Honolulu Mayor-Elect Blangiardi Announces Key Appointments - Honolulu Civil Beat
They include Laura Thielen for Parks and Recreation and Dean Uchida for Planning and Permitting. Reading time: 4 minutes.
Rick Blangiardi, who will be sworn in as the next mayor of the City and County of Honolulu Saturday, announced top leadership and Cabinet positions on Tuesday.
Danette Maruyama
Michael Formby will serve as managing director (as was previously announced), Danette Maruyama will be deputy managing director and Andrew Kawano will be the director of Budget and Fiscal Services.
Formby previously worked as an acting state transportation director, Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s city transportation director, chief of staff to former Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, an interim director and member of the board of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and an interim city councilman.