HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-10-16 Bus Transport Veteran to Head County Mass Transit Agency -- press release (2)
Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai‘i
Office of the Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 (808) 961-8211 Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740
(808) 323-4444 Fax (808) 323-4440
October 16, 2018
NEWS RELEASE
Bus Transportation Veteran to Head County Mass Transit Agency
Mayor Harry Kim has announced that bus transportation veteran Brenda Carreira will be
the new County of Hawai'i Mass Transit Agency Administrator, effective
November 1, 2018.
Carreira has served as the Operations Manager for Roberts Hawai‘i Tours in Hilo since
2012, and was Kona Operations Manager for Polynesian Adventures from 2005 to
2012. Carreira, a 1984 graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the
University of Hawai‘i and St. Joseph’s School in Hilo, was a County of Hawai‘i Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney.
“Ms. Carreira has a solid grounding in mass transit in the private sector, and has also
worked closely with our current Mass Transit staff,” said Mayor Kim. He noted that
Polynesian Adventures, where Carreira worked earlier, contracts with the County for
bus drivers.
“This is a challenging position, and I believe that Ms. Carreira will be up to it,” the Mayor
said.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.