STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1842

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 334
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred Governor's Message No. 334, submitting for study and
consideration the nominations of:

STATE PLANNING COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

     G.M. No. 334       VIRGINIA M. PRESSLER, M.D., for a term to
                        expire June 30, 2000;

                        EVELYN CHONG, for a term to expire
                        June 30, 2002; and

                        ESPERANZA N. CADAVONA, CHARLES C. DUARTE,
                        JOHN L. NOLAND, KATHERINE ANNE O'REILLY,
                        DAVID PFEIFFER, Ph.D., MILLICENT L.K.
                        ROGERS, HELEN SMALLEY-BOWER, LAMBERT K.
                        WAI, and DIRK K. WASANO, for terms to
                        expire June 30, 2003, 

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the statements submitted by the nominees,
your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominees bring a
unique range of skills, abilities, and experiences to the State
Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities to which they are
appointed.

     Testimony in favor of all nominees was received from the
State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities.  Testimony
in favor of David Pfeiffer, Ph.D, was received from one

 
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individual.  Testimony opposed to Millicent L.K. Rogers was
received from one individual.

     Your Committee notes the following specific qualifications
of the nominees:

     Virginia M. Pressler, M.D., is a consultant for Pressler
Healthcare Consulting.  Dr. Pressler is a member at large for the
Aloha United Way Board of Directors and the Health Committee
Chair for America's Promise Hawaii.  Dr. Pressler also has made
numerous medical presentations at national meetings and has
published four medical related articles.

     Evelyn Chong is an administrator for the Executive Office on
Aging.  Ms. Chong is past treasurer and vice-president of Aikane
O' Nuuanu and present secretary of Lung Doo Kong Tow Society.

     Esperanza N. Cadavona is President and Chief Executive
Officer of Home and Community Services of Hawaii, Inc.
Ms. Cadavona is a member of the Bone Marrow Registry of Hawaii
and the Board of Directors for Minority Organ Tissue
Transplantation Education Program (MOTTEP) of the Organ Donor
Center of Hawaii.

     Charles C. Duarte is an administrator for the Med-QUEST
division of the Department of Human Services.  Mr. Duarte is a
past board member of the Association of Asian-Pacific Community
of Health Organizations and past president of the Hawaii State
Primary Care Association.

     John L. Noland is an assistant vocational rehabilitation
administrator for the Department of Human Services.  Mr. Noland
is the past president of the Hawaii Rehabilitation Counseling
Association and currently holds a position on the State Council
on Mental Health.

     Katherine Anne O'Reilly holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in Physical Therapy from Tufts University and a Master's degree
in maternal child health from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
For twenty years Ms. O'Reilly worked for Kapiolani Medical
Centers.  Ms. O'Reilly is currently a member of the American
Physical Therapy Association and the Hawaii Early Intervention
Coordinating Council.

     David Pfeiffer, Ph.D., is a professor and analyst for the
Association of University Professors.  Dr. Pfeiffer is currently
the editor of Disability Studies Quarterly and was past president
of the Society for Disability Studies and past chairperson for
the Massachusetts Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities.

 
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     Millicent L.K. Rogers was a social worker for the Hawaii
Assistive Technology Training and Services Project and the United
Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii.  Ms. Rogers has served on
the Commission on the Handicapped and the Advisory Committee for
Hawaii Centers for Independent Living.

     Helen Smalley-Bower is a homemaker and has previously worked
for the Aloha Special Technology Access Center and the Vietnam
Veterans Family Assistance Program for the Learning Disabilities
Association of Hawaii.  Ms. Smalley-Bower currently serves on the
Reproductive Rights Protection Committee.

     Lambert K. Wai worked for Mutual of Omaha for forty years.
Mr. Wai is a member of the Association of Life Underwriters and
the Association of Health Underwriters.  Mr. Wai has volunteered
with the Association of Retarded Citizens for over forty years.

     Dirk K. Wasano is an office automation assistant for the
Department of Defense and a professional photographer.  Mr.
Wasano served on the State Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities from 1982-1995.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee, after full consideration of the
background, character, experience, and qualifications of the
nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the
positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate
advise and consent to the nominations.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



                                   ______________________________
                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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