Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 8, 1 August 1987 — Mazda Heads County Status of Women [ARTICLE]

Mazda Heads County Status of Women

Cynthia Boerner Mazda, assistant director of intercollegiate athletics and director of women's sports at the University of Hawaii Manoa, has been elected chairperson of the Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women.

The Committee, created īn 1970, acts as an advisory group to the Mayor, City Council and the State Commission on the Status of Women. Its goals include publie recognition of women's contributions; an assessment of the changing status of women; and promotion of equality for both sexes.

Also elected were Bernadette Cabacungan-Senelly, owner of Earthplan, first vice chair; Dr. Meda ChesneyLind, associate professor of women's studies and a researcher at the Youth Development and Research Center, UH, second vice chair; and Barbara Fischlowitz, executive director of the Hawaii Epilepsy Society, third vice chair.

Dr. Alison K. Adams, assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Women's Studies Program, UH, is secretary, and Bee Molina Kooker, personal health appraisal program, Kaiser Permanente, is treasurer.