STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3497

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 869, 870

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. 869 and 870, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

King Kamehameha Celebration Commission

G.M. No. 869	LINDA CHOCK, for a term to expire 6-30-2016; and
G.M. No. 870	JEANETTE NAHINU, 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 Linda Chock and Jeanette Nahinu to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Linda Chock from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Ahahui Ka‘ahumanu Chapter I of Hawaii, E Noa Corporation, and nine individuals.

     Linda Chock is a Supervisor for Pleasant Holidays at Aulani Disney Resort and has over thirty-five years of experience in the visitor and convention industry in Hawaii.  She attended the University of Hawaii and is a graduate of the Travel Institute, Wellesley, Massachusetts.  Ms. Chock is active in many professional, community, and civic organizations, including state and national chapters of the American Society Association Executives and the Travel and Tourism Research Association, and as a member of Daughters of Hawaii and the Benevolent Royal Society of the Ahahui Ka‘ahumanu.  She represents Ahahui Ka‘ahumanu on the Commission.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Jeanette Nahinu from the Department of Accounting and General Services and three individuals.

     Jeanette Nahinu works with the children of Hawaii as a Kupuna for the Department of Education's Kapolei Elementary School, where she shares her life-long interest and knowledge of Hawaiian history and genealogy.  She has also been active in the Kupuna program at Waimanalo Elementary and Jefferson Elementary schools.  She is Recording Secretary for the Royal Society Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors, and participates in the King Kamehameha Day parade, Prince Kuhio Day parade, and observances at Mauna Ala Cemetery in Nuuanu.  Ms. Nahinu represents the Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors on the Commission.

     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