STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1075

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 522

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 522, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Directors of the Hawai'i Housing Finance and Development Corporation

 

G.M. No. 522

LEILANI PULMANO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Leilani Pulmano from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; and nine individuals.

 

     Ms. Pulmano received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Hawaii and serves as a board member of the Lahaina Restoration Foundation.

 

     Ms. Pulmano is a large-scale development project manager with Munekiyo & Hiraga, Inc.  She has worked for Maui Land and Pineapple Company, Inc., and has experience with the finance, planning, and development of residential housing projects, including mixed-use developments in West and Upcountry Maui and affordable housing projects.  Your Committee finds that Ms. Pulmano's experience will provide needed guidance to staff of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation in reviewing project applications and in setting Board policies.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing 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, Government Operations and Housing,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair