Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 14, Number 7, 1 July 1997 — OHA looks for new administrator [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA looks for new administrator

The Board of Trustees of OHA have 1 launched a search for a new administrator. The BOT voted June 9 to terminate Linda Colburn as administrator. Her contract had expired at the end of last year. Sesnita Moepono, who's been deputy administrator for operations, has been appointed acting administrator while the board conducts its search whieh is expected to be comDleted earlv

in July. Colburn had been with OHA for eight years — as eeonomie officer, deputy administrator and as administrator. The board decided to advertise for a new administrator rather than renew Colburn's contract.

Colburn has since been hired by the state to facilitate the settle- [ ment agreement reached through federal district court in the Felix versus Waihee case. That settlement involved the state's need to provide educational and mental

health services to ehildren and adolescents who need them. "We wish Linda well, and appreciate her contributions to OHA," said Board Chairman Clayton Hee, "but we are ready to move in new directions." Application deadline for the administrator's position was June 18. Interviews were held at the end of June.

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