STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3494

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 255
                                        




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. 255, submitting for study and
consideration the nomination of:

STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

     G.M. No. 255       MARGARET K. MASUNAGA, for a term to
                        expire June 30, 2002; and

                        NANCI KREIDMAN, for a term to expire
                        June 30, 2003,

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.

     Margaret K. Masunaga is a Deputy Corporation Counsel in West
Maui, Office of the Corporation Counsel, County of Hawaii.  She
is currently on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society
of Hawaii and the Kona Hongwanji Mission.  She is also currently
on the Board of Governors of the Hawaii Community Foundation.  

     Testimony in support of Ms. Masunaga was received from the
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii State

 
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Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii Women Lawyers, and a
private individual.

     Nanci Kreidman is the Executive Director of the Domestic
Violence Legal Hotline.  She has been a consultant for the
Military Family Abuse Shelter, writer and producer of domestic
violence training materials and a sexual assault documentary in
Hawaii.  She has received a Certificate of Accomplishment from
the Family Crisis Shelter on the Big Island and was named
Outstanding Young Women of America, 1986.  Her community service
includes service in numerous organizations, including the
Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law, Permanent Committee
on Gender and Other Fairness, and Oahu Domestic Violence Task
Force.  She is also the Vice Chair for the Hawaii State Coalition
Against Domestic Violence.

     Testimony in support of Ms. Kreidman was received from the
Department of Human Services, Judiciary, University of Hawaii at
Manoa, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Salvation
Army Family Treatment Services, National Association of Social
Workers, Hawaii Women's Political Caucus, Dispute Prevention
Resolution, and Bank of Hawaii.

     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,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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