STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1632

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 794

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 794, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Kaneohe Bay Regional Council

 

G.M. No. 794

JUDITH LEMUS,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Judith Lemus to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Judith Lemus from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, and Paepae o Heeia.

 

     Judith Lemus received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of California at Los Angeles, a Master's degree in Biology from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Southern California.  She is currently an Associate Specialist at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa.  She also served as a Marine Advisory Program Leader for the University of Southern California Sea Grant Program, as well as a Science Specialist in the Program.  The nominee created and instructed a course entitled, "The Role of Marine Protected Areas in Ecosystem Based Management" at the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology.

 

     Your Committee notes the nominee's own words from her personal statement, "Through my interaction and collaboration with colleagues, I will be able to offer perspectives on biological, chemical and physical processes and interactions that contribute to the healthy functioning of the ecosystem.  Within my own work, for the past five years I have been collaborating with community organizations in Kaneohe Bay to help extend science research information to Kaneohe Bay residents."

 

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

 

 

 

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MALAMA SOLOMON, Chair