STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3211

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 453

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 453, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS)

 

G.M. No. 453

JERRY RAUCKHORST,

for a term to expire 1-1-2014,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Jerry Rauckhorst to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System.

 

     Testimony in support of the nomination of Jerry Rauckhorst was submitted by four individuals.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that for the past fifteen years Jerry Rauckhorst has assisted in implementing and managing comprehensive employee benefit packages for over three hundred employees while serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Charities Hawaii.  Your Committee also finds that Mr. Rauckhorst has the education and experience necessary to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to ensure that the pension earned by State and county employees is managed in a fiscally responsible manner.

 

     Your Committee further finds that Mr. Rauckhorst has a proven and successful track record in strategic planning, organizational development, and finance that can be utilized by the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to assist the Board in achieving its fiduciary responsibilities and overcoming any challenges it may face over the next four years.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor 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 Labor,

 

 

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair