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Committee confirms Darlene Blakeney to Employees' Retirement System; nominee pledges recusal on bank matters
Summary
The committee voted to confirm Darlene Blakeney to the Employees' Retirement System board. Blakeney, an executive at First Hawaiian Bank, told senators she would recuse herself from ERS matters involving the bank, which she said represents "less than 1%" of the ERS corpus.
The Senate Committee on Labor and Technology advised and consented to the appointment of Darlene Blakeney to the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System on March 6, 2026.
Blakeney introduced herself as executive vice president and chief lending officer at First Hawaiian Bank and described a long career in banking and finance in Hawaii. She told the committee…
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