JOINT MEETING OF THE

COMMITTEE ON BENEFICIARY ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT (BAE) AND THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE (BF) 

                                               DATE:      Wednesday September 9, 2026

                                               TIME:       2:00 p.m. or immediately following the conclusion of the

OHA Committee on Investment and Land Management (ILM) Meeting

        PLACE:       Remote Meeting by Interactive Conference Technology Viewable at

www.oha.org/livestream OR Listen by phone: (213) 338-8477,

     Webinar ID: 973 0133 8802

This meeting can be viewed via livestream on OHA’s website at www.oha.org/livestream or listened to by phone using the call-in information above. Additionally, this meeting can be viewed live on ʻŌlelo Community Media https://olelo.org/. A physical meeting location, open to members of the public who would like to provide oral testimony or view the meeting, will be available at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817.

AGENDA

    I.          Call to Order

 II.          Approval of Minutes

A.      JOINT BAE-RM Meeting Minutes of October 30, 2024

III.          Unfinished Business - None

IV.          New Business

A.   Discussion on the salary, compensation, terms, rights, and remedies for the permanent position of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Ka Pouhana / Administrator

B.   Update on executive search, number of applicants, and overview of behavioral based interviewing for the permanent position of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Ka Pouhana / Administrator

 V.          Executive Session֍

      A.  Approval of Minutes

1.        JOINT BAE-RM Executive Session Meeting Minutes for October 30, 2024

B.   Discussion on the salary, compensation, terms, rights, and remedies for the permanent position of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Ka Pouhana / Administrator.  The JOINT BAE-BF Committees anticipate going into executive session pursuant to HRS § 92-5(a)(4) to consult with its legal counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities.

C.  Presentation and discussion of the most qualified candidates by competencies and qualifications for the permanent position of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Ka Pouhana / Administrator and on the proposed evaluation/ranking tool and interview questions based on position competencies.  The JOINT BAE-BF Committees anticipate going into executive session pursuant to HRS §92-5(a)(2) to consider the hiring and evaluation of an officer or employee, where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved related to the candidates under consideration.

D.      Discussion and 1) vote to approve interview questions and evaluation tool, and 2) vote to approve a short list of candidates from the pool that the JOINT BAE-BF Committees shall invite for an initial interview for the permanent position of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Ka Pouhana / Administrator.  The JOINT BAE-BF Committees anticipate going into executive session pursuant to HRS §92-5(a)(2) to consider the hiring and evaluation of an officer or employee, where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved related to the candidates under consideration.

VI.          Adjournment

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact Keola Fong at 808-626-5484 or by email at keolaf@oha.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.

֍Notice:  This portion of the meeting will be closed pursuant to HRS § 92-5.

Public Testimony will be called for each agenda item and must be limited to matters listed on the meeting agenda. Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, prohibits Board members from discussing or taking action on matters not listed on the meeting agenda.

The board packet will be available for the public to inspect at OHA’s main office located at 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817 no later than three full business days before the meeting.

The board packet will also be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/bf as soon as practicable thereafter.

In the event that the livestream public broadcast is interrupted and cannot be restored, the meeting may continue as audio-only through the phone number and Webinar ID provided at the beginning of this agenda.

Meeting recordings will be made available on OHA’s website https://www.oha.org/about/leadership/board-of-trustees/ as soon as practicable after the meeting.

Testimony can be provided to the Board of Trustees either as:

(1)  written testimony; or

(2)  live, oral testimony online, by telephone, or at the physical meeting location during the remote meeting.

(1) Persons wishing to provide written testimony on items listed on the agenda should submit testimony via email to botmeetings@oha.org or via postal mail to Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Attn: Board of Trustees Meeting Testimony, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Testimony is requested to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled meeting to allow board members with sufficient time to review the testimony before the meeting.

Please note that all written testimony will be posted on OHA’s meeting website. Please omit or redact any personal information (e.g., name, email address, phone number, home address, or materials) that you do not want to be disclosed publicly online

(2)      Persons wishing to provide oral testimony online during the remote meeting, please use the link below:

Webinar ID: 973 0133 8802

https://zoom.us/j/97301338802

(*if you are unable to link directly, copy and paste in search)

To provide oral testimony online, you will need:

(a)              computer or mobile device to connect to the virtual meeting;

(b)              internet access; and

(c)               a microphone to provide oral testimony.

Persons wishing to provide oral testimony by telephone during the remote meeting may dial the phone number listed at the beginning of this agenda and enter the corresponding Webinar ID. Telephone participants will be able to provide oral testimony during the meeting.

Persons wishing to provide oral testimony at the physical meeting location can sign up the day of the meeting at the physical meeting location.

If you willfully disrupt the meeting, support staff will remove you from the Zoom meeting. You can continue to view the remainder of the meeting on the livestream or by telephone, as provided at the beginning of this agenda.

Oral testimony online, by telephone or at a physical meeting location will be limited to five (5) minutes.