STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3508

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 234
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred Governor's Message No. 234, submitting for study and
consideration the nomination of:

KAUAI COUNTY SUBAREA HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL

     G.M. No. 234       PETRA LOPEZ, DAVID PETERS, and BELLE
                        SHEPHERD, for terms to expire June 30,
                        2003; and

                        LILI BRYAN-CONANT, CESAR G. CADABES,
                        CARMEN L. PANUI, ELIZABETH UBAY, and
                        KENNETH VILLABRILLE, for terms to expire
                        June 30, 2004,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the background information submitted by each
nominee, your Committee finds that each of the nominees are
qualified to serve in the positions to which they are nominated.
Your Committee further finds that the nominees are being
appointed based on their professional credentials, integrity, and
a desire for public service, and that they possess skills,
abilities, and experiences that are assets.

     Petra Lopez has been employed with the Kauai Economic
Opportunity, Head Start Program.  She is currently with the Kauai
Dental Health Task Force.  She has served with Malama Pono Kauai
AIDS Project and the Head Start Policy Council.


 
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     David Peters is the Executive Director of Ho'ola Lahui
Hawaii.  He is a member of the Dental Health Task Force for the
Garden Island, American Red Cross Advisory Board, and Boys
Club/Girls Club of Kauai.

     Belle Shepherd is a health education specialist with the Na
Lei Wili Area Health Education Center at Kauai Community College.
She is currently on the Board of Directors as Interim Secretary
for the Malama Pono, Kauai AIDS Project.  She has been with the
Kauai Department of Health as an HIV tester and counselor, and
with the American Red Cross as a volunteer.

     Lili Bryan-Conant is a Senior Coordinator for the Hawaii
Medical Service Association on Kauai.  She previously has been
with the Wilcox Memorial Hospital as a supervisor of long term
care activities and the Cancer Research Center as an information
assistant.  She is currently a member of the Kauai Dental Health
Task Force.  She has been Chair of the St. Francis Medical
Center's Home Care Advisory Committee and President of the
American Heart Association Kauai Branch.

     Cesar G. Cadabes is the Executive Director of the Malama
Pono, Kauai AIDS Project.  He has belonged to the Prevention
Community Planning Group (State of Hawaii), AIDS Community Care
Team, Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, and National Association for
People with AIDS.

     Carmen L. Panui is a Community Affairs Coordinator for the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs.  She has been associated with the
Muscular Dystrophy Association, March of Dimes, Kauai/Niihau
Burial Council, Kauai Rural Health Association, and Area Health
Education Center II.

     Elizabeth Ubay is the Human Resources Manager for the
Princeville Corporation.  She is on the Board of Directors of the
Kauai Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of the Society for
Human Resources Management, and a member of the Zonta Club of
Kauai (community service organization).

     Kenneth Villabrille is being reappointed.  He formerly
worked for the County of Kauai.

     Testimony in support of each nominee was received from State
Health Planning and Development Agency.

     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

 
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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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