The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Harm Reduction Services Branch (HRSB) announced Kunane Dreier as the recipient of the 2025 Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award.

Dreier is being honored for his outstanding contributions to HIV services in Hawai‘i.

The award was established in honor of Suzanne Richmond-Crum who died in 2004 after serving for more than 10 years as director of the Hawai‘i Seropositivity and Medical Management Program of the DOH HRSB. The award is presented each year to an individual in Hawai‘i for their outstanding contributions in providing HIV services with competence and compassion just as Richmond-Crum demonstrated in her HIV work.

Dreier leads HIV and sexual health programs at Hawai‘i Health and Harm Reduction Center, the state’s largest HIV service organization. Dreier started in the HIV field as an outreach worker and has mentored and coached many staff while advancing in his career path. While working in HIV, Dreier has also focused on homelessness, transgender health and smoking cessation efforts. Dreier has spent the past 23 years dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic. He has been a passionate advocate for the communities he serves and has worked to advance services rooted in cultural humility, grounded in harm reduction and protective of human dignity.