Governor’s Highway Safety Council
Chapter 286-5, HRS, establishes the Hawaii
Highway Safety Council. The Director of Transportation is
designated to serve as its chairperson.
The following or their designated
representatives are members of the Council: the Chief Justice, the
Attorney General, the Director of Health, the Superintendent of
Education, the President of the University of Hawaii, the
chairperson of each of the county highway safety councils
established under section 286-6, and not more than twenty other
persons who are appointed by the Governor on the basis of their
interest in highway safety.
The state Highway Safety Council advises the
Governor on matters relating to the programs and activities of the
State in the field of highway safety.
The members of the Council serve without pay
but are entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses while
attending meetings and while in discharge of their duties.
The Council meets quarterly.
Members of the Council appointed by the
Governor and their terms are:
| Chair |
Barry Fukunaga |
|
| Co-Chair |
Mitchell Roth |
|
| Maui |
Kelvin Dang |
|
| Hawaii |
John Kaizuka |
|
| |
Mitchell Roth |
|
| Kauai |
Claire Sasaki-Lundgren |
(06-30-06) |
| Members |
Jeff Goldsmith |
(06-30-07) |
| |
Leilani Christy Lee |
(06-30-05) |
| |
Carol McNamee |
(06-30-07) |
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Dr. Sidney Rosen |
(06-30-07) |
| |
Major Bryan Wauke |
(06-30-07) |
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Marie Weite |
(06-30-07) |
| |
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| Ex-officio (voting) |
Michael Trotto (Maui
Traffic Safety Council) |
| |
Cheryl Soon (Oahu Traffic
Safety Council) |
| |
Les Kiyabu (For Chief
Justice) |
| |
Sgt. Robert Lung (HPD) |
| |
Donna Maiava (For Director,
Department of Health) |
| |
Wayne Matsuura (For
Attorney General) |
| |
Glenn Ohigashi (For
President, University of Hawaii) |
| |
Lilian Beaufrere (Hawaii
Traffic Safety Council) |
| |
Joanne Swearingen (For
Superintendent of Education) |
County Traffic Safety Councils
County Traffic or Highway Safety Councils
are established in Chapter 286-6, HRS. The respective county
councils make appropriations to meet the necessary expenses of
their respective Traffic or Highway Safety Councils.
The following or their designated
representatives are members of a County Traffic or Highway Safety
Council: the mayor; the chief of police; the prosecuting attorney,
corporation counsel, or county attorney; the traffic engineer,
chairperson of the traffic commission or safety program
coordinator; and not more than fifteen other persons residing in
the county who are appointed by the mayor on the basis of their
interest in highway safety and their knowledge of local
conditions.
The County Traffic or Highway Safety Council
advise the mayor on matters relating to highway safety.
