Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 8, 1 August 1988 — Wilson is New OHA Deputy Administrator; Kahane Appointed Planning Officer; Naea Chun Resigns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Wilson is New OHA Deputy Administrator; Kahane Appointed Planning Officer; Naea Chun Resigns

A promotion, a resignation and an appointment are among the latest staff movements in the Honolulu office of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Martin O. Wilson, who has served as OHA's Administrative Services Officer since the agency opened its doors in January, 1980, has been promoted to Deputy Administrator for Programs. In announcing the appointment, OHA Administrator Kamaki A. Kanahele III said that Wilson will be his second in command and will assume the administrator's duties in the event of his absence. Dr. Joyce D. Kahane, a researcher at the Legislative Reference Bureau and an instructor for several years at Chaminade University, is the new appointment as planning officer. She succeeds the long departed Wendy Roylo Hee who is currently with the Queen's Medical Center. The management staff resignation is that of Cultural Officer Maleolm Naea Chun, effective Aug. 15. Coincidentally, his secretary, Patrice (Patches) McCauley resigned the day before to take up residency on Maui. The departure of Chun leaves the OHA staff with just five who speak Hawaiian, four on O'ahu and one on Maui. They are Administrator Kamaki A. Kanahele III, Education Officer Rona Rodenhurst, Andrew K. Enos and Ka Wai Ola O OHA Editor Kenny Haina, all of O'ahu. The Hawaiianspeaking Maui staffer is Stanley Ki'ope Raymond who also has his own Hawaiian radio show. Wilson's newest responsibilities will be the eoordination and direction of OHA's five program divisions: Health and Human Services; Cultural Affairs; Land and Natural Resources; Eeonomie Development; and Education. His responsibilities as ASO included budget preparation, accounting, the annual audit, eontracts and personnel. He was the first staff member hired by the OHA Board of Trustees. During the 1978 Constitutional Convention, Wilson served as staff to the Hawaiian Affairs Committee whieh drafted the constitutional amendment creating the agency.

He served as a Senate budget analyst and was a researcher with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the State Senate. Wilson, who was born at Waimea, Kaua'i, received an A. A. degree from Kaua'i Community College in 1972 and a bachelor of arts in poliheal science from the University of Hawai'i in 1975. Dr. Kahane, who received her Ph.D. and Master's degrees in anthropology from UH Manoa, also holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Tufts University, Mass. Her responsibilities at the agency include providing comprehensive planning services to OHA offices and divisions; collecting, analyzing and maintaining information relating to Hawaiians and native Hawaiians; researching and analyzing policies and public issue statements; and grants management and development. She says of her appointment: "I feel very fortu-

nate to be appx>inted OHA's Planning Officer, and very privileged to have the opportunity to work at such an important and meaningful organization, to help serve the Hawaiian community." Hirings on the secretarial front include Jennifer Chiwa, Public Information Division; Karen Reed, Planning and Research; Yuki Linda Kaneshiro, Culture; and Diane Lindsey, Health and Human Services. In another personnel note, Community Resource Specialists (CRS) are now known as OHA Liaisons. OHA's summer intern is Jobie Masagatani, a granddaughter of recently retired Hulihe'e Palaee Curator Lei Collins. She is doing research in Dr. Kahane's Planning Division. Masagatani, a 1982 graduate of Kamehameha Schools, is studying for her Master's degree in Public Affairs at Princeton University, N. J.

Martin O. Wilson

Dr. Joyce D. Kahane