Annabel is an attorney and Child Advocate who has been working with families and children in Hawaii for over 30 years. Her passion is giving a voice to children in all areas of their lives and helping to minimize the negative effects of family conflict.
Annabel was the Director of Na Keiki Law Center, a Project of Volunteer Legal Services, from 1999 to 2006. Thereafter, Annabel was a co-owner of The Children’s Law Center- a Family Law Center, from 2007 to 2022. She is now the owner of Big Decisions HI, a consulting, coaching and mediation law firm focused on helping people to make important decisions around parenting, marriage, divorce and parenting plans. Annabel is a volunteer mediator with the Mediation Center of the Pacific and a founding advisory member of Project Visitation.
Annabel is passionate about the mission and goals of the Surfrider Spirit Sessions- as a surfer herself, she understands that life looks different from the top of a wave- problems fall away as you fly down the face or play in the white water on your board. She wants Hawaii’s youth to have that same opportunity, to enjoy the beautiful ocean, feel comfortable in nature and to be reminded, through relationships with our mentors and staff, their amazing potential for surfing through life.