Leaving the Ship of Abercrombie

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The resignation of Alapaki Nahale-a as Hawaiian Home Lands director Friday (March 16) brings to 12 the number of notable departures in the Abercrombie administration, still shy of its first 18 months in office.

The tally below does not include people who were hired under the previous administration. But if I’ve missed someone, please let me know.

• Amy Asselbaye, Chief of Staff

• Andrew Aoki, Deputy Chief of Staff

• Josh Levinson, Communications Director

• Laurie Au, Deputy Communications Director

• Neal Palafox, Health Director

• Marc Alexander, Homeless Coordinator

• Sunshine Topping, Human Resources Director

• Bobby Hall, Hawaiian Home Lands Deputy Director

• Dean Hirata, Budget and Finance Deputy Director

• Everett Kaneshige, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Deputy Director

• Gregory Jackson, Office of Veteran Services Director

The governor with Bobby Hall, Alapaki Nahale-a, Jodie Maesaka-Hirata, William Aila and Richard Lim.

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