STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1591

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 759

 

 

 

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. 759, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Hawai'i Community Development Authority (Kalaeloa District)

 

G.M. No. 759

SHIRLEY SWINNEY,

for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Shirley Swinney from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and sixteen individuals.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism testified that Ms. Swinney has previously served for one year as a member of the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

 

     Ms. Swinney is the President and Founder of the Kapolei Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that plans, designs, and implements initiatives by and for Kapolei homestead beneficiaries.  She worked for the Hawaii State Judiciary for over thirty years as a Circuit Court and District Court Clerk, and at First Hawaiian Bank as a teller.

 

     Ms. Swinney is a member of the Malama Learning Center, Special Olympics Hawaii, University of Hawaii West Oahu Ad Hoc Stakeholders Committee, Hoopili Task Force, and Malu‘ohai Residents' Association.  Ms. Swinney's past experience as a Kalaeloa member of the Hawaii Community Development Authority and her professional background will be a valuable resource to the Authority.

 

     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