Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 7, 1 July 2014 — AKANA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AKANA.

Rowena M.N. BF Honolulu, O'ahu HS Roosevelt CR Niu Valley, O'ahu K: O'ahu, Hawai'i

1. As a veteran OHA Trustee with nearly 25 years of experienee serving on the board, the answer to this guestion is simple: lt isalways prudent to revisit OHA board policies every three to four years to ensure they are still relevant with our goals and priorities and to make changes when necessary. 2.The institutional knowledge I bring to OHA as the longestserving Trustee allows me to provide the board with mueh needed context regarding the many issues that we continue to face. My decades of experience working with 0HA's many investment managers allows me to serve as a steadfast and knowledgeable steward of 0HA's Trust assets. When I was first elected in 1990, OHA was struggling just to exist. OHA had very little money in the Native Hawaiian Trust Fund, no land assets, OHA Trustees received no salaries and OHA was in the midst of contentious negotiations with the state on receiving its fair share of ceded land revenues. After OHA finally received its first settlement of $129 million, we prudently invested it in the stock market and by the year 2000, 0HA's Trust Fund had grown to $400 million.