STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3558

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 906

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 906, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Education Commission of the States

G.M. No. 906

ALAN OSHIMA, 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 Alan Oshima to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Education Commission of the States.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Alan Oshima from the Governor and six individuals.

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Oshima received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Northwestern University.  Mr. Oshima received a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.

     Mr. Oshima is the Executive Vice President of Corporate and Community Advancement of Hawaiian Electric Industries, LLC.  Prior to this, Mr. Oshima was a lawyer in private practice for over thirty years before becoming a Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary with Hawaiian Telcom. 

     Mr. Oshima has a long track record of volunteering his time in support of public education.  Mr. Oshima is the Director of the Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs and was instrumental to the initiative to form a Public School Land Trust to better utilize public school lands.  Mr. Oshima is also the Founder and Chair of Hawaii 3R's, a non-profit organization that uses private and public resources to assist with community efforts to repair, restore, and remodel public school facilities.  In addition, Mr. Oshima serves on the Board of Advisors of The Learning Coalition.

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Oshima's passion and dedication to education make him an excellent choice to serve on the Education Commission of the States.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education 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 Education,

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair