STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3495

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 793

 

 

 

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 No. 793, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Directors of the High Technology Innovation Corporation

 

G.M. No. 793

BERNICE BOWERS,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Bernice Bowers to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Directors of the High Technology Innovation Corporation.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Bernice Bowers from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; High Technology Development Corporation; Enterprise Honolulu; Hawaii Open Data; and one individual.

 

     Bernice Bowers is the Managing Member of Inovi Group LLC, where she is responsible for program management, facilitation of online group spaces for project teaming and federal proposal management for technology companies, technical writing, business support service coordination, and master plan development.  She has nearly thirty years of experience as a senior manager in the fields of business, technology development, and planning in Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Japan.  Ms. Bowers is a graduate of the University of Hawaii with a Master of Arts in Anthropology and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University.  She is active in the Project Management Institute and Princeton Alumni Association, and is the recipient of numerous business and government awards and honors in Hawaii and Asia.

 

     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