STATE OF HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
‘TAX & CHARITIES DIVISION,
“425 QUEEN STREET
owoiuun, Hawa 36813
(o08) S65-1480
TAX & CHARITIES DIVISION
COMPLAINT FORM
Important information about filing a complaint. Tax & Charities Division’s jurisdiction is generally
limited to public benefit corporations, charitable organizations, professional solicitors, professional
fundraising counsels, and their charitable assets and/or charitable solicitation activities in the State of
Hawaii. As part of the review and investigation process, the organization you are complaining about
may be informed of this matter and provided certain information about your complaint,
[ YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
Name: Caroline Yacoe
Address: 223 Paiko Drive, Honolulu, Hl 96821
Telephone number(s): (808) 396-3326 Email address: cyacoepp@[Link]
ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Please provide the following information, if available, for the subject organization of this
complaint.
Name of organization, include any other names it uses:
Bishop Museum
Address of organization:
1525 Bernice Street
Telephone number(s) of organization: (808) 847-3511
Website of organization; [Link]
Email
address(es) of organizatior
Tax & Charities Complaint Form v2
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Page 1of4 iPlease describe your complaint here: (please include any documents relating to the
complaint and do not send originals as any documents submitted will not be returned)
Please see Attachment 1
Have charitable assets been lost, wasted, or diverted from proper charitable purposes, or is
there a danger that such loss will soon occur? Mllyes Ono
If yes, please describe the type of charitable asset that has been lost, wasted, or diverted and
give your best estimate of the amount lost or at risk:
Please see Attachment 1
Has this matter been reported to the organization or with any government agency?
@yes Ono
If yes, what action has already been taken, either within the organization or with other
government agencies, to try to resolve this problem? Please provide the name of the
organization and/or government agency, contact person at the organization and/or
government agency, the date of contact, and the outcome.
Ms. Yacoe wrote a letter to the Board which went unanswered. Dr. Rose wrote two
letters to the Board which also went unanswered.
Tax & Chari
's Complaint Form v2
Page 2 of 4Have you reported your complaint to any law enforcement agency? Olves Mino
If yes, please provide the name of the agency, the approximate date when you filed your
report or complaint, and any report or complaint numbers.
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Have you filed a lawsuit or other legal action (for example, medi:
to your dispute? Clves Mino
ion or arbitration) related
If yes, please provide the name of the court, the case number, and attach copies of any
relevant documents including any judgments or orders issued in the case. Do not send
inals as any documents submitted will not be returned.
NIA
List the name, address, telephone number(s), and email address(es), if known, of persons you
believe may be responsible for this problem:
Please see Attachment 2
List the name, address, telephone number(s), and email address(es) of any other person who
may have additional information concerning the complaint:
Please see Attachment 2
‘Tax & Charities Complaint Form v2
Page 3 of 4CERTIFICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT |
| understand that knowingly submitting false or untrue information may constitute a violation
of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 710-1063.
| understand the Attorney General may disclose my name, address, and contents of the
complaint to other government agencies for further review and action, if necessary.
| understand that investigation and prosecution is at the discretion of the Attorney General and
that the Attorney General does not represent me in this dispute.
| certify and acknowledge that | have read and understand all of the above statements and my
statements and attachments provided as part of this complaint are true and correct to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
‘Complainant's signature (electronic signature is acceptable): Date:
Cascine. Rocoe, OS DA Oecember DOL
Print name here:
Caroline Yacoe
Ocheck here if you request that your identity remain confidential. Unless you consent, or
are required by law or the court, the Attorney General will not make your personal
information available to the public.
Please send the completed form and any attachments to:
Tax & Charities Division
Department of the Attorney General
425 Queen Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
or
[Link]
Tax & Charities Complaint Form v2
Page 4 of 4December 21, 2022
Clare Connors, Esq
Attorney General
‘Anne Lopez, Esq.
Attomey General Nominee
Department of the Attorney General
and
Gary Suganuma, Eq.
Department of the Attorney General
Tax & Charities Division
425 Queen Street
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813
Re: COMPLAINT AGAINST BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM’S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AND REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE BREACHES OF FIDUCIARY
DUTIES AND WASTING OF CHARITABLE ASSETS,
Dear Ms. Connors, Ms. Lopez, and Mr. Suganuma,
‘On behalf of myself and other concerned citizens in the community, I respectfully request
that the Tax & Charities Division of the Department of the Attorney General investigate the
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (“Museum”) Board of Directors (“Board”) for breaches of
fiduciary duties and wasting of the Museum’s charitable assets. This request is submitted to the
Division, as well as to the incoming and outgoing Attorneys General because the Department
and specifically, the Division, has the supervisory oversight to investigate the Board's breaches
of fiduciary duties and wasting of the Museum’s charitable assets. The Division must fulfill its
kuleana to protect the Museum and preserve its collections and charitable assets for the public.
In July of this year, the Board placed three of the Museum’s executives on indefinite
administrative leave, which caused great concern in the community because it was reported that
the removal did not constitute any disciplinary action, nor was any misconduct of any of the
executives alleged.' More importantly, the removal of the Museum’s top leadership for non-
disciplinary reasons, pending an investigation that was expected to be completed months ago,
threatens the Museum’s operations, finances, sustainability, and reputation. This is a matter of
great public importance. The Museum is formally designated the State Museum of Natural and
Cultural History and is a vital resource and cultural treasure to the people of Hawaii. It is our
National Museum, ‘Therefore, the welfare of the Museum is a public matter and it is the State's
kuleana to investigate the harm to the Museum caused by its Board
‘The Board’s removal of the Museum’s three executives is now in its sixth month, and the
Board has not been transparent about their reasons for overstepping their governance role and
inserting themselves into a personnel matter the Museum President has publicly stated she was
already handling. The Board’s action destabilized the Museum’s operations. In fact, the Board
has not provided any information to the public on the reasons they removed the executives in the
first place, or how and when they will resolve the destabilizing situation they caused.
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Page | of 9Uncertainty over the future of the management of the Museum persists; the Museum’s reputation
as a world-class institution has been marred; and financial harm has already befallen the
Museum, for it appears that a historic $17.5 million in State funding secured under President /
CEO Melanie Ide’s leadership? has been delayed or suspended. There has been no news about
its release. The Board has apparently placed its own interests and agenda ahead of the
Museum’, and the resulting harm to the Museum is directly caused by the Board’s breach of its
fiduciary duties.
1 BISHOP MUSEUM'S SIGNIFICANCE TO THE STATE AND THE PEOPLE OF
HAWAII
‘The Museum was founded in 1889 to house the royal family heirlooms of the Hawaiian
monarchy. It grew to become one of the largest and most important natural history museums in
the world, It is the largest museum in Hawai'i, the largest State museum in the United States,
and the premier museum of the Pacific
In 1988, the Museum was formally designated the “State Museum of Natural and
Cultural History” through Act 398, which acknowledged that Bishop Museum served(s) over
fifty State agencies, departments and affiliated organizations, and without which the many
questions about Hawai'i’ (and the Pacific’s) people and environment could not be answered.*
In 1992, the Museum was formally designated the repository of the Hawai'i Biological Survey,
which records every plant and animal in the State of Haw.
Today, the Museum’s over 25 million objects, both physical and digital, comprise the
best Hawaii and Pacific collections in the world. The Library & Archives is one of three main
Pacific libraries in the world, and half of its collection of more than 90,000 items is considered
rare. The Bishop Museum Press is the oldest continually existing publisher in the United States
west of the Mississippi River’ and disseminates knowledge about Hawai'i’s and the Pacific’s
natural and cultural history worldwide through its publications. ‘The Hawaii State Legislature
explained the significance of the Museum to Hawai'i
The legislature finds that the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, officially designated as the
State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a distinguished scientific,
cultural, and educational institution for the State of Hawaii, whose mission is to
perpetuate Hawaii's natural and cultural heritage. No other agency is tasked with the
responsibility of preserving and protecting Hawaii's invaluable collections of primary
source materials and more than one hundred years of research across the Pacific region
The legislature recognizes that the research and primary source material stewarded at the
museum is a global resource that is unique, essential, and necessary to address the
challenges we face today, including massive biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and
cultural resilience in the face of climate change. ‘The latter challenge is especially
apparent, as sea level rise is currently impacting Hawaii's coastal infrastructure and
resources.®
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Page 2 of 9IL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S AUTHORITY AND KULEANA TO.
INVESTIGATE ALLEGED BREACHES OF FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND
WASTING OF ASSETS.
{Charitable or nonprofit corporations may be subject to statutory supervisory auth
of the attomey general, who may institute judicial proceedings for mismanagement by the
directors or trustees of the corporation or in exceeding or failing to carry out its charitable or
corporate purposes.” discretion.” FLETCHER CYCLOPEDIA CORPORATIONS Vol. 5 § 2104, p. 569
(2019), “The State Attomeys General are the public face of nonprofits and are responsible for
consumer protection of donor contributions and oversight of nonpfofits” assets.” Mark S.
Blodgett ef. al., State Oversight of Nonprofit Governance: Confronting the Challenge of Mission
Adherence Within a Multi-Dimensional Standard. 32. JOURNAL OF LAW & COMMERCE, 81, 91
(Fall 2013),
The Attorney General represents the public interest in the protection of charitable assets.
HRS § 28-5,2(a). The Hawai'i Supreme Court explained: “The function of the attorney general,
as parens patriae of charitable trusts, is to oversee the activities of the trustees to the end that the
‘ust is performed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the trust document, and to
bring any abuse or deviation on the part of the trustees to the attention of the court for
correction.” Midkiff v. Kobayashi, 54 Haw. 299, 335-336, 507 P.2d 724, 745 (1973) (citing Hite
¥. Queen's Hospital, 36 Haw, 250, 262 (1942).
In order that the trust may be maintained, itis, therefore, not only the right, but the duty
of the state, through its law officers, to take action for their maintenance and
enforcement. This duty is exercised in America as in England through the attorney
‘general, who, therefore, is a proper, though he may not be a necessary, party plaintiff or
defendant as the representative of the public, and whose duty itis to prevent the breach
and to enforce the proper application of a charitable trust, and to compel the restitution of
any part thereof which has been diverted to other purposes. The state, through him as,
parens patriae, superintends the management of all public charities, so that a suit brought
by him to establish a charity becomes, in truth as well as in form, a suit to protect public
interests, and is, in fact, the only method by which the public can make its interest in the
charity effective
Hite v. Queen's Hospital, 36 Haw. 250, 262 (1942) (citation omitted)
The Attorney General has the authority under HRS § 28-5.2(b) to conduct an
investigation, including exercising administrative subpoena power (HRS §28-2.5(b)). The
Attorney General has authority to commence or intervene in an action to prevent, remedy, or
obtain damages for the misapplication, diversion, or waste of a charitable asset; or breach of
fiduciary or other legal duty in the governance, management, or administration of a charitable
asset. HRS § 28-5.2(a)(3).
Without any supervisory oversight, there is nothing to stop nonprofit boards from
breaching their fiduciary duties and furthering their own narrow interests and agenda ahead of
the organization and the public’s interest, as is currently the case with the Museum’s Board. The
Board’s overstepping of their governance and supervisory function by letting the Museum sit in
limbo for so long without skilled and experienced executive leadership is a situation within the
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Page 3 of 9Attorney General’s kuleana to investigate in the interest of protecting the Museum and
preserving its collections and charitable assets for the public into the future.
I. | NATURE OF THE COMPLAINT
A. THE BOARD’S REMOVAL OF THREE EXECUTIVES WITHOUT
REASON IS A BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND HAS CAUSED
HARM TO THE MUSEUM.
President / CEO Melanie Ide is a world-class architect and museum designer, having
worked on prestigious institutions such as New York's American Museum of Natural History,
the US. Capitol Visitor Center, the Clinton Presidential Library, the Smithsonian National
Museum of African American History and Culture,’ the Obama Presidential Library,* and the
Museum’s own Hawaiian and Pacific Halls. Ms, Ide worked at the world’s largest museum
planning and design firm, where she was a principal with decades of experience working with
museums? Ms. Ide came to the Museum in 2018, “{T]he museum has suffered greatly under a
host of horrific directors since Donald Duckworth. The Bishop Museum was literally re~
energized under the leadership of Melanie Ide, who not only brought a new vision, but also new
exhibitions and public engagement under her direction. She changed the museum overnight with
her energy and foresight. Melanie even obtained a 17.5-million-dollar pledge for support from
the State legislature, the first time in many years, as well as other community pledges.”!”
Simply put, Ms. Ide was the best and most qualified leader the Museum had in a
generation, The Board has not been forthcoming with the public about its reasons for removing
M5, Ide and two other executives. “The Board’s lack of communication and transparency has
been shocking and damaging to [ ] Bishop Museum overall.”!" Notwithstanding the Board’s
lack of transparency, it is very clear that the removal of the Museum’s three executives was
fundamentally flawed, There is no reason the Board could not have done its investigation
without placing the three executives on indefinite leave and usurping actual control of and
compromising the day-to-day management of the Museum. “The current issue at hand appears to
be a minor HR problem that should have been sorted out inhouse and within the ranks of the
‘museum, instead of becoming a public spectacle. The removal of the institution’s top three
officers without notice invited unhelpful and damaging speculation about serious misconduct at
the museum{_] Not only is the current situation shameful and a continued blight on the Bishop
‘Museum, it may also prove to be the final nail in the coffin for this unique, world class
institution.”!?
The boundary between leadership of the Board (governance) and day-to-day management
(management) of any organization exists for good reason. The Board’s responsibility is to
provide vision, leadership, and direction for the organization. Management's responsibility is to
attend to the day-to-day operations that keep the organization running, such as hiring,
terminating, and training personnel. Ide explained to the Board:
Indeed, the Bylaws provide that my role as President is to provide “general charge and
supervision of the Corporation” and “immediate supervision of the operations of the
Museum.” Moreover, the Museum’s Governance Policy, which “provides the framework
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Page 4 of 9to guide the Board of Directors in the execution ofits fiduciary duties” clearly
distinguishes the role of the Board and CEO. Whereas the Board is responsible “to
review and approve the strategic direction of the Museum” by concentrating on “strategic
policy-making” the CEO has “the general charge and supervision of the Museum and is
responsible for the leadership, administration, management and effectiveness of the
Museum’s operations.” The Board has been given no cause to usurp the CEO” authority
by placing me on an unwarranted administrative leave, especially when the executive
‘management team had a plan in place to manage workplace concerns. The Board’s
actions in this situation constitute an inappropriate overstep of its governance function."
By overstepping its governance role to indefinitely manage a complex organization, the
Board, through its interference and lack of understanding or concern for the full range of the
Museum’s interests and activities, is negatively affecting the Museum's reputation, programs,
relationships, and funding sources, resulting in the waste of the Museum’s charitable assets. As
early as mid-July of this year, it was reported that “Ide says she is concemed about the impact
her removal may have on the organization, including the interference in operations and damage
to the museum’ relationships and reputation." Those concerns have come to fruition.
‘The Museum Board’s overreach into management by usurping control of a personnel
matter which Ms. Ide publicly acknowledged was already being handled constitutes a violation
of good governance practices and could constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of care and
‘obedience, and could further constitute breaches of the fiduciary duties of loyalty and good faith
if an investigation reveals that Board members were advancing their own interests and agenda
cover the Museum’s.
B, THE BOARD HAS WASTED THE MUSEUM'S CHARITABLE ASSETS.
‘The Museum’s charitable assets have no doubt been diminished by the Board’s usurping
control of a personnel matter Ms. Ide was already handling, a management function, and handing
it over to an investigator who is a former partner in the law firm hired by the Board.'® “To date,
the board’s actions have resulted in nothing more than a big, billable event for a Bishop Street
law firm, and greatly damaged the museum’s reputation worldwide.”"* Without an investigation,
only the Board will know how much of the Museum’s money it has wasted on this matter ~
money that is no longer available for the care of the Museum's collections.
The delay, withholding, or suspension of the aforementioned $17.5 million in State
funding procured under Ms. Ide’s leadership is doubly damaging to the Museum. First, the non-
award of those promised funds to date is damaging in and of itself because it delays or suspends
needed benefits to the Museum such as collections care, exhibition development, attracting and
hiring talent, and maintaining the Museum’s facilities. “The legislature finds that increasing the
State's subsidy to the museum, which currently accounts for approximately four per cent of the
museum's budget, would help to reliably support the museum's core operations, including core
staffing, mandatory cooling and environmental security for core collections, and core internet,
technology operations.”"”
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Page 5 of 9Second, the delay or withholding of those promised funds cripples the Museum's ability
to procure and generate additional charitable assets, because nonprofit organizations leverage
unrestricted funds (such as a majority of the $17.5 million State award) to attract more charitable
assets in the form of restricted funds. The Hawai'i State Legislature explained how important it
is for the Museum to have an award of unrestricted funds in order to attract more charitable
assets: “The legislature recognizes that Bishop Museum’s core operations is the basis for
significant grants and is used to leverage unrestricted funding. Every unrestricted dollar the
‘museum receives is used to bring in additional restricted funding, including funding from federal
agencies.”"*
‘The Museum’s reputation is a charitable asset because it is able to attract talent and
money on its good name and extraordinary history. The reputational damage suffered by the
Museum by the Boards reckless actions is already palpable, as indicated by the news articles
previously cited and several more. The reputational harm to the Museum may manifest as:
Uncertainty and crisis of confidence affecting funding sources
Negatively impacting staff morale
Chilling relationships with existing donors
Decreased ability to attract critical talent to the Museum
Operational delays and the reduction or cancellation of public programs
Damaging relationships with stakeholders and other community members
Crippling the cultivation of new and existing donors
C. THE MUSEUM IS LIKELY TO SUFFER FUTURE HARM IF THE
BOARD CONTINUES TO DISREGARD GOOD GOVERNANCE
PRACTICES AND BREACH ITS FIDUCIARY DUTIES.
‘The Board has breached its fiduciary duties to the detriment of the Museum, and
intervention and investigation by the Attorney General is appropriate and necessary. There was
never any perceivable objective reason for removing the three executives in the first place
notwithstanding the Board’ desire to conduct a personnel investigation. The Board could have
done an investigation without upending management and throwing the Museum into turmoil.
‘The Board has not only withheld information from the public about the reasons for removing the
Museum’s three executives, it has also severely botched its own investigation. By the Board's
own admission, the investigation was supposed to conclude in a few weeks — itis now six months
later with no information disseminated to the public and with no end in sight. In mid-July, it was
reported, “A board member tells HPR that an acting management team made up of longtime
‘museum employees has been put in place — adding that the investigation is anticipated to take
weeks and not months.”
‘The Board has no plan for steering the Museum into calmer waters and stopping the
hemorrhaging the money it is paying to its outside law firm and investigator, if they did, the
investigation would have been completed several months ago as indicated by the board member.
Meanwhile, the Museum is suffering every day by the simultaneous delay or withholding of the
$17.5 million in State funding, the lack of leadership, the ongoing harm to its reputation, and the
daily hemorrhaging of money for legal and investigative expenses.
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Page 6 of 9The fiduciary duty of care allows for a board member to rely on outside advice, but it
does not protect a board member from liability if they receive advice and act contrary to it or
ignore it altogether. The Board did not lack good advice. ‘The Board has the Museum’ s own in-
house attorney — whom they removed without reason along with the other two executives — and
the Board had the pulse of the community telling them they were not on the right course. When
Ms. Ide submitted her resignation if the Board did not reverse course, there was an immense
community outcry asking Ms, Ide to not resign. Further, the Board received good advice from
Ms. Ide herself but chose not to listen. Ina letter to the Board dated July 17, 2022, Ms. Ide
detailed the immediate and foreseeable future harm to the Museum if the Board did not correct
its course. She clearly stated that the risks to the Museum’s funding sources did not emanate
from her and were instead the result of the Board’s public suspension of the CEO for an
indefinite period, without cause, and without notice of wrongdoing. Her specific concerns
included the jeopardization of:
$17.5M in State funding that was appropriated for FY23;
$10 million in recurring State funding for operations that had been in
discussion for FY24;
Fundraising for a SSM strate;
“Big funds” from a local foundation;
Future projects with Kamehameha Schools,
Trust of the Waipi‘o taro farmers and Amy B.H. Greenwell Garden;
Membership and donations, and
The reputational damage caused by placing the Museum’s three top executives
con administrative leave and linking their leave to a workplace concern [which]
will have repercussions into the future, affecting funding and support from all
manner of sources.””
‘The Board could have stopped to reassess and course-correct at any point but they did
not, and they have egregiously refused to acknowledge any damage being done to the Museum
by placing the top leadership on such a long, open-ended leave.
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Page 7 of 9IV. CONCLUSION
Without intervention from the Attorney General, it is foreseeable such breaches of
fiduciary duties and wasting of charitable assets will continue unchecked. Accordingly, Caroline
Yacoe and the undersigned members of the community respectfully request the Department of
the Atorney General investigate the Board for breaches of fiduciary duties, wasting of charitable
assets, and other harm being done to the Museum by the Board.
Xs one
Caroline Yacoe
\ Row
Roger Rost) Ph.D
" See “Bishop Museum CEO Says She Wants Answers From Board About Why She Was Put On Leave,”
News Now July 12, 2022, available at huips:/iwww,hawaiinewsnow com/2022/07/1 smuseums-board-hold-
mergeney-mecting-over hip-turmoil-ceo-wams-5-pm-resignation-deadline!
2 Bishop Museum press release dated May 6, 2022 titled, “$17.5 Million in State Funding Directed to Bishop
Museum for Operations and Capital Improvement Projects” available at liips:/ww ishopmuseumorg/17=5~
million-in-state-funding-directed-to-bish -for-operations-and-
resident-wants-{0-rise-museums-profile-as-a-Leasure-for-hawail/
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Page 8 of 9‘Mark Blackburn, “Noted Collector Calls For Removal of Bishop Museum Board,” Ian Lind, November 29, 2022,
al-of-bishy
31 Letter from Melanie Y. Ide to Bishop Museum Board of Directors, July 17, 2022, available at
ntps:/avwn s/$85784515/Letter-From: -Ide-19-Bishop-Museum-Board
2 Mark Blackburn, “Noted Collector Calls For Removal of Bishop Museum Board,” lan Lind, November 29, 2022,
available at juips:/\vww ilind nev2022/1 1/29/noted-collector-calls-for-removal-of-bishiop-muscut
'S Letter from Melanie Y, Ide to Bishop Museum Board of Directors, July 17, 2022, available at
Ips: [Link] 1857845 1 §/Letter-From-Melanie-Ide-1o-Bishop-Museum-Board
4 Ku‘uwehi Hiraishi, “Future Leadership at the Bishop Museum Remains Uncertain,” Hawai'i Public Radio, July
15, 2022, available at hitps://vww hawaiipublicridio, org/local-news/2022-07-15/future-leadership-at-the-bishop-
mulseum-remains-uncertain
's Peter Boylan, “Bishop Museum Board Continues Probe of Allegations,” Honolulu Star-Advertiser, August 6,
2022, available at hutps:/hvww. staradvertiser com/2022/08/06/hawaii-news/bishop-muscum-board-conlinues-probe-
‘of-allegations/
' Mark Blackbur, “Noted Collector Calls For Removal of Bishop Museum Board,” lan Lind, November 29, 2022,
available at buips:Jiwwv ilind ne/2022/1 1/29) ector-calls-for-removal-of-bish
°° Senate Bill No. 2731 (2022)), available at:
butps:/iv \aii,gov/sessions/session2022/bills/SB2731_SD1_HTM
1a,
© Ku‘uwehi Hiraishi, quoting a board member in her report, “Future Leadership atthe Bishop Museum Remains
Uncertain,” Hawai'i Public Radio, July 15, 2022, available at intps:/svww hawaii g/local-news/2022-
(07-1 S/future-leadership-at-the-bishop-museum-remains-t
2 peter Boylan, “Bishop Muscum CEO Melanie Ide Reconsiders Resignation,” Honolulu Star-Advertiser, July 15,
2022, available at hips:/www [Link]/2022/07/1S/havwali-new' 9-museum-ceo-melanie-ide
reconsiders-resignation!
® Letter from Melanie Y. Ide to Bishop Muscum Board of Directors, July 17, 2022, available at
joard
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Individuals Responsible for the Problems Described in the
Complaint Against Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum's Board of Directors
‘And Request to Investigate Breaches of Fiduciary Duties
And Wasting of Charitable Assets
Wayne M. Pitluck, Chairman
‘Aulani Wilhelm, First Vice Chairman
Todd Apo, Second Vice Chairman
Valerie Shintaku, Secretary
Daniel K. Akaka, Jr., Director
Manette Benham, Director
Ann Botticelli, Director
Lauran Bromley, Director
Amanda Ellis, Director
Elizabeth Rice Grossman, Director
Patrick V. Kirch, Director
Anton C. Krucky, Director
Watters O. Martin, Jr. , Director
James Moniz, Director
John Morgan, Director
Lance Parker, Director
illiam (Billy) K, Richards Jr., Director
ichael Takayama, Director
Vaughn G.A. Vasconcellos, Director
Gaylord Wilcox, Director
Source: Ka ‘Elele, The Journal of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (Spring 2022), available at
hutps://www_bishopm ws ntent/upl 2022/05/20: ring-Ka-Elel if
Individuals Who May Have Information Concerning the Complaint
Melanie Y. Ide, President / CEO
Wesley (Kaiwi) Yoon, Vice President of Operations, Planning, and Program Management
Barron Oda, General Counsel
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