STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3148

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 421

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 421, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Commission on the Status of Women

G.M. No. 421

ELENA M.H. CABATU, for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and testimony submitted in support of the nominee and finds the nominee to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Commission on the Status of Women (Commission).

     Testimony in support of the nomination of Ms. Cabatu was submitted by one individual.  Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Elena M.H. Cabatu received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Linguistics, with a minor in Theater, from Georgetown University.  She is currently the East Hawaii Regional Community Relations and Program Manager for the Hilo Medical Center.  From 2000 to 2007, she served first as a Project Associate and then as a consultant for the Communications Consortium Media Center in Washington, D.C., working on, among other things, the Global Health, Population and Development 2015 project.  She is a published author.

Ms. Cabatu represents Hawaii County and is a reappointment to the Commission.  Ms. Cabatu has served on the Commission since September 2007, initially serving as an interim member and was subsequently nominated for a four-year term in October 2007.  According to oral testimony submitted in support of her nomination, Ms. Cabatu has been an asset to the Commission.  Through her service on the Commission, your Committee finds that Ms. Cabatu has demonstrated her interest and knowledge in, and her ability to make contributions to, the solution of problems relating to the status of women.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations 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 Judiciary and Government Operations,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair