Executive Team

Ms. Kakuk has served as Cyanotech’s Chief Strategic and Chief Commercial officer since August 2023. Ms. Kakuk is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing at Cyanotech and Nutrex Hawaii. She has over 25 years of experience in the natural ingredient and food industries. She has held various sales and marketing positions of increasing responsibility in areas including business development, marketing, branding and storytelling, market research and consumer marketing.
Her previous sales and marketing positions were at Layn Natural Ingredients, HempRise™, Sterling Pacific Meat Company and she served in the Army National Guard. She has an M.B.A. from University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, and a B.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University. She is passionate about value creation and solutions that help people, animals and the planet.

Ms. Johansen has 18 years of experience in quality, regulatory & government affairs. She serves as the Chair of the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), is a Board Director for the Kona Kohala Chamber of Commerce (KKCC), and is also a member of KKCC’s Economic Development, Government Affairs, and Sustainability Committees. Ms. Johansen is a member of the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS), the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Government Affairs Committee, the American Herbalist Guild, is an American Society of Quality certified HACCP Auditor, and is a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI). Since 2012 she has been working to develop the next generation of congressional champions for the Dietary Supplement and Natural Products industry. Ms. Johansen attended the University of Oregon on a full athletic scholarship for basketball and obtained her degree in Psychology, with a minor in Organic Chemistry.

Ms. Nordin has served as Cyanotech’s Vice President of Human Resources, and Corporate Secretary since 2019. She joined Cyanotech in 2016 as Director of Human Resources. While in this role she received her Master of Human Resource Management degree from University of Hawaii-Manoa and serves on the Society Human Resources Management (SHRM) – Hawaii Chapter Legislative Committee and the SHRM Hawaii Educational Foundation Hawaii Island District Committee. Ms. Nordin has over 25 years business operations management experience with an emphasis in manufacturing, quality assurance, agriculture, and tourism sectors; with the last 20 years specifically concentrated on Hawaii and Pacific Asian business. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Nordin was the Director of Operations and Sales at Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company, Operations Manager of HPM Building Supply, and Quality Manager for Molded Dimensions Inc. Ms. Nordin holds a B.S. degree in Operations Management from Marian University-Wisconsin and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Hawaii-Manoa with an emphasis in Pacific Asian Business. Amy has a passion to facilitate connections to promote community improvement and mentor Hawaii’s youth.