Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 1, 1 January 2004 — Kamehameha CEO [ARTICLE]

Kamehameha CEO

On Dec. 9, Kamehameha Schools appointed the former head of Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i as the schools' chief executive officer, ending a seven-month search to fill the position that was left vacant following the resignation of Hamilton McCubbin, who left amid rumors of misconduct. Dee Jay Mailer, who was chosen out of a pool of 200 potential candidates, will take over the school's top executive position on Jan. 19. "[Mailer] has great integrity and strong values; she has a strong management background and a proven ability to lead a large, eomplex organization," Kamehameha

Board Chair Constance Lau said. "We are delighted to have the benefit of her experience, expertise and character." Mailer was hired by Kaiser in 1991 as assistant manager of its Honolulu elinie, and by the time she left in 1999, she had worked her way up to CEO. She was credited, in part, with leading the organization to national recognition as one of the 10 best health-maintenance organizations in the country. At the time of the Kamehameha announcement, Mailer was serving as chief operating officer for the multibillion-dollar Global Fund trust, whieh is based in Switzerland and helps to fight the global crises of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.