{"id":368305,"date":"2025-12-24T22:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/368305\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T22:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:27:13","slug":"gov-green-announces-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-maui-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/368305\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Green announces appointments to boards and commissions : Maui Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Gov. Josh Green on Tuesday announced several appointments and reappointments to state boards and commissions, bringing experience in water resource management, ethics, agriculture and community development to state service.<\/p>\n

Commission on Water Resource Management<\/p>\n

\"\"Moses Haia. PC: Office of the Governor, State of Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n

Moses Kalei Nahonoapi\u02bbilani Haia III\u00a0has been appointed to the Commission on Water Resource Management, pending Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n

Haia brings nearly 30 years of experience as an attorney focused on the protection and lawful management of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s public trust resources. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively on cases involving water, land and natural resource stewardship, ensuring agencies fulfill their responsibilities under state law. His legal background and deep understanding of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s public trust doctrine equip him to help guide thoughtful, balanced decision-making on the state\u2019s most precious and limited water resources.<\/p>\n

\"\"Juanita Reyher-Colon. PC: Office of the Governor, State of Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n

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Juanita Reyher-Colon\u00a0has also been appointed to the Commission on Water Resource Management, pending Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n

Reyher-Colon serves as executive director of the Hawai\u02bbi Rural Water Association, where she has led statewide efforts to strengthen water and wastewater systems serving small, rural and underserved communities. With more than two decades of experience in water system operations, workforce development, emergency preparedness and source water protection, she brings a community-centered and culturally grounded approach to water governance. She currently serves as a commissioner on the Maui County Board of Water Supply and has held national leadership roles in the American Water Works Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cWater is life in Hawai\u02bbi, and protecting it requires legal rigor and respect for our public trust responsibilities,\u201d Green said. \u201cMoses Haia brings decades of experience holding institutions accountable. Juanita Reyher-Colon brings deep, practical knowledge of water management and a strong commitment to resilient systems for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hawai\u02bbi Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity<\/p>\n

\"\"Jason Moniz. PC: Office of the Governor, State of Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n

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Jason Moniz\u00a0was appointed on Nov. 28, 2025, to the Hawai\u02bbi Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity.<\/p>\n

Moniz is a veterinarian and Hawai\u02bbi Island cattle rancher who retired after 38 years with the Hawai\u02bbi Department of Agriculture\u2019s Animal Industry Division, where he managed the Animal Disease Control Branch. He currently serves as vice president of the Hawai\u02bbi Cattlemen\u2019s Council and has been active with the Hawai\u02bbi Farm Bureau and 4-H Livestock Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cJason Moniz brings unmatched institutional knowledge of animal health, agriculture and biosecurity in Hawai\u02bbi,\u201d Green said. \u201cHis experience in the field and in public service will help safeguard our agricultural economy and food systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hawai\u02bbi State Ethics Commission<\/p>\n

\"\"Moya Davenport Gray. PC: Office of the Governor, State of Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n

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Moya Davenport Gray\u00a0has been appointed to a four-year term on the Hawai\u02bbi State Ethics Commission, succeeding outgoing Commissioner Beverley D. Tobias.<\/p>\n

Gray is a retired attorney with more than three decades of public service, including leadership of the Office of Information Practices, service as a Senate committee attorney for Judiciary and Ways and Means and executive nonprofit leadership. She has also served on the Supreme Court\u2019s Access to Justice Commission and has been a longtime advocate for transparency, accountability and good governance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMoya Gray\u2019s career reflects a deep commitment to ethics, transparency and public trust,\u201d Green said. \u201cHer legal expertise and decades of service across state government make her exceptionally well-suited to help uphold the integrity of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s public institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Josh Green on Tuesday announced several appointments and reappointments to state boards and commissions, bringing experience in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[180810,64353,192,180811,180812,180813,180814,180815,180816,180817,180818,180819,10869,10870,180820,180821,79,180822],"class_list":["post-368305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-biosecurity-hawaii","tag-commission-on-water-resource-management","tag-environment","tag-governor-josh-green","tag-hawaii-agriculture","tag-hawaii-board-of-agriculture-and-biosecurity","tag-hawaii-rural-water-association","tag-hawaii-state-ethics-commission","tag-hawaii-politics","tag-jason-moniz","tag-juanita-reyher-colon","tag-maui-county-board-of-water-supply","tag-maui-news","tag-maui-now","tag-moses-haia","tag-moya-davenport-gray","tag-science","tag-state-boards-and-commissions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}