C. Wheelwright was appointed the college's president. On May 12, 2015, Russell M. Nelson, chairman of the Executive Committee of the BYU-Hawaii Board of Trustees announced that effective July 27, 2015, John S. Tanner would succeed Wheelwright as president. On May 12, 2020, Jeffrey R. Holland, chairman of the Executive Committee of the BYU-Hawaii Board of Trustees, announced that Tanner would be succeeded as the institution's president by John S. K. Kauwe III on July 1, 2020.
== Campus ==
BYU–Hawaii is located in Lāiʻe on the north shore of Oahu, about 35 miles (56 km) north of Honolulu. The campus covers 100 acres (0.40 km2; 0.16 sq mi) between the mountains and the ocean shore. The Polynesian Cultural Center is directly east of campus and the Lāiʻe Hawaii Temple is on the northwest.
The campus includes several instructional facilities, including the David O. McKay Classroom Building, the Heber J. Grant Building, and the Science Building. The school's library is the two-story Joseph F. Smith Library. …
