STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3493

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 520, 521

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 520 and 521, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

Small Business Regulatory Review Board

G.M. No. 520	CHU LAN SHUBERT-KWOCK, for a term to expire 6-30-2016; and
G.M. No. 521	HOWARD WEST, for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock and Howard West to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock from the Small Business Regulatory Review Board; Guardian Escrow Services, Inc.; Lung Kong Physical Culture Club; Herbert Chock & Associates, Inc.; Alice Nakamoto & Associates; and one individual.

     Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock is the Vice President of Finance and Chief Fundraiser for OCA (Organization of Chinese Americans) National Center, an organization founded in 1973, with over eighty chapters nationwide dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic wellbeing of Asian Pacific Americans.  She is also President of CLSK, Inc., a mortgage and real estate business licensed in Hawaii since 1980, President and Founder of the Chinatown Business and Community Association, Honolulu, and President of the Association of Peoples from South East Asia Nations.  Ms. Shubert-Kwok is a graduate of the University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts and attended graduate school in Australia.  She is active in many community organizations, including the Hawaii Dragon Boat Foundation, the Kalihi YMCA, and KICKStart, a program for at-risk teens.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Howard West from the Small Business Regulatory Review Board; 50th State Management Corporation; Grace Pacific Corporation; Environmental Science International, Inc.; Mid Pac Petroleum, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel; Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation; and one individual.

     Howard West is the Executive Vice President and a founding member of Environmental Science International (ESI), where he is responsible for technical oversight and direction for all ESI projects.  He has over twenty years of professional experience, and prior to the formation of ESI, Dr. West was the Technical Director of a small environmental consulting firm in Hawaii, and a faculty member at the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Geology and Geophysics from Rice University, Houston, Texas, and undergraduate and graduate degrees in geology and geophysics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Dr. West is active in a wide range of professional and community organizations and has published extensively in his fields of expertise.

     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