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The Â鶹´«Ã½ State Senate recently confirmed the appointment of four new members of the effective July 1, 2012, and renewed the appointment of two regents, effective immediately.
The four new members include:
- John C. Dean (Honolulu County, term ends 2017), president and chief executive officer of and Central Pacific Financial Corporation
- Benjamin A. Kudo (At-Large Representative, term ends 2017), chief financial officer and the manager of the land use, administrative and environmental law group of Imanaka Kudo and Fujimoto
- Tom H. Shigemoto (Kauaʻi County, term ends 2017), vice president of planning for , the real estate development division of
- Jeffrey T. Acido (Student Regent, term ends 2014), a graduate student working towards an MA in Asian studies, focusing on the Philippines with a concentration in Ilokano
Members of the board who were renewed are Â鶹´«Ã½ County representatives Carl A. Carlson, Jr. (term ends 2016), founder of Huʻehuʻe Ventures, a real estate consulting and agricultural property management firm, and Barry T. Mizuno (term ends 2013), founder of BTM, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in renewable energy in Â鶹´«Ã½.
Other current members of the UH Board of Regents who are continuing include:
- Eric K. Martinson, Honolulu County (term ends 2014)
- James H.Q. Lee, Honolulu County (term ends 2014)
- Artemio C. Baxa, Maui County (term ends 2013)
- Michael A. Dahilig, At-Large (term ends 2013)
- Chuck Y. Gee, Honolulu County (term ends 2015)
- John C. Holzman, Honolulu County (term ends 2014)
- Coralie Chun Matayoshi, Honolulu County (term ends 2016)
- Saedene Ota, Maui County (term ends 2015)
- Jan Naoe Sullivan, Honolulu County (term ends 2016)