Phil Christopher

Project Coordinator and Realtor

Phil Christopher, principal broker of Phil Christopher Realty, is the Project Coordinator/Realtor for Ōma'opio Ridge. A Maui resident since1974, Phil was formerly a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry and a building subcontractor.

He has played a major role in all aspects of Ōma'opio Ridge, from acquisition of the land in 1996 to its current operation. Phil guided the subdivision process from 1997 through to final approval of Phase I in 2001, and he coordinated the engineering and construction of the road, utilities, and the water system.

Currently he directs the ongoing maintenance of the infrastructure and coordinates the work of various service contractors. Also, he has been the liaison between the developers and government agencies at the state and county levels to gain Maui County bonded approval for Phase II of the project, which was granted on November 1, 2007. (Final approval was granted in August, 2009.) He and his wife have built a home in Ōma'opio Ridge and have become full-time residents there.

Phil Christopher Realty is the exclusive agent of the developers in the marketing and sales of all homes and lots in Ōma'opio Ridge. (From time to time, lots and homes in Ōma'opio Ridge may come up for re-sale; Phil is not necessarily the broker for those.)

For further information on Phil Christopher and Phil Christopher Realty, go to www.estatesonmaui.com

Hunton Conrad

Designer

Hunton Conrad was born and grew up in Hawai'i. He is an artist whose art form is "environments"—drawing on the three professions of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design.

 His work on the Ōma'opio Ridge project has included landscape design as well as the design of four of the homes that have been built in Phase I (on lots 3, 4, 5, and 8). Hunton has also played a large role in the selection of the home sites on the Phase II lots to maximize their potential for dramatic views. He is a member of the Ōma’opio Ridge Design Control Committee.

For further information on Hunton Conrad, see www.huntonconrad.com.

Anna Palomino

Native Hawaiian plant specialist

Anna Palomino is working with the developers of Ōma'opio Ridge Phase II to enhance the upper portion of Ikena Kai Place with roadside plantings of a variety of native Hawaiian trees and shrubs. Anna is the founder of Ho'olawa Farms, a nursery in Haiku, on Maui's north shore, that specializes in growing native Hawaiian plants. For further information about her, see an article in the Honolulu Star Bulletin. She can be reached at www.Hoolawafarms.com

Ed and Mary Lee Esty

Developers

The developers of Ōma'opio Ridge are Ed and Mary Lee Esty, shown here with their son, daughter-in-law, and two of their five grandchildren in a field of buffel grass on Lot D.  Ed and Mary Lee first traveled to Maui in 1964, back when there was only a single stoplight on the whole island. 

They started the Ōma'opio Ridge project in 1996, and hope to retire to a home on Lot F at some point in the future.  Currently, they live most of the time near Washington, DC, where Mary Lee is a specialist in brain injuries and Ed is a consultant in mathematics education.