STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1504

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 312

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 312, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

 

G.M. No. 312

ROBERTA M. RICHARDS,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds Roberta M. Richards to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this nomination from the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Roberta M. Richards is currently in her third year as the Principal at Pauoa School and has been an educator in Hawaii for over forty years, including many teaching and administration positions with the Department of Education.  Ms. Richards is a graduate of the University of Hawaii, with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Masters of Education in Educational Foundation.  She holds professional certificates in Counseling and in Teaching the Disadvantaged.  Ms. Richards is also active in community organizations and currently serves as a member of the Susannah Wesley Foundation, Reid Richards Foundation, and is a past member of the Manoa Boys Baseball Commission.  She is a reappointment to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair