STAND. COM. REP. NO. 26

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 114

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Second Special Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 114, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Directors of the Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation

 

G.M. No. 114

RAYMOND SHIGEO ONO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2009,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Testimony in support of Raymond Shigeo Ono was submitted by Mayor Mufi Hannemann of the City and County of Honolulu and the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

 

     Mr. Ono is a resident of Oahu and a Honolulu native.  He graduated from Iolani School in 1972.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1976 and his Masters in Business Administration degree in 1978, both from Willamette University.  He serves on the boards of the Aloha United Way, Boy Scouts of America, First Hawaiian Bank Foundation, Iolani Alumni Association, and the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific.  Mr. Ono is a past board member of St. Francis Medical Center, past vice-chair of the Judicial Salary Commission, and past commissioner of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.  Currently, Mr. Ono serves as Executive Vice President of First Hawaiian Bank.  He has an exceptional reputation in the business community and strong community values that will enable him to significantly contribute to qualified governance on the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Board of Directors.

 

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair