Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 18, Number 10, 1 October 2001 — Clayton Hee gets nod to lead OHA Board of Trustees [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Clayton Hee gets nod to lead OHA Board of Trustees

| By Ryan Mielke

Thirteen days after the Hawai'i Supreme Court's decision in The Ojfice of Hawaiian Affairs vs. State of Hawai'i, OHA trustees on Sept. 25 voted for a new leader to navi-

gate a course of action — Trustee Clayton Hee. The selection of Hee to the board's top post was by a 5-3 majority, with Trustee Donald Cataluna absent due to illness.

Voting in support of Trustee Hee were Trustees John Waihe'e IV, Charles Ota, Rowena Akana, Linda Dela Cruz, and Hee.

Trustee Akana was voted by trustees to the vice chair seat. While the vote for Hee ushered in an obvious shift in support away from Trustee Haunani Apoliona, both Waihe'e and Dela Cruz said it was the leadership ability of Hee at times of crisis and his abilit> to work with the State Legjslature and the governor at a time pfcrisis that won him theirsupport. t "I think that ;right now we're in a 5 real terrible cnsis," said Waihe'e, "even worse than Rice or Barrett. t There are great wartime leaders and there are great peacetime leaders, f and I think we're in crisis and 1 just believe thal Trustee Hee is a better wartime leader." ■

u There are great wartime leaders and there are great peaeetime leaders , and I think we're in crisis and I just believe that Trustee Hee is a better wartime leader. — Trustee Waihe'e JJ

NEW CHAIRMAN

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