STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1629

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 705

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 705, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

Board of Land and Natural Resources

G.M. No. 705

REED KISHINAMI, for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Reed Kishinami to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Reed Kishinami from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Transfer; RMG Pacific; ITC Water Management, Inc.; Hu‘ehu‘e Ventures, LLC; Pacific Pipe Co.; Polynesian Voyaging Society; and thirteen individuals.

     Reed Kishinami received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Colorado.  He currently serves as a Member/Owner of the Resort Management Group Companies.  Mr. Kishinami previously worked for the PARCON Group; UNIFAB Industries, LLC; Takano Nakamura Landscaping, Inc.; the Hawaii Community Development Authority; Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii; and the State House of Representatives.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oceania Community Health.

     Your Committee notes from the nominee's testimony that he strongly feels that his diverse experience in running a local business and working for a large Hawaii conglomerate and his service on the Hawaii Community Development Authority as a Development Project Manager and Urban Planning Coordinator provide him with a very well rounded background to understand the issues and challenges facing the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  He believes that a positive mindset is very critical to the overall success of any organization and that a combination of creative, cooperative, open-minded thinking can generate great synergy and extraordinary results.  Mr. Kishinami hopes to encourage these basic ideals in the operation and decision making of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.  He believes the Board members are temporary stewards of Hawaii's natural resources and have a fiduciary duty to the current and future generations of Hawaii.

     Testifiers in support of the nominee spoke overwhelmingly of Mr. Kishinami's integrity, hard work ethic, good heartedness, generosity, keenness of intellect, high character, straight forward and no-nonsense style, and dedication to the common good of everyone.  His modesty is evident from what testifiers have said about him, and his resume and personal testimony reflect a quiet, humble personality.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land 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 Water and Land,

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MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair