Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 7, 1 Iulai 2010 — faces of OHA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs would like to congratulate the newly hired or promoted members of our 'ohana.

Everett Ohta Everett joins OHA as a Compliance Specialist under the Advocacy Line of Business. He is responsible for providing comments on various permit applications and works on specific advocacy initiatives on issues of eoneem to our beneficiaries. Prior to coming to OHA, Everett worked as a law clerk to the Honorable Bert I. Ayabe and the Honorable Eden E. Hifo (ret.) at the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai'i. He also serves as the Vice President of theWilliamS. Richardson SchoolofLawAlumni Association. PamelaTorres Pamela was hired as a Procurement Counselor for the Hawai'i Procurement īeehnieal Assistance Center. She is responsible for assisting clients who want to contract with the Federal, State or City governments. Prior to coming to OHA, Pamela worked for the federal government and has more than 24 years of experience in contracting. She is also a Certified Procurement Contract Manager and has served as the Chair of the Hawai'i State Procurement Policy Board. Jeffrey Kent Jeffrey joins OHA as a Policy Analyst under the Advocacy Line of Business. His responsibilities include examining issues in puhlie benefits, housing, natural resources and alternative energy. Prior to OHA, Jeffrey worked as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i covering puhlie benefits, foreclosure and consumer issues. He is also a member of the Hawai'i State Bar Associations' Young Lawyers Division and its Leadership Institute.

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