Matthew B. James, PhD is the President/Chief Academic Officer of Kona University. He has two undergraduate degrees in Criminal Justice and Business Management. He also has a Masters of Arts in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix and a PhD in Health Psychology from Walden University. Matthew is a Certified Master Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and delivers trainings in NLP, Time Line Therapy™ and Hypnosis in the U.S., Canada, and abroad.

Farhad (Fred) Saba is Director of Information and Educational Technology at Kona University. With 35 years of experience in the field, he has been involved in designing and managing distance education programs in higher education, as well as teaching, research, and theory building in distance education.

He has authored more than 100 articles and chapters in books. His scholarly publications have been honored by several awards. He is the first winner of the Charles A. Wedemeyer Award for the best research article in distance education. Most recently, he has been inducted into the Distance Learning Association Hall of Fame for 2010. He also received the Association of Educational Communications and Technology's Educational Technology Research and Development Journal Award. He has presented in professional conferences in many countries including: Afghanistan, The People's Republic of China, Great Britain, France, Malaysia, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland (The United Nations), and Turkey. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Distance Education and the International Review of Distance and Open Learning; and reviews manuscripts for major publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Prentice-Hall, and Wadsworth.

His previous consulting work has included many corporations and public institutions, among them are Apple Computer, Hewlett Packard, Nortel, SYS Technologies, The U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut, Office of the Chancellor of the California State University system, the World Bank, San Diego County Office of Education, Harvard Business School Publishing, Brigham Young University, and the University of Connecticut.

Fred earned a Ph. D. in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation from Syracuse University, and B. A. and M. A. in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University. His most recent appointment prior to joining Kona University, was Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University, where he taught courses about distance education for 25 years.

Vicky Bonilla has experienced the accounting world from all different perspectives. Working her way from Accounting Clerk to Director of Accounting has required lots of hard work, and dedication. The breadth and depth that Vicky has experienced has enabled her to play her role here at American Pacific University to perfection. She is able to see the big picture development of the company as well as manage the day to day with her strong attention to detail.

Vicky became a Certified Public Accountant in the Philippines and earned her B.S in Business Administration from Philippine Christian University.

What most know is that Accounting runs in the Bonilla family. Vicky works alongside her husband Alex and recently their son Zander expressed that he wants to be just like mom and dad when he grows up.

When it comes to accounting, Alex Bonilla has certainly paid his dues. Before coming to the United States, Alex worked as a Certified Public Accountant in the Philippines and did Internal and External Auditing. When Alex came to the US he worked with a local Retail Company that owned and operated some high-end boutique shops located at Ala Moana Shopping Center and Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. Since 2001 Alex has been working with us in our accounting department. Alex manages all of the company's financial transactions; degree programs, trainings, seminars, product and the web store.

Alex has always had a passion for Accounting. He was an accounting major in college where he received his Bachelors in Science in Commerce from Divine Word College.