, Neenz has built a diverse portfolio of clients by developing successful strategies through blending technology and human-centered resources.
Specialties: building communities, innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship, design thinking, social marketing, data mining, data visualization, data analysis, public speaking, facilitation, Hawaii,