UHERO’s Kimberly Burnett was invited by Governor David Ige to participate in a panel discussion focused on the economic impacts of invasive species at the Western Governors’ Association Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative workshop in Waimea, Hawaii on December 9-10, 2018. The goal is to examine emerging issues in biosecurity and invasive species management and develop a set of policy recommendations, best practices, and technical tools to address those issues.