STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1478

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 579

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 579, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii

 

G.M. No. 579

JOHN C. HOLZMAN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds John C. Holzman to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this nomination from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies; Mediation Center of the Pacific, Inc.; Good Beginnings Alliance; La Pietra; and nine individuals.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     John C. Holzman (Ret), most recently served as Foreign Policy Advisor with the United States Central Command in Tampa, Florida from 2004-2005 and as a Senior Civilian Advisor with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq in 2004.  He previously served as Foreign Policy Advisor with the United States Pacific Command in Honolulu from 2001-2003, as American Ambassador in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 1997-2000, and has over thirty years of diplomatic experience in embassies and United States Department of State facilities throughout the world.  He is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and holds a Master's degree from John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and is the author of several publications on international relations topics.  Mr. Holzman is active as a Senior Mediator with the Mediation Center of the Pacific and previously served as a board member of the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council.

 

     Your Committee discussed a number of issues facing the University with Mr. Holzman, including his views on the University's role in an increasingly competitive global society.  Your Committee has also reviewed Mr. Holzman's responses to questions regarding his motivation as a member of the Board of Regents, his goals and priorities for the University, his views on the University presidential selection process, his suggestions for dealing with the unprecedented budget crisis, and his views on the current ten-campus University of Hawaii System.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair