Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 1, 1 January 2014 — Games appointment [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Games appointment

Gov. Neil Abercrombie in December appointed Doreen Napua Gomes to represent Maui on the nine-member Hawaiian Homes Commission, the oversight board of the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Gomes, 64, a homesteader from Kula, Maui, is a board member of the Waiohuli Hawaiian Homestead Association and was integral in the development of the Waiohuli Community and Recreational Center, whieh began construction in 2012,

DHHL said in a statement. She is president-elect of the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce and a commissioner for the Maui County

Department of Fire and Puhlie Safety. She served on the Maui Poliee Commission from 2005 to 2010, the last two years as chair. Gomes is a member of

'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu, an advocate for the American Cancer Society and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and has been a Maui County Heahh Volunteer since 2007. She earned an associate's

degree in general studies from the University of Phoenix. Gomes fills the seat left vacant by Perry Artates, who resigned in August. If confirmed by the state Senate, Gomes will serve the rest of Artates' term, ending June 30, 2015.

Doreen Napua Gomes