STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3504

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 871

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 871, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Hawai‘i Sister State Committee

G.M. No. 871

THANH LO SANANIKONE, for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Thanh Lo Sananikone to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Hawai‘i Sister State Committee.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Thanh Lo Sananikone from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and East-West Center.

     Thanh Lo Sananikone received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and microbiology and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  She is currently Managing Director of Pacific Management Resources (PacMar), an international multi-disciplinary consulting firm providing business and project planning advisory services to promote economic development and growth throughout the Asia-Pacific regions.  PacMar seeks innovative ways to turn project and business concepts into viable enterprises and seeks to identify and devise strategies to overcome impediments to business success.

     In addition to being a well-known business management consultant, in 1985, Ms. Sananikone helped found the Mutual Assistance Associations Center, a nonprofit community-based organization serving a wide range of refugees and immigrants from Southeast Asia and Samoa.  She also presently serves on the Hawaii State Sister Committee and is on the board of directors of numerous non-profit and community organizations engaged in international trade and humanitarian efforts.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs 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 Transportation and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair