STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1946

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 516, 517

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 516 and 517, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Disability and Communication Access Board

 

G.M. No. 516

DOROTHY KUULEINANI FIFE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2011; and

 

G.M. No. 517

CORRENA KEHAUNANI PAWN-WHITE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Upon review of the testimonies and statements submitted by the nominees, your Committee finds that Dorothy Kuuleinani Fife and Correna Kehaunani Pawn-White have the necessary character, experience, and qualifications to serve on the Disability and Communication Access Board.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Dorothy Kuuleinani Fife from the Disability and Communication Access Board.

 

     Dorothy Kuuleinani Fife is currently a manager at Work Hawaii, an employee of the City and County of Honolulu and a former administrator at the YWCA.  She has nearly twenty years of program administration background.  Ms. Fife is legally blind and would represent the consumer population, specifically the blind and visually impaired community.  In addition to her work, Ms. Fife has been active in the community and currently serves as President for both the National Federation of the Blind and the Eye of the Pacific Guide Dogs and Mobility Services, Inc.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Correna Kehaunani Pawn-White from the Disability and Communication Access Board and four individuals.

 

     Correna Kehaunani Pawn-White is a counselor and instructor at Kapiolani Community College and has worked for approximately twenty years in the disability field, both on the U.S. mainland and in Hawaii.  Born and raised on Hawaiian Homestead Land on Molokai, she brings a personal understanding of the need for services in rural areas and for those persons of Hawaiian ancestry with disabilities.  Ms. Pawn-White would represent the consumer population, specifically the deaf and hard of hearing community, and her professional experience will augment her personal experience as a deaf person.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, 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,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair