Green names directors for 14 state departments

Governor-elect Josh Green on Thursday announced nominees to serve as directors or deputy directors for 14 state departments in his cabinet.

“I am assembling a cabinet that will move the state of Hawaii forward and commit to a strong sense of service to the people of Hawaii,” Green said in a statement. “This is a group of high-caliber individuals with strengths in their respective fields. They join together as leaders of Hawaii with an urgency to make change and face our challenges head on.”

Many are of Green’s selections are subject state Senate approval.

Appointments to director of state departments:

— Anne Lopez, attorney general for the Department of the Attorney General;

— Luis Salaveria, director of the Department of Budget and Finance;

— Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara, adjutant general for the Department of Defense;

— Ed Sniffen, director of the Department of Transportation;

— Brenna Hashimoto, director of the Department of Human Resources Development;

— Keith Regan, comptroller for the Department of Accounting and General Services;

— Chris Sadayasu, director of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism;

— Nadine Ando, director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs;

— Jade Butay, director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations;

— Kenneth Fink, director of the Department of Health;

— Cathy Betts, director of the Department of Human Services;

— Jordan Lowe, director of the Department of Law Enforcement;

— Tommy Johnson, director of the Department of Public Safety;

— Gary Suganuma, director of the Department of Taxation.

Appointments to deputy director of state departments:

— Kathy Ho, deputy director for Environmental Health Administration for the Department of Health;

— Sabrina Nasir, deputy director of the Department of Budget and Finance;

— Dane Wicker, deputy director of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism;

— Brigadier Gen. Stephen F. Logan, deputy adjutant general of the Department of Defense;

— Marian Tsuji, deputy director for Behavioral Health of the Department of Health;

— Joseph Campos II, deputy director of the Department of Human Services.

With these announcements, every state department will have an executive in place on Monday, Dec. 5, the day Green is inaugurated.

The chairpersons for Departments of Agriculture, Land and Natural Resources and Hawaiian Home Lands have terms that end Dec. 31. Appointments for those departments will be coming soon.

“This is an incredible group of executives that I am proud to have on my team,” Green said. “ Together they have an enormous depth of knowledge of the state and are committed to leadership values of compassion and collaboration. As we prepare for the Inauguration, I am filled with strength knowing that we are ready to take the state forward in a productive direction to make housing affordable and address the out of control cost of living.”