Gov. David Ige announced today his nomination of Suzanne Case to lead the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Gov. David Ige announced today his nomination of Suzanne Case to lead the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Case, who was born in Hilo, has been executive director of The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii since 2001 and has overseen 16 preserves totalling 53,000 acres.
She attended Waiakea-Kai Elementary School, Keaukaha Elementary School and Punahou School where she was the first female student body president. Case also is the sister of former U.S. Rep. Ed Case.
“Suzanne shares my vision of wise stewardship of Hawaii’s public and conservation lands and waters, for excellence in government to make the most of our limited resources, and for collaboration and inclusion in carrying out the many responsibilities of the DLNR and the State of Hawai˜i for the benefit of all,” Ige said in a written statement.
The announcement came almost three weeks after he pulled the nomination of Carleton Ching, Castle & Cooke Hawaii’s vice president of community relations.