STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3224

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 435

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 435, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission

 

G.M. No. 435

CLIFFORD P. KAPONO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds Clifford P. Kapono to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission.

 

     Testimony in support of Clifford P. Kapono was submitted by the Department of Accounting and General Services and five individuals.

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Clifford P. Kapono is the Chief Executive Officer of Yellow Bus Consulting and a senior consultant with KAI Business Management Consultants.  Prior to this, he was Vice President, South Pacific, of Motorola C&E and has thirty-five years of business experience.  Mr. Kapono is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a B.A. in World Business, and holds a Master's degree in Minority Economic Development from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Master's degree in Education from the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo School of Education.  He is active in professional and community organizations and is a 2009 Media Award Recipient of the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation.  Mr. Kapono is a new appointment to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology 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 Economic Development and Technology,

 

 

 

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair