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Senate committee advises and consents to three gubernatorial nominees; workforce training and board repeal discussed
Summary
The Senate Committee on Labor and Technology on March 11 advised and consented to three gubernatorial nominees: Trung Malone to the Workforce Development Council, Reagan Taniguchi to the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board, and Lance Larson Jr. to the Deferred Compensation Plan board. Malone emphasized apprenticeship and training partnerships; Taniguchi said he supports a pending repeal of his advisory board.
The Senate Committee on Labor and Technology advised and consented to three gubernatorial nominees in a March 11 hearing at the Hawaii State Capitol.
Trung Malone, a workforce manager at CVS Health and a gubernatorial nominee to the Hawaii Workforce Development Council, told the committee she draws on a 28-year U.S. Army career and private-sector workforce work to build training pathways. Malone described partnerships with community colleges and community-based organizations, a registered pharmacy technician apprenticeship available across the islands, and local training labs at Maui College and a job corps site in Waimanalo. "I want her to come back," Malone said of her hope that students who leave for college will return to serve Hawaii.
Malone said CVS focuses on entry-level pharmacy technician training and builds career ladders through tuition assistance and fully funded bachelor-degree programs to help employees meet prerequisites…
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