David C. Farmer, Successor-Trustee vs. Harmon
(Formerly Woo vs. Harmon & Nicholson vs. Harmon)
U.S. District Court For the District of Hawaii
Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang
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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS
MEREDITH J. CHING
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
822 Bishop St.
Honolulu, HI 96813-3924
HI Tel. 808-525-6611
Fax 808-525-6652
Website: http://www.alexanderbaldwin.com
From Rueters:
Meredith J. Ching is Senior Vice President (Government & Community Relations) of A&B, 6/07-present; Vice President of A&B, 10/92-6/07; first joined A&B or a subsidiary in 1982. She previously was vice president, government and community relations, having been promoted to that position in 1992. She continues to report to A&B Chairman and CEO Allen Doane and will retain responsibility for these functions.
Ching holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles and earned her bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Stanford University. Ching joined A&B in 1982 and was promoted to vice president, corporate natural resources in 1988. She has retained responsibilities related to the company's natural resource assets since then. Three years later, she added government affairs to her responsibilities and, in 1992, Ching was also given the corporation's community relations functions.
Prior to joining A&B, she was a financial analyst for Dillingham Corporation. Ching has held numerous community and professional leadership positions, and is a board officer for the Hawaii Nature Center; a board member and past president of the Land Use Research Foundation; a board member and past president of the Hawaii Resort Developers Conference; and a member of the Urban Land Institute Hawaii District Council's Executive Committee.
Her government service activities include current service on the State of Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management, and past service on the State Board of Agriculture, City & County of Honolulu Charter Commission, Mayor's Task Force to develop the Pacific Nations Center and the Governor's Task Force on the Department of Environmental Protection.
www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=ALEX.O
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NEW DISCOVERY (07-24-08):
» The Hawaii Nature Center has announced its executive committee for 2008-2009: Meredith Ching, president; Dee Jay Mailer, first vice-chair; Jeff Case, second vice-chair; Warren Haight, treasurer; George Norcross, secretary; and Tim Johns, past president. Ryan Churchill has also been elected for a three-year term to the board of directors.
http://starbulletin.com/2008/01/25/business/bizbriefs.html
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Meredith Ching is expected to testify regarding his business, professional and personal relationships with Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.; First Hawaiian Bank; Walter Dods; Hawaii Nature Center; Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate; Constance Lau; Henry Paulson; Maryanne Inouye; J. Michael Shepherd; BNP Paribas; Kroll Associates; Marsh & McLennan; The Nature Conservancy; The Hawaii Nature Conservancy; Dee Jay Mailer; Faye Watanabe Kurren; Haunani Apoliona; George Ariyoshi; Dan Inouye; Daniel Akaka; John Waihee; Ben Cayetano; Margery Bronster; Mark Fukunaga; Servco Insurance Services; Island Insurance Company; Mark Polivka; Puna Chillingworth; Anton C. Krucky; Tissue Genesis, Inc.; Earl Anzai; Linda Lingle; Lawrence M. Johnson; Robin Campaniano; AIG; Robert K.U. Kihune; Gilbert Tam; Sandwich Isles Communications; Steven Guttman; Mary Lou Woo; Judith Neustadter Fuqua; James Duca; Summit Communications; Hawaii Community Foundation; John Marshall; The Queen Emma Foundation; Peter Savio; Harold C. Johnston; Grant Johnston; Chad Johnston; Al Hee; Francis Keala; GTE Hawaiian Tel; Warren Haruki; Greg Pai; Dwayne Steele; Micah Kane; Hawaiian Insurance Companies; Crystal Rose; Aloha Airlines; John Goemans; Colbert Matsumoto; Jeffrey Watanabe; Marsh & McLennan; AIG; Duncan MacNaughton; David Cole; Maui Land & Pineapple; Steve Case; Ed Case; Jeffrey Case; Aon Insurance; Donna Tanoue; Kirk Caldwell; Robert Dods; Darren Ah Chong, David C. Farmer, Roy Hughes, Kenneth Kupchak, Sukamto Sia, Guido Giacometti, Susan Tius, Greg Dunn, and others to be named upon discovery.
Internet References:
www.kycbs.net/Alexander-Baldwin.htm
www.kycbs.net/Apartheid-Hawaii.htm
www.kycbs.net/First-Hawaiian-Bank.htm
www.kycbs.net/GoldmanSachs.htm
www.kycbs.net/IndonesianConnection.htm
www.kycbs.net/Lost-Generations.htm
www.kycbs.net/Hawaii-Nature-Center.htm
www.kycbs.net/Hawaii-Nature-Conservancy.htm
www.kycbs.net/Hawaiian-Electric.htm
www.kycbs.net/NatureConservancy.htm
www.kycbs.net/SandwichIsles.htm
www.kycbs.net/Summit-Communications.htm
www.kycbs.net/PunaConnection.htm
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