William Moekahi Steiner is a retired dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management at the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo. Born in Honolulu, he grew up on the family hay, cattle and grain ranch in Owyhee County, Idaho. He has owned and operated his own farm and also holds a master’s equivalency in systems engineering from the USDA Graduate School in Beltsville, Maryland.