STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1346

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 585, 696

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 Nos. 585 and 696, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

Board of Directors of the Hawai'i Strategic Development Corporation

G.M. No. 585	KEIKI-PUA S. DANCIL, for a term to expire 6-30-2015; and
G.M. No. 696	JON WALLENSTROM, for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Keiki-Pua S. Dancil and Jon Wallenstrom to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Directors of the Hawai‘i Strategic Development Corporation.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Keiki-Pua S. Dancil from the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, High Technology Development Corporation, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Enterprise Honolulu, Oceanit, Puko‘a Scientific, and one individual.

     Keiki-Pua S. Dancil is President of the Hawaii Science and Technology Council and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Science and Technology Institute, both of which are not-for-profit organizations with member companies representing science and technology businesses in Hawaii.  Prior to that, she was Executive Vice President for Synedgen, Inc., and Hawaii Chitopure, Inc., companies focusing on commercial applications of biomaterials, and Director of Research and Development with Trex Enterprises Corporation in Hawaii and California.  Ms. Dancil is a graduate of Santa Clara University, and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.  She is the author of numerous scientific publications and holds several biotechnology patents.  Ms. Dancil is active in professional and community organizations, serving as a Board member of PBS Hawaii and as a Panelist and Participant of the Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate Strategic Planning Committee.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Jon Wallenstrom from the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Pacific Resource Partnership, Vitus Development LLC, and four individuals.

Jon Wallenstrom is the President of Forest City Hawaii, and is responsible for managing Forest City's partnership with the State of Hawaii to develop over 2,300 homes on the Island of Hawaii in a mixed-use, mixed-income project, which will bring approximately $750,000,000 in new development to the State.  The company is also developing two photovoltaic farms designed to add approximately four megawatts of renewable energy on the Hawaii grid, and Mr. Wallenstrom has extensive experience in the development of energy-efficiency projects in Hawaii as well as in the Washington, D.C. and mid-Atlantic areas.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and has won numerous awards in recognition of his design and historic renovation efforts.  Mr. Wallenstrom is an active member of the Honolulu Urban Land Institute District Council, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and the Board of the Honolulu Theatre Center, among other professional and community organizations.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair