{"id":6689,"date":"2012-05-18T08:46:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T18:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=6689"},"modified":"2021-12-10T12:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T22:13:05","slug":"new-board-of-regents-members-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/05\/18\/new-board-of-regents-members-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"New Board of Regents members sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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New Regents Benjamin Kudo, John Dean and Tom Shigemoto were sworn in at a recent UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents meeting with reappointed Regent Carl Carlson (second from left).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three new members of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Board of Regents<\/a> were sworn in at the board’s monthly meeting held May 17 at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

John Dean<\/strong>, Benjamin Kudo<\/strong> and Tom Shigemoto<\/strong> will begin their terms as regents on July 1. A fourth incoming regent, Jeffrey Acido<\/strong>, will be sworn in at a later date. His term also begins on July 1.<\/p>\n

Dean, representing Honolulu County, is president and chief executive officer of Central Pacific Bank and Central Pacific Financial Corporation.<\/p>\n

Kudo, an at-large representative, is an attorney and the chief financial officer and manager of the land use, administrative and environmental law group of Imanaka Kudo and Fujimoto.<\/p>\n

Shigemoto, representing Kauaʻi<\/span> County, is vice president of planning for A&B Properties, Inc., the real estate development division of Alexander and Baldwin, Inc.<\/p>\n

Acido is the student regent and is a graduate student working towards an MA<\/abbr> in Asian studies, focusing on the Philippines, with a concentration in Ilokano.<\/p>\n

Outgoing regents honored<\/h2>\n
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Outgoing Regents Ramon de la Pena, Teena Rasmussen and Dennis Hirota were recognized for their service. Not pictured is outgoing student Regent Matthew Williams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The board also recognized members whose terms are ending June 30. Outgoing regents honored included Ramón de la Peña<\/strong>, Dennis Hirota<\/strong>, Teena Rasmussen<\/strong> and Matthew Williams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

de la Peña, a retired UH<\/abbr> Mānoa professor and agronomist, has represented Kauaʻi<\/span> County on the Board of Regents since 2004.<\/p>\n

Hirota joined the Board of Regents in 2008 representing Honolulu County. He is the president of Sam Hirota, Inc., a 45-year-old civil engineering and surveying consulting company.<\/p>\n

A regent since 2008, Rasmussen is coordinator of the Office of Economic Development for Maui and is involved with her family-owned company, Paradise Flower Farms.<\/p>\n

Williams, who currently holds the student seat on the board, is a graduate with an MS<\/abbr> in nursing and an MBA<\/abbr> from UH<\/abbr> Mānoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New members of the UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents were sworn in and outgoing members were honored at the May board meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,28],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-6689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-governance","tag-board-of-regents","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t