Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 2, 1 February 2015 — STRIVING TO THE HIGHEST Aloha mai Kākou, [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STRIVING TO THE HIGHEST Aloha mai Kākou,

ntegrity, innovation and collaboration. It is what we at OHA are striving to achieve. Yes, I know you might be shaking your head. There are many examples where we might not have met the high standards that those words represent. You might think we left you out or maybe didn't perform at the highest level possible. Yes, you might even be disappointed with me, the OHA staff or our trustees. And we respect that, because we exist to serve our beneficiaries and to be pono in the actions we take. We need to be inclusive, strive to the highest and work together while exhibiting aloha. These aren't just Hawaiian values. They are values eommon to all the people of Hawai'i; they are standards we strive every day to reach. One of our organizational goals is innovation. We launched a new OHA.org website in January that we believe is more focused on you, your needs and desires rather than on what we would want to tell you. Along with this website comes more transparency. We have information on how to apply for scholarships, what we're doing in the community or our products and services, but we're also telling you how we're doing. We have adopted the state's framework to report to the public where we stand on our strategic plan and what progress we are or are not making. For more information, visit https://dashboard.hawaii.gov/oha. I believe we are making great strides, but our website and our reporting is designed to allow you to make your own conclusions.

In December, we published our annual report within the pages of Ka Wai Ola, and we gave more information than before on where we stand, where our budget stands and what we spent our money on. But even that comes with its pratfalls. We are discovering that we need to do a better job of reporting our numbers to you, our beneficiaries. Our auditors give our numbers a

critical look and they've given us a elean bill of heahh, and we've historically reported our numbers in the same way we report them to the auditors. But now, we need to find ways to make sure we M report them to you in ways those of us without an accounting K degree will understand.

No one ever said integrity, innovation and collaboration would be easy. But over the past few years, we have set the foundation for a new era at OHA. ;

And that's why I believe our best days are ahead of us. 'O au iho nō me ke aloha a me ka 'oia'i'o, Kamana'opono M. Crabbe, Ph.D. Ka Pouhana/Chief Executive Officer

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