Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 9, 1 September 2007 — WHO'S WHO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHO'S WHO

| Choirmon Miehoel Lilly Republican. Partner in Ning, Lilly and Jones. Former Hawai'i Attorney General during Ariyoshi administration. He is also a former

president of the Hawai'i Bar Association and served in the Navy. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Staff Director Ken Marcus has said he believes Lilly opposes the Akaka Bill, but Lilly is not saying. A recent Honolulu Star-Bulletin editorial reported that Lilly regretted writing a disparaging limerick about a Native Hawaiian defendant. The controversy eame in response to an aeeusation by the late attorney David Schutter that claimed in 1995 that Lilly was a "racist," an allegation that Lilly denies.

Robbie Alm Hawaiian Electric senior vice president. Also chairman of the Hawai'i Justice Foundation Board, whieh allocates money for nonprofit legal

representation in state. Former director of the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Daphne Barbee-Wooten Democrat. Attorney, former member of the Hawai'i State Advisory Committee, 1989-1995, and a U.S. Eaual Employ-

ment Opportunity litigator from 1995 to 2001.

Jennifer Benck Republiean. Attorney in Carlsmith Ball LLP and works in the firm's real property, land use, hospitality and project

finance section. Though she doesn't list it on her resume, she worked for anti-Hawaiian-program litigators H. William Burgess and the late Patrick Hanifin, work she reportedly described on her Hawai'i Advisory Committee application as related to legal issues of civil rights and Hawaiian sovereignty.

H. William Burgess Republican. Lead attorney in the Arakaki v. Lingle case, now trying to get five non-Hawai-ian clients including

Thurston Twigg-Smith to sign up for Kau Inoa (see story on page 6). The Honolulu Advertiser has reported that Burgess is also legal counsel for the Grassroot Institute of Hawai'i. Founder of Aloha for All, whieh opposes the Akaka Bill.

Vernon Char Independent. Partner in Char, Sakamoto, Ishii, Lum and Ching and former Hawai'i Deputy Attorney General under Ari-

yoshi. He is Iisted as a charter member of the Hawaiian Ultra Running Team (HURT), formed in 1991. Other members include Bill and Sandra Burgess. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted him as being undecided on the Akaka Bill.

Linda Colburn Democrat. President, Where Work Talks, whieh provides technical assistance to nonprofits; former OHA administrator and deputy administrator.

Rubellite Johnson. Republican. Retired UH professor of Hawaiian language and

literature. She lists current membership in Aloha For All. She is also a member of Society of Mayflower Descendants. Spoke

against the Akaka Bill at Heritage Foundation Forum. Submitted letter of opposition to the Akaka Bill to the USCCR prior to the January 2006 briefing in Washington. She also signed the online petition against the Akaka Bill.

James Kuroiwa Republiean. Director, Hawai'i Laborers Employers Cooperation Educational Trust. He is currently board member of Laborers Union Loeal

368. Former ehainnan of Republican Party of Hawai'i. Named plaintiff in Amkaki v. Lingle challenging the constitutionality of OHA and DHHL. (Burgess is lead attorney).

Thomas J. MacDonald Republican. Member of Aloha for All, and lists himself as having experience advocating for Aloha for All. He is a member of the Board of

Scholars for Grassroot Institute of Hawai'i, a former president/ CEO of the Hawaiian Trust Company and served as President/CEO of Bishop Trust Company. Author of many letters opposed to the Akaka Bill.

Paul Sullivan Independent. Attorney for Navy Region Hawai'i. Author of 2002 article against the Akaka Bill and 2006 eall for reconsideration of the

American Bar Association resolution on the Akaka Bill. No civil rights experienee or activities apart from opposition to Akaka Bill. Testified against original Akaka Bill in 2000. Signed petition against the Akaka Bill.

Wayne īanna Democrat. Accounting professor at Chaminade University. Served for ten years on the board of the Hawai'i Disability Rights Center. Teaches

Dusiness iaw. ierves on the national NCAA Minorities Opportunities and Interests Committee and is his university's Title IX eomplianee officer.

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