STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3431

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 663

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 663, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Health Planning Council, Kauai Subarea

 

G.M. No. 663

ORIANNA SKOMOROCH,

for a term to expire 6-30-2018.

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and resume submitted by the nominee and finds Orianna Skomoroch to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, Kauai Subarea.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Orianna Skomoroch from the Department of Health.

 

     Ms. Skomoroch received a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from DePaul University, Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola University, and Associate of Arts degree from Kendall College.

 

     Ms. Skomoroch currently serves as the Interim Chief Executive Officer for Orrie's Executive Management Services, LLC.  Prior to this position, Ms. Skomoroch served as the Kauai Regional Chief Executive Officer for Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and Administrator for Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital and Samuel Mahelona Hospital.  In addition, Ms. Skomoroch opened all three of the West Kauai Clinics in Waimea, Hanapepe, and Kalaheo.

 

     Ms. Skomoroch is active in the community, serving on the Hale Opio Kauai, Inc. Board of Directors and Kauai Humane Society Board of Directors.  Previously, Ms. Skomoroch served on the Kauai Primary Health Committee; American Heart Association Board of Directors; American Hospital Association, Governing Council for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Board of Directors; Roselani Place Assisted Living Center Board of Directors; West Kauai Community Development Corporation Board of Directors; and Kauai County Subarea Health Planning Council.

 

     With over thirty-five years of experience in the healthcare industry, your Committee finds that Ms. Skomoroch will be a great asset to the Health Planning Council, Kauai Subarea.

 

     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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JOSH GREEN, Chair