STAND. COM. REP. NO. 476

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 536, 537, 594

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 536, 537, and 594, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

State Rehabilitation Council

 

G.M. No. 536

JONATHAN CHUN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013;

 

G.M. No. 537

JONATHAN CHUN,

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

 

G.M. No. 594

ANN LEMKE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, work experience, and resumes submitted by the nominees and finds Jonathan Chun and Ann Lemke to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the State Rehabilitation Council.

 

JONATHAN CHUN

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Jonathan Chun from the Department of Human Services.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Chun will provide representation to the State Rehabilitation Council for business and labor and Kauai County.

 

Mr. Chun brings to the Council over thirty years of legal practice experience as an attorney in the public and private sectors.  He is currently the managing partner of Belles Graham Proudfoot Wilson and Chun, LLP, on the island of Kauai.  Mr. Chun's work has included being a volunteer on the Work Force Development Council, representing the County of Kauai.

 

     Your Committee finds that through Mr. Chun's years of work on employment issues in the Hawaii labor market, he brings a wealth of experience and networking possibilities to the Council.

 

ANN LEMKE

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Ann Lemke from the Department of Human Services.

 

     Ms. Lemke is an individual with a lifetime of experience in the employment and independent living of individuals with disabilities, both professionally and personally.  She has been actively involved in the development and running of programs for the independent lives of people with disabilities since 1980.  Ms. Lemke is currently a professor at Windward Community College and is a Disability Specialist and Admissions Coordinator.  She is also the President of the "Anuenue" Chapter of the Hawaii National Federation of the Blind.

 

     Your Committee finds that Ms. Lemke's vast knowledge, education, and work with individuals in a variety of disabilities will be assets to the State Rehabilitation Council.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services 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 Human Services,

 

 

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair