Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans

Oversight Field Hearing at the East-West Center
on the campus of the University of Hawaii
Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
in the Keoni Auditorium, 1st Floor
1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii
10:00 a.m.

AGENDA

Oversight Field Hearing on the Serious Growing Problem
of Invasive Species in the Hawaiian Archipelago

PANEL I

Mr. David J. Wesley
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Mr. Timothy R.E. Keeney
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Ms. Linda L. Smith
Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Linda Lingle
State of Hawaii
*accompanied by Peter T. Young, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

Ms. Carol Russell
State Operations Support Officer
for APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine Program in Hawaii
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Department of Agriculture

PANEL II

Mr. Steve Coles
Researcher
Bishop Museum

Dr. Celia Smith
Professor, Botany Department
University of Hawaii

Dr. Cynthia L. Hunter
Director
Waikiki Aquarium

Ms. Teya M. Penniman
Manager
Maui Invasive Species Committee

Ms. Athline M. Clark
Special Projects Program Manager
Division of Aquatic Resources
Department of Land and Natural Resources
State of Hawaii

PANEL III

Mr. Michael G. Buck
Administrator
Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Department of Land and Natural Resources
State of Hawaii

Mr. David Brunner
Chief Operating Officer
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Ms. Suzanne D. Case
Executive Director
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii

Ms. Christy A. Martin
Public Information Officer
Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species

Mr. Gregory L. Santos
Project Coordinator
Big Island Invasive Species Committee

Ms. Keren Gundersen
Project Coordinator
Kauai Invasive Species Committee