STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2835

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 575

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 575, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

Health Planning Council, Kauai Subarea

 

G.M. No. 575

KATHLEEN CLARK,

for a term to expire 6-30-2018.

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and resume submitted by the nominee and finds Kathleen Clark to possess the requisite commitment, sincerity, dedication, and qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, Kauai Subarea.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Ms. Clark from the Department of Health; Office of the Mayor, County of Kauai; and Hawaii Pacific Health.

 

     Ms. Clark received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Redlands, Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from California State University, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Program from Grand View College, and Associate's degree in Nursing from Des Moines Area Community College.

 

     Ms. Clark currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wilcox Memorial Hospital, a seventy-one bed acute care facility in Lihue, Kauai.  Prior to joining the Wilcox Memorial Hospital, Ms. Clark worked at the Riverside San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc.; Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; Desert Regional Medical Center; Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital; Mercy Hospital Medical Center; and Story County Hospital.

 

     Your Committee finds that Ms. Clark is an active community leader and shows a deep commitment to the caring and well-being of the people of Kauai.  Ms. Clark serves on the Kauai Rural Health Board, Kauai Economic Development Board, Kauai Chamber of Commerce, and Kauai Filipino Chamber of Commerce.

 

     Your Committee finds that Ms. Clark has over three decades of experience in health care.  Your Committee further finds that Ms. Clark's knowledge, expertise, and experience make her a valuable resource to the Health Planning Council, Kauai Subarea.

 

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

 

 

 

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JOSH GREEN, Chair