STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3474

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 699, 700, 702, 703, 704, 705

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 699, 700, 702, 703, 704, and 705, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Health Planning Council, Honolulu Subarea

 

G.M. No. 699

JOSEPH BURKE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 700

DEBORAH JUAREZ,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 702

JONAGUSTINE LIM,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

 

G.M. No. 703

ROBERTA LOVELY,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 704

CRAIG NAKAMOTO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016; and

 

G.M. No. 705

LIZA SIMON-TUIOLOSEGA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Joseph Burke, Deborah Juarez, Jonagustine Lim, Roberta Lovely, Craig Nakamoto, and Liza Simon-Tuiolosega to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, Honolulu Subarea.

 

JOSEPH BURKE

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Joseph Burke from the Department of Health and one individual.

 

     Mr. Burke is a District Business Manager for Pfizer/Wyeth and manages twelve sales representatives who cover therapeutic fields ranging from antibiotics to neuroscience.  He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over twenty years and has won Pfizer's President's Recognition Award, presented to the top five percent of district managers across the nation, four times.  Mr. Burke has also worked for various innovative information technology firms such as IBM, ICL/Fujitsu, and Wang Laboratories, Inc., in marketing and sales.

 

DEBORAH JUAREZ

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Deborah Juarez from the Department of Health and four individuals.

 

     Ms. Juarez is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii, College of Pharmacy and has previous experience teaching health policy, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, and cost-effectiveness analysis at the university.  She has a Doctorate in health economics and a Master's degree in public policy with a focus on domestic policy issues and is working on several funded research projects to reduce health disparities among Asians and Pacific Islanders in Hawaii.  Given the knowledge garnered by a breadth of educational and professional experiences, Ms. Juarez will undoubtedly provide much insight to the council.

 

JONAGUSTINE LIM

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Jonagustine Lim from the Department of Health and two individuals.

 

     Mr. Lim is the President of LimPacific, Inc., an information technology company that has provided consulting, management, and computer and networking support services for various agencies and organizations including the Department of Accounting and General Services, University of Hawaii, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China.  Mr. Lim has served on the Health Planning Council for a four-year term and is the current Chair.  Mr. Lim brings expertise in a field that is critical to modern, effective health care for the benefit of the council.

 

ROBERTA LOVELY

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Roberta Lovely from the Department of Health and four individuals.

 

     Ms. Lovely is a Special Projects Administrator for Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii LLC and has worked in the health care industry for over thirty years.  Prior to her current position, she worked for over twenty years at St. Francis Medical Center in various capacities.  She earned her Master's degree in public health and a Bachelor's degree in nursing.  With experience in acute care, intensive care nursing and administration, and hospital administration, Ms. Lovely will be able to provide administrative and practitioner perspectives.

 

CRAIG NAKAMOTO

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Craig Nakamoto from the Department of Health and nine individuals.

 

     Mr. Nakamoto is the Health and Regulatory Counsel for the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and handles compliance, regulatory, privacy, scope of practice, real estate, and facility issues.  He was formerly the Director of Communications for the Hawaii Community Development Authority, an associate with Hisaka Yoshida & Cosgrove, Attorneys at Law, a Law Corporation, and has held various legal counsel or compliance positions with The Queen's Health Systems for over ten years.  Mr. Nakamoto's many years of experience relating to the legal aspects of health care will be of critical service to the council.

 

LIZA SIMON-TUIOLOSEGA

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Liza Simon-Tuiolosega from the Department of Health and two individuals.

 

     Ms. Simon-Tuiolosega is a Media Specialist and Student Support Specialist in the Office of Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity (SEED) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and has more than twenty years of journalistic experience and nearly ten years of government service.  Over the course of her career, she has researched and published several articles on health care as it relates to Native Hawaiians.  Furthermore, she is skilled in building partnerships between the public and government, and her work has garnered several awards, including multiple accolades from the Hawaii Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.  Ms. Simon-Tuiolosega's interest in health care and unique background in journalism will further diversify and benefit the council and its efforts to improve health care in the State.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair