STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1654

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 805

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 805, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Council on Revenues

G.M. No. 805

DR. JACK P. SUYDERHOUD, for a term to expire 6-30-2019,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal statement and resume submitted by Jack P. Suyderhoud and had the opportunity to discuss with Dr. Suyderhoud his professional and educational background and goals for serving on the Council on Revenues.

     Your Committee received written testimony in support of Dr. Jack P. Suyderhoud from two individuals.

     Dr. Jack P. Suyderhoud is a professor of business economics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he has also served as Acting Dean of the College of Business Administration and Chairperson of the Decision Sciences Department.  Dr. Suyderhoud previously held instructional positions at San Jose State University, Purdue University, and Eastern Michigan University.  He has also served as executive director of the Tax Review Commission of the State of Hawaii and as a research associate at the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in Washington, D.C.  Dr. Suyderhoud has a Doctorate in Economics and a Master of Science in Economics from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Jamestown.

     Your Committee finds that Dr. Suyderhoud has served with distinction on the Council on Revenues for a total of more than eleven years and is a highly respected economist, educator, researcher, and community leader.  His wealth of knowledge of local, national, and international economic and government affairs is a valuable asset to the Council and to the State.  Estimates prepared by the Council are considered in preparing the state budget and controlling expenditures, and Dr. Suyderhoud's lengthy experience on the Council will help ensure that it accurately and effectively performs its critical duties of preparing revenue estimates for the State for each fiscal year of the six-year state program and financial plan.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair