Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 11, 1 Nowemapa 2011 — A fond farewell [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A fond farewell

n the August issue of Ka Wai Ola, Trustee Boyd Mossman announced that he would be resigning from his position as the Maui

Island Trustee effective Nov. 1, 201 1. He has accepted a eall to serve God with his wife, Maile, as the īemple President and Matron of the Kona Hawai'i īemple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Trustee Mossman graduated from the Kamehameha Schools and went on to the United States Air Force Academy and then to Georce Washin2ton

University Schoolof Law. He served for 15 years as a Maui Circuit Court Judge. Then in 2002 Trustee Mossman was elected to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees as the Maui Island Trustee. Here at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, he has served as my Vice Chair of the Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment Committee from 2004 till 2010. He has been the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees since I became Chairperson in 2010. Trustee Mossman will also be missed throughout the community as he has served on numerous boards. On Maui he helped organize the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is to promote and sustain our Hawaiian culture and to improve the socioeconomic status of Native Hawaiians in business and as individuals. They have been putting on a yearly Business Fest for the past five years. He has also been an active part of Nā 'A'ahuhiwa, the Black Robes, an organization of retired Hawaiian judges, and also the Maui Advisory Committee to the Trustee to solicit input from Hawaiians to the OHA Trustee. Other boards include the Polynesian Culture Center, Bishop Museum, Maui Electric, Nā Kai 'Ewalu Canoe Club, Central Maui Hawaiian Civic Club, Olowalu Cultural Reserve, Maui Eeonomie Opportunity, Kula

Malu Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Trustee Mossman will leave behind many achievements

here at OHA. As the Chair of the Ad hoe committee for ceded lands negotiations, there were agreements that were reached with the State of Hawai'i that led to the creation of significant legislation ensuring that Hawaiians were to receive ceded lands revenues well into the future. For the Island of Maui, he secured grants for numerous organizations to establish critically needed programs for children and to seek and

push for affordable housing for Hawaiians. He was responsible for initiating OHA's first involvement in affordable housing. He created a loeal Maui committee to assist him and recommended to the Board that OHA participate in an actual housing development to provide housing to the homeless and to the working poor in Lahaina, Maui. He urged for a better working relationship with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. This relationship has led to the construction of affordable homes by DHHL for Hawaiians in Leali'i on Maui and in Kona, Hawai'i. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs' land base has improved and expanded with the help of Trustee Mossman. He was instrumental in securing conservation and other lands, such as Waimea Valley on O'ahu, Wao Kele o Puna on Hawai'i Island and lands in Hāna, Maui, to protect them from uncontrolled future development. A heartfelt Mahalo, Trustee Mossman, for your outstanding service to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, those many years as Vice Chair and assisting me with the Committee and the Board. With your years of community experience and involvement you have continually advocated for the betterment of Native Hawaiians. We are grateful for your commitment and selfless achievements in serving the people. ■

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