STAND. COM. REP. 3440

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 170

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 170, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

Board of Directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation

G.M. No. 170

TEENA M. RASMUSSEN,

for a term to expire 06-30-05,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, résumé, and statements submitted by the nominee, and finds the nominee to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the position of nomination.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nominee from the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture, Executive Director of the Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaii Agricultural Research Center, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, and two individuals.

TEENA MARIE RASMUSSEN, with her husband Craig, is the co-owner of a fifty-six acre farm in Kula, Maui called Paradise Flower Farms, Inc. Mrs. Rasmussen is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation and has twenty-seven years of farming experience. She has served on numerous boards in many capacities, including Chair of the Maui Chamber of Commerce, and member of the Maui Economic Development Board, Farm Service Agency State Committee, Hawaii Tropical Flower Council, and Small Business Administration Regional Advisory Board. Mrs. Rasmussen was educated at Washington State University, California State Fullerton, and Chaminade University.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair