Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 8, 1 August 1993 — Pacific lslanders in Communications gets new poʻo [ARTICLE]

Pacific lslanders in Communications gets new poʻo

The Board of Directors of Pacific Islanders in Communications has selected Lurline Wailana McGregor as its executive director. McGregor, who stepped down from the position on the board of directors of PIC, will head the national office in Honolulu. McGregor is an independent video producer in Hawai'i who has produced programs that have been broadcast on Hawai'i commereial and public television and national public radio. She also served as Assistant Director of Hui Na'auao, a community-based Hawaiian sovereignty education project, and prior to that was a professional staff member for native Hawaiian issues on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on lndian Affairs in Washington D.C., chaired by Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D.H). Included in the mission of Pacific Islanders in Communication are goals to increase the number of indigenous Pacific Islanders in television and film media; increase the amount of television programming produced by and about Pacific Islanders; and enhanee awareness of Pacific Islanders. As one of five national consortia funded by the foundation for Pubic Broadcasting, Pacific Islanders in Communicafions receives an annual federal grant that is used for training, production grants, and other activities that will increase the amounī of programming by and about Pacific Islanders on national public radio.