GM 518: Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawai'i Advisory Council on Emergency Management, Gubernatorial Nominee, GLENDA NOGAMI STREUFERT, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1894

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 518

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 518, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Hawai'i Advisory Council on Emergency Management

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by Glenda Nogami Streufert for service on the Hawaiʻi Advisory Council on Emergency Management.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the appointment of Glenda Nogami Streufert from the Kauaʻi Emergency Management Agency and one individual.

     Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that Ms. Streufert's professional experience, background in academia, and service in federal and local government qualify her for appointment to the Hawaiʻi Advisory Council on Emergency Management as a member.  Ms. Streufert has served as a professor at the United States Army War College, directed the Department of Defense Senior Executive Leadership Course, and served as an Academic Dean at the Army Management Staff College.  Ms. Streufert has also held leadership roles within the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of Homeland Security.  Your Committee further finds that Ms. Streufert previously served as the head of the County of Kauaʻi Civil Defense Agency prior to its redesignation as the Kauaʻi Emergency Management Agency, and that she provided distinguished service and mentorship in that position.  Your Committee therefore recommends that Glenda Nogami Streufert be appointed to the Hawaiʻi Advisory Council on Emergency Management based on her background, experience, and commitment to public safety.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,