Chancellor appoints members of A.D. Search Advisory Committee
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Posted: Aug 23, 2012
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Chancellor Tom Apple has formed a Search Advisory Committee to select a new Athletics Director. Howard Karr, former chair of the UH Board of Regents, will co-chair the committee with Norm Chow, UH football head coach.
Other committee members are:
· Keith Amemiya, Executive Administrator and Secretary, UH Board of Regents
· Laura Beeman, Head Coach, Women’s Basketball, UH Mānoa
· Bob Harrison, CEO and President, First Hawaiian Bank
· Peter Ho, Chairman, President and CEO, Bank of Hawai‘i
· Bonnyjean Manini, Chair, UH Mānoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee
· Mike McCartney, President and CEO, Hawai‘i Tourism Authority
· Diane Nakashima, APT representative, UH Mānoa
· Peter Nicholson, Faculty Athletics Representative, UH Mānoa
· Mark Polivka, Chairman, ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue
· Teena Rasmussen, Regent Emerita, UH Board of Regents
· David Shoji, Head Coach, Women’s Volleyball, UH Mānoa
· Student athlete representative – to be named
Said Chancellor Apple, “We thank this stellar group of leaders for volunteering their time to find the right person to become Athletics Director, as we embark on a new level of competition in football as part of the Mountain West, and all other sports as part of the Big West.”
The committee will decide whether to employ a search firm.
While the search is under way, University of Hawaii Vice President Rockne Freitas will continue in his role as acting Athletics Director.