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From: Claudia Rohr [cloud@hilo.net] <br /> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:39 AM <br /> To: Higa, Stacy; Safarik, Gary; counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: attach to other email concerning Bill 356 <br /> Donald Cataluna <br /> Trustee, Kauai & Niihau, Four-Year Term <br /> Aide: Bobbi Ray <mailto:bobbir@oha.org?subject=Message%20from%20visitor%20to%20OHA.org> <br /> <http pwww oho orglllbrarylimageslCatalunaNewWeb ipg>Education <br /> Koloa School <br /> Kauai High School <br /> 1960 B. S. Degree, University of Hawaii <br /> 1962 Management Trainee, Hawaiian Sugar Industry <br /> Master of Business Enterprise Certificate <br /> 1979 Quality Circles (Facilitator) <br /> Business Experience <br /> 1976 - 1979 Vice President and Manager, Kilauea Agronomics, Inc. <br /> 1979 - 1987 Vice President and Manager, Wailuku Agri-business <br /> 1987 - 1990 Vice President and Manager, Olokele Sugar Company <br /> 1990 - 1993 CEO and President, Hilo Coast Processing Company, President, Mauna Kea Agri-business <br /> 1993 - 1996 Project Manager and EDA Grants Administrator on contract with the County of Kauai <br /> 1996 - 2000 Kauai Community College Instructor of Management, Business and Economics <br /> January 2000 -Trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs- Appointed by Governor Cayetano as Interim Trustee for Kauai <br /> and Niihau <br /> November 2000 -Elected Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee for Kauai and Niihau <br /> Community Activities <br /> 1969 Awarded Maui Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Man of the Year for community work <br /> 1980 - 1986 Commissioner, Maui Police Commission <br /> 1986 Chairman, Maui Kanyaku Imin Monument Committee. Obtained $50,000 through donations for a monument <br /> 1986 Chairman, Wailuku Community Center Advisory Committee. Selected four-acre site, negotiated transfer of land title <br /> <br /> to County and secured $1 million from the State of Hawaii and matching funds from the County of Maui <br /> 1993 Helped Pepeekeo Community Association strategize and organize to obtain $1 million from the State of Hawaii and <br /> <br /> $1 million from the County of Hawaii for a neighborhood center and athletic field. <br /> 1996 Secured a site and funding for a Kauai Children's Discovery Museum and funds for St. Raphael's multi-purpose <br /> <br /> building through various fund-raising events. <br /> 1 <br /> <br />