Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 10, 1 October 2006 — DANTE KEALA CARPENTER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DANTE KEALA CARPENTER

Dante Keala Carpenter is a trustee, elected statewide, forthe O'ahu seat of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs

2002-2006. He's also: • A founding member of the Ka'ū Hawaiian Civic Club, former administrator and interim trustee for OHA ... and an elected delegate to the Native Hawaiian Convention ('Aha Hawai'i 'Ōiwi); • A veteran of the United States Navy and retired lieutenant commander ... graduate, U. S. Merchant Marine Academy; • A meehanieal engineer with over 25 years experience in the Hawaiian sugar industry. You may recall that: • As a state senator, he authored the generic drug law to lower your cost of prescription drugs and initiated the "good Samaritan" bill that helped create the Hawai'i Food Bank to feed the homeless and hungry, whieh 49 other states followed soon after; • As Big Island mayor, faced with the demise of the sugar industry, his West Hawai 'i Eeonomie Development Plan created over 9,000 new jobs as well as new revenues for Hawai'i County; • As administrator for OHA, he worked with 'Aha Pūnana Leo to acquire the first Hawaiian immersion school in Kea'au, served as an interim trustee in 2000, and helped develop the OHA 2002-2007 strategic plan for policy. He presently serves as chairman of the Assets and Resource Management Committee of the OHA Board of Trustees. Priorities are to diligently monitor revenue sources and investments.

etc. Further, to assure appropriate expenditures meet fiduciary responsibility and integrity of trust duties and obligations to beneficiaries. Married over 48 years to the former Olan Peltier. They have four children and eleven grandchildren, one great-grandchild. Fhs ehildren are: • Dante Kealalani - Kamehameha '76; UHHilo, B.S„ business; retail specialist (NeimanMarcus, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.) • Carla Carpenter-Kabalis - Kamehameha '78; UH-Hilo, B.A.; elderly services, Hawai'i; UH Hilo women's volleyball eoaeh. • Darren Hokuao - Kamehameha '78; LIH Mānoa, B.S„ civil engineering, M.A., P.E.; Lt. Col„ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Iraq duty. • Dee-Ann Carpenter-Yoshino, MD. - St. Joseph High School; LIH Mānoa, B.A.; John A. Burns School of Medicine; - physician (internal medicine). Goals for OHA in the future: • Continue land acquisition for cultural, business and home development. • Rebuild a nation through self-determina-tion. • To assure a positive legacy for the children. • Resolve the state's debt to OHA. • Resolve home construction and financing. • Boost education foundation programs. • Boost cultural programs and language. • Boost heahh and human services. • Bring OHA to the communities. Community-active ... committed to working responsibly for Hawaiians ... and a lifetime Democrat. Mahalo for your continued support! Please re-elect Dante Keala Carpenter - trustee (O'ahu seat).

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