Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 2, 1 February 2008 — New OHA leadership [ARTICLE]

New OHA leadership

Walter Heen was unanimously elected 6-0 as Vice Chair of OHA's Board of Trustees at the Board's lan. 3 meeting. Heen, who abstained from the vote, fills the position vacated by Trustee lohn Waihe'e IV, who

asked to step down. In a letter to colleagues, Waihe'e said he remains "steadfastly committed to the mission and leadership of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs." Also at the lan. 3 meeting, Chairperson Haunani Apoliona appointed Tmstee Robert Lindsey as Vice Chair of the Asset and Resource Management Coimnittee. Lindsey replaces Trustee Rowena Akana, who resigned the vice chairmanship. Waihe'e and Akana remain on the nine-member Board.