STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1348

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 608

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 608, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

State Foundation on CULTURE and the Arts Commission

G.M. No. 608

BARBARA SAROMINES-GANNE, for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Barbara Saromines-Ganne to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Barbara Saromines-Ganne from the Department of Accounting and General Services; two members of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Commission; PBC Wholesalers, Inc.; Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund; Honorary Consul of France in Honolulu; and seventeen individuals, including administrators and faculty of the University of Hawaii System.

     Barbara Saromines-Ganne is a Professor of Art and Art History at Leeward Community College, where she has taught since 1968, serving as Chair of the Arts and Humanities Division from 1994‑2000, and as the Art Discipline Coordinator for the Arts and Humanities Division since 2004.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History/Sociology from the University of Buffalo and a Master of Arts in Asian Art History from the University of Hawaii.  She has also studied Restoration at the Universita Internazionale dell'Arte in Venice, Italy.  Ms. Saromines-Ganne has led twelve "Great Museums of Europe" study abroad tours and for fourteen years worked as a professional tour manager in Europe for Insight International Tours during summer break periods.  She is active in numerous art‑affiliated activities and previously served as a judge for the State Foundation Acquisitions Committee.

     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