HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0227.000 2024-2026C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D.
Mayor
William V. Brilhante, Jr.
Managing Director
Merrick Nishimoto
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawaii - Office of the Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • Phone (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawai `i 96740
Phone (808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440
March 27, 2025
Council Chair Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402
Hilo, HI 96720
Re: Nomination of David F. Bruno of Council District 9 to the Board of Ethics.
Aloha Council Chair Inaba and Council Members,
I am pleased to nominate David F. Bruno of Council District 9 to the Board of Ethics.
Mr. Bruno was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Warren, Vermont, where he graduated from
Harwood Union High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and a
Juris Doctor from Seattle University School of Law.
Mr. Bruno has strong familial ties to East Hawaii, where his grandfather, Dr. Theodore Tadashi
Oto, was a physician and founded one of the original Japanese hospitals in the early 1900s. His
mother, Ellen Oto, was born in Hilo in 1932 and became an educator, teaching at Waiakea
Intermediate School. His father served as the Executive Director at Lyman Museum and was a
proud Rotarian and community leader.
With Mr. Bruno's personal commitment to service and community, combined with his extensive
legal experience involving document review projects, including large corporate litigation
recovery requests, he is exceptionally qualified to serve on the Board of Ethics.
If confirmed, Mr. Bruno will replace Ms. Denise Nakanishi and will serve a term ending on
December 31, 2029. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or my office. I
appreciate your consideration and hope for your favorable confirmation.
Mahalo,
ifi lameda
MAYOR Council Action Due By: May 10, 2025
Last Council Meeting: May 7, 2025
County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Comn'-
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Council Chair Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
March 27, 2025
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c: David F. Bruno
Renee N.C. Schoen, Corporation Counsel
Khayla-Lei Pelier, Board Secretary
County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.