About Maili Plantation

Maili Plantation restores neglected Hawai'i country properties instead of subdividing them — full renovation of existing plantation-style homes, native landscaping, and housing kept useful and available for real families. It's run by Mark Traylor and Joy Mahiko, based on the property in Waianae, O'ahu.

Mark Traylor

Mark brings three decades of executive leadership from federal government service, including international relations postings in Japan, Indonesia, and Germany. A CISSP and Certified Ethical Hacker with a technical and cybersecurity background — including a stint as Director of Network Security at NetZero during its startup years — he approaches restoration the way he approached decades of executive work: directly, with a plan, and with a low tolerance for cutting corners. He's also a U.S. Navy Seabee Veteran, an avid surfer, and a fisherman.

Joy Mahiko

Born and raised in Hawai'i, Joy guides the design direction at Maili Plantation, works alongside the crew on all aspects of the renovations, feeds the crew, and hosts the project's Q&A sessions. Outside the work, she's a surfer, fisher, musician, traveler, and lei maker.

Why Restoration, Not Subdivision

Across Hawai'i, large country properties are routinely subdivided and redeveloped into modern homes, and the older plantation-style houses and rural character that made them special disappear with them. Maili Plantation exists to show that restoration is a real alternative — keeping the existing homes standing, bringing them fully up to modern standards, and preserving the country living culture and community that surrounds them for the next generation.