STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1603

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 534

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 534, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Community-Based Economic Development Advisory Council

 

G.M. No. 534

JANE HORIKE,

for a term to expire 06-30-2018,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Ms. Jane Horike to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated for appointment to the Community-Based Economic Development Advisory Council.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the appointment of Ms. Horike from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; County of Hawaii Department of Research and Development; Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council; and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that Ms. Horike has over four decades of experience serving Hawaii's communities in the areas of program administration and technical assistance, including grant writing, funding assessment, and capacity building.  Ms. Horike worked as a Program Specialist for the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council, a non-profit working to combat poverty, where she prepared grant applications, budgets, reports to funding sources, feasibility studies, and self-sustaining agricultural training projects.  She has been a Hawaii County employee since 2000, and currently serves as an Economic Development Specialist in Hawaii County's Research and Development Division where she plans, organizes, researches, and conducts analyses to develop product and industrial expansion programs; and provides grants to non-profits for community economic development.  Ms. Horike received a Bachelor of Business Administration, Economics, and Statistics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     Your Committee further notes that Ms. Horike has had various community economic development successes in her career, including her work to establish a Food Service Program while at the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council.  The Food Service Program grosses over $600,000 annually and feeds an average of 750 people daily.  Ms. Horike's experience and in-depth knowledge of community-based economic development will be an invaluable asset to the council.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology 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, Tourism, and Technology,

 

 

 

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair