Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 10, 1 October 2018 — OHA TRUSTEE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA TRUSTEE

THE QUESTIONS The Kai Wai Ola urges all voters to take part in the November 6 election. K Kai Wai Ola surveyed the 6 candidates for the OHA At-Largei Trustee seat„

®Question 1 How will your skillsandexperiencesenhancethe policymaking role of the OHA Board of Trustees?

®Question 2 As a trustee how would you fulfillyourfiduciarydutiesand defend OHA's constitutional and statutory obligations to ensure OHA's trust resources are specifically expended to benefit Native Hawaiians?

®Question 3 OHA's 2010-2018 Strategic Plan outlines six strategic priorities to improve the conditions of Native Hawaiians. As this plan comes to a close, what strategic priorities would you suggest be the focus of OHA's next Strategic Plan and why?

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AKANA, ROWENA NOELANI NONPARTISAN AGE: - OCCUPATION: OHA Trustee At-Larqe HOMETOWN: Honolulu, O'ahu E: rowakana@qmail.com P: (808) 377-5391 W: www.rowenaakana.org

1. As the senior Trustee, I have been at the forefront of all of OHA's struggles both here in Hawaii as well as Washington,D.C.ihavehelped to change a Bush Administration Policy on Hawaii's National Guard rnfiirn frrtm return from

active duty to allow our soldiers to remain in the National Guard after being wounded and not beable to go back to their active dutyunits.Prior to this change, these soldiers

were rotated out of the National Guard. I have been instrumental in changing the laws in all the counties in Hawaii to allow Kuleana Land owners to keep their lands by showing their genealogy to prove their families have remained on their ancestral lands since the Great Mahele. The new property tax law now allows these land owners to pay a minimal tax of $100 to $300 and, in some cases, no tax at all. Prior to this, Hawaiians were losing their lands because of high taxes. 2. As a Trustee, it is imperative that we read the Hawaii Revised Statues, Chapter10, whieh explains in detail the responsibilities of eaeh Trustee. I have always advocated for our beneficiaries to make sure that our trust dollars are spent on their needs. Housing, health, education, loans, grants, and lawsuits that force authorities to live up to their responsibilities to Hawaiians. 3. Housing because this is the immediate crisis that Hawaiians face today. You cannot eoneentrate on education or health or anything else if you have no roof over your head and your children have to bathe in public park showers. Further, OHA needs to partner with developers to develop housing that Hawaiians ean afford and begin with rent to own town homes and transitional housing.

LEE, BRENDON KALEIAINA NONPARTISAN AGE: 49 OCCUPATION: Hawaiian Airlines HOMETOWN: Pearl City, O'ahu E: lee4oha@qmail.com P: (808) 220-7835 W: None

1. My life long experience with the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs has given me a well rounded understanding of the issues that are important to our people. Having chaired the policy committee, co-chairing the

planning eommittee for the Association's Constitutional Convention, and now being the Second Vice-President shows my progression in leadership. In 2016 over 125 Native Hawai-

ians eame together from all political ideologies to draft a governing document for a Native Hawaiian Government. As the chair of that body I have proven track record of collaborative leadership that brings opposing sides together and help them to find eommon ground to build on. 2. The key reaching as many Native Hawaiians as possible. Seeking out programs that have the greatest impact to education, health, housing, and eeonomie development and leverage trust resources with those programs ensuring resources are being used on these issues versus to create programs whieh then need to be funded additionally to be implemented. 3. Housing, our people need somewhere to eall home. Poor grades, domestic violence, aleoholism, drug issues, and many other social issues that plague Native Hawaiians ean all be attributed to housing issues. Our best and brightest students are leaving the State for more affordable housing. Education, from preschool to post secondary. Post secondary does not mean just college, we also need support the trades and technical schools. Eeonomie development, Native Hawaiians need to be self sufficient. Health, we continue to lead the state in all areas of chronicdisease. 'Aina, as the State's 13th largest land owner it would be irresponsible to not have a plan on land management. Although the previous strategic plan included culture, I have not. Culture should be inherent in all OHA does, infused in every aspect of our actions.

WAIHEE, JOHN, IV NONPARTISAN AGE: 48 OCCUPATION: OHA At-Larqe Trustee HOMETOWN: Honolulu, O'ahu E: jwaihee@qmail.com P: (808) 595-0999 W: None

1. I believe that being involved in managing the Native Hawaiian Trust Fund for the past 18 years has given me the skills to prudently invest the trust assets. The time I spent as the Chairman of the Committee

on Beneficiary Advocacy and E m p o w e r - ment has also taught me how to affect Public Policy and produced several of OHA's most successful Legislative sessions in terms of Board initia-

tives signed into law. 2. From a political standpoint, I believe that President Obama's 2014 executive order recognizing Native Hawaiians as the aboriginal, indigenous people of the Hawaiian archipelago and our speeial political and trust relationship with the United States, does a good job of protecting the Native Hawaiian Trust and our beneficiary's proprietary interest in it from any anti-Hawaiian type lawsuits. From an administrative standpoint, I believe that it would be prudent to take steps to assure that any action item that comes before the Board is compliant with all policies and laws that pertain to it and that it provides a benefit to Native Hawaiians. To this end, the Board of Trustees should have an attorney that represents them review all action items, and a budget analyst that represents them review all budget proposals. 3. As with OHA's last Strategic Plan, the new one should survey the broadest possible spectrum of the Native Hawaiian community and be developed based on what the most pressing needs are. Having said that, l'd advocate for focusing on housing and employment. Both are essential forany community tothrive.

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HANOHANO, FAYE (PUA) NONPARTISAN AGE: 64 OCCUPATION: House Representative, District 4 HOMETOWN: Hilo, Hawai'i E: None P: (808) 464-5325 W: None

CANDIDATE DID NOT RESPOND.