David C. Farmer, Trustee vs. Harmon - Witness TIMOTHY JOHNS

A Nevada investor has outbid Citibank on 32 residential and two commercial units at Executive Centre, the downtown high rise that once belonged to Indonesian investor Sukamto Sia.

But with court confirmation and another round of bids possibly ahead, ownership of the property is yet to be determined.

Clifford Laughton, president of the Reno-based Nevada Holdings Ltd. and chief executive at Honolulu-based satellite company Columbia Communications Corp., yesterday made the winning bid of $4,000,100.

Laughton's bid topped a $4 million offer by Citibank N.A., the only other bidder at a foreclosure auction at the state courthouse yesterday.

The leasehold properties include 31 residential units, a penthouse, two commercial spaces occupied by Sprint Hawaii and Fujikami Florist and 65 parking stalls.

The heavily mortgaged 41-story building, at 1088 Bishop Street also includes a 120-room Aston hotel, retail outlets including Long's Drugs and Ross Dress For Less and nearly 300 residential units.

The entire property was appraised last year at $39.5 million.

Citibank, the major creditor in a foreclosure action against one of Sia's company's, MKS Executive Partners, took possession last month of most of the 41-story building in a complex bankruptcy deal in which Sia's estate will receive about $500,000.

Citibank affiliate EXCT L.P. took ownership of about 400 units on July 28.

Sia, currently in Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation, originally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in November 1998.

While Citibank yesterday allowed itself to be outbid by $100, the sale is far from over. Under rules of the foreclosure, new bids may be entertained at confirmation but must be at least 5 percent above the auction price.

Foreclosure commissioner John Candon said at least three parties who were silent during yesterday's auction have asked when the confirmation hearing would be. No date has been set.

Laughton yesterday said he would likely honor existing leases at Executive Centre if he remains the high bidder. He said the units are a good investment because of depressed property values and a strong rental market in the downtown area.

While Executive Centre was once a key holding of Sia in Honolulu, the bankruptcy trustee was unable to liquidate the property for creditors because Sia held no equity in it.

His ownership in the building was through MKS Executive Partners, one of his numerous companies.

The 40-year-old businessman owes nearly $300 million to casinos, banks and creditors around the world.

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NEW DISCOVERY (11-30-08):

THE BEST GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN BUY

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NEW DISCOVERY (08-24-08): Undisclosed professional and financial conflicts of interests of David C. Farmer, Steven Guttman, Ross Murakami, KMH LLP, Arthur Andersen, Timothy Johns, Alton Ohira, Peter Hanashiro, Kamehameha Schools, Hamilton McCubbin, Colleen Wong, Nathan Aipa, etc.:

June 12, 2000

Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, formerly Hawaii Lawyers Care: Jo Byrne, president; Margaret Ushijima, vice president; Wayne Tanna, secretary; Ross Murakami, treasurer; and Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland, Douglas Codiga, David Farmer, Harriette Holt, Lucinda John, Timothy E. Johns, Derek and Leslie Kobayashi, Peter Leong, Marianita Lopez, Rene Mansho, Jim Mo'ikeha, Sara Silverman, Marian Tsuji, Joan K. Yanagihara and JoAnn Yukimura, board members.

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NEW DISCOVERY (08-07-08): Undisclosed financial, professional and personal relationships between Greg Dunn, Dee Jay Mailer, Faye Kurren, Hawaii Dental Services, Hawaii Nature Center, Bishop Museum, Timothy Johns, Judge Robert Faris, others:

From the Hawaii Nature Center website:

Gregory D. Dunn was appointed executive director of the Hawaii Nature Center March 1, 2002. Dunn joins the Hawaii Nature Center after more than three years as executive director of the Atherton Branch of the YMCA of Honolulu. He brings to the Nature Center a strong track record in facility management, fund development, recruitment and project management. Previously he was operations manager for two new retail projects in Hawaii, the Barnes and Noble Superstores of Honolulu and NikeTown Honolulu. He is a member of the boards of Hawaii Dental Service, Inc., the Waikiki Community Center and Youth for Environmental Service. He is a trustee and chairman of the HDS Foundation. "Dunn's experience in the local community and his activities on behalf of youth in a non-profit arena made him a logical choice to lead the Hawaii Nature Center as it embarks on a plan to expand service," said Nature Center Board President, Don Carroll, also chairman of the board of Time-Warner Cable of Hawaii.

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August 3, 2007

Timothy E. Johns Named
Bishop Museum President:

International Search Lands Damon Estate Exec

Honolulu, HI Bishop Museum has named Timothy E. Johns as President, Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2007 . The announcement was made today by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, David Hulihe‘e.

Johns succeeds Michael Chinaka who has been serving as Interim President since the departure of William Y. Brown in January 2007. Chinaka will resume his duties as Senior Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer for Bishop Museum . (Brown left the Museum to take a position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia , PA.)

“I am delighted to announce the appointment of Tim Johns as Bishop Museum ’s new President, Director and CEO,” said David Hulihe‘e, Chairman of Bishop Museum’s Board of Directors. “Tim has over two decades of leadership experience with environmental and cultural issues in Hawai‘i , which will serve well him as the leader of Hawai‘i ’s State museum of natural and cultural history. I couldn’t be more pleased.”

Bishop Museum was founded in 1889. It maintains the world’s largest collection of Hawaiian and Pacific cultural and natural history objects and since its founding has as been a premier institution for research and public education. It is designated as Hawai‘i ’s State Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Johns most recently served as Chief Operating Officer for the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon, a position he has held since 2000. Prior to that, he was the Chairperson of the State Department of Land and Natural Resources. He has also served as Vice-President and General Counsel for AMFAC Property Development Corporation. He has been a Lecturer in Business Law at the University of Hawai‘i and Windward Community College and has held the position of Director of Land Protection with the Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i.

An honors graduate of the University of California , Santa Barbara , Johns received a Bachelor’s degree in history and business economics. He also completed a Master’s degree in economics and Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California .

Johns is very active in environmental issues. His memberships include the State of Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council. A Rotarian, Johns is a member of the Rotary Club of Honolulu.

“With Tim’s impressive background and experience, he will be able to provide critical links between scientists, resource managers and policymakers to advance important biodiversity conservation efforts that are the driving forces for many of our research programs,” says Allen Allison, Ph.D., Vice President of Bishop Museum’s world-renowned Science Department.

Johns serves on the Board of Directors for Grove Farm Company, Inc., Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., YMCA Honolulu, Hawai‘i Nature Center, St. Andrew’s Priory School , Child and Family Services, Helping Hands Hawai‘i, Diamond Head Theatre, and Hawai‘i Public Television Foundation. In June 2005, he was named a Trustee of Parker Ranch Foundation Trust.

“We are delighted the Board of Directors has chosen a candidate with a deep commitment to the preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian culture and respectful sensitivity to cultural issues. He is well known in the community and is held in high regard, and this will surely be beneficial in many ways,” said Betty Lou Kam, Vice President of Cultural Resources for Bishop Museum .

Johns was selected after a seven-month executive search by the international search organization Morris & Berger from Glendale , California . Founded in 1984, Morris and Berger is a generalist executive search firm that has developed a specialty practice serving the nonprofit sector, including performing and visual arts and institutions of higher learning. The company was named to the list of “50 Leading Search Firms in North America ” in The Executive Recruiter News and also named Outstanding Executive Search Firm in John Lucht’s 1995 edition of Rites of Passage at $100,000+.

Members of the Executive Search Committee included Bishop Museum Trustee Dr. Charman J. Akina (Chairman), David C. Hulihe‘e, Isabella A. Abbott, Ph.D., Haunani Apoliona, H. Mitchell D’Olier, Russell K. Okata, Gulab Watumull, Walter A. Dods, Jr., Allen Allison, Ph.D., and Amy Miller Marvin....

Bishop Museum ’s cultural collections include the world’s largest collections of barkcloth, makaloa mats, Hawaiian feather-work, and two of the only known Hawaiian feather sashes. Bishop Museum ’s extraordinary collection of visual art of and about Hawai‘i and the Pacific focuses on art from the 18 th and early 19 th centuries. This collection represents a remarkable window into the past—a visual documentation of Pacific cultures at the time of first western contact and beyond and is unrivaled.

Johns will assume the top leadership position for the largest museum in the State of Hawai‘i in the midst of an unprecedented era of renovation and revitalization. Bishop Museum is presently undertaking a $21 million renovation of its iconic Hawaiian Hall complex with the support of world-class museum designer Ralph Appelbaum and Associates of New York. In 2005, Bishop Museum opened the Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center , an award-winning $17 million, 19,000-square-foot interactive science and cultural exploration center. Major traveling and cultural exhibitions are presented in the Castle Memorial Building year-round. Bishop Museum hosts nearly 400,000 visitors and students each year. Bishop Museum also administers the Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook, Hawai‘i and the Hawaii Maritime Center in Honolulu .

“I am thrilled and honored to be given the opportunity to join this wonderful institution. The Museum has long been one of Hawai‘i ’s most important and cherished treasures. It is blessed with a wonderful staff, great board of directors, and widespread support throughout our community. This is a dream job for me, “ says Timothy E. Johns, newly named President, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bishop Museum.

http://www.bishopmuseum.org/media/2007/pr07081.html

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October, 2006

THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD

Noa Emmett Aluli lives on Moloka'i and is the Medical Executive Director of the Moloka'i General Hospital. He has had a family medical practice at the Moloka'i Family Health Center since 1976. Emmett founded Na Pu'uwai, Inc., a private non-profit charitable and educational corporation dedicated to the betterment of health conditions of Native Hawaiians. Emmett is a founding board member of Aha Hui o Na Kauka, the Native Hawaiian Physicians Association, and is an assistant medical professor at the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine. Emmett is also chairperson of the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, a founding member of Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, and co-founder of the Pele Defense Fund. He is a board member of the San Francisco based Tides Center, and Network.

Kimo Campell was raised in Hawai'i and now lives in Kentfield, California. Since 1984 he has operated the Pohaku Fund, a donor-advised fund of the Tides Foundation that focuses on environmental and Native Hawaiian issues. In 1975, he started Pueo Press, a small press that publishes Hawaiiana. Kimo currently serves on the board of the California League of Conservation Voters and on the Hawaiian Islands Program Advisory Board of The Trust for Public Land. He has also served as co-chair of the Social Justice Committee of the Threshold Foundation, as trustee of the Marin Community College District, as board president of the Vanguard Public Foundation, and as a board member of Earthjustice. Kimo participated in the 2004 Seacology expedition to Fiji and the 2006 expedition to Borneo.

Edwin L. Carter, Jr. (Co-chair) lives on O'ahu. Before retiring in 1993, Ed was president and chief executive officer of Bishop Trust Co. Ed has held chairmanships on the boards of Aloha United Way, the Academy of the Pacific, Chaminade University, the Bishop Museum, the USS Missouri Memorial Association, and the Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America. Ed served on active duty in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946. He remained in the US Naval Reserve and retired as a Commander. Ed has been very active in the Navy League of the United States, having served as president of the Honolulu Council, president of the Pacific Region, and as a national vice president and director. Ed helped establish the USS Missouri Memorial Association, the group that received title to the Battleship Missouri (the "Mighty Mo"). Ed is also a member of the Rotary Club of Honolulu.

Pamela Wilcox Dohrman lives on Kaua'i and is a Family Counselor at the Kaua'i Counseling Center. She serves on the boards of the Nuhou Corporation, the Grove Farm Company, Inc., Hawai'i Pacific Health, the Wilcox Health System, and the Wilcox Hospital Foundation. Pam is a former trustee of the Historic Hawaii Foundation and a current trustee of the S.W. Wilcox Trust.

Anthony R. Guerrero, Jr. lives on O'ahu and is Vice Chairman of the Retail Banking Group at First Hawaiian Bank, where he has worked since 1967. Tony is president of Friends of Hawai'i Charities, chairman of the O'ahu Transit Services, Inc., and president of Na Koa Football Club. He also serves on the boards of First Hawaiian Foundation, Hawai'i Community Foundation, Child & Family Services Real Property, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau, and is vice chairman of Ahahui Koa Anuenue. He is the former chairman of the board of the Aloha Stadium Authority, Child & Family Service, and the St. Louis Education Foundation and former president of Waialae Country Club.

Louise K.Y. Ing lives on O'ahu and is a director and founding shareholder of the law firm of Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing. Her practice areas are business, real estate and employment litigation, and dispute resolution. Louise serves on the board of directors of American Savings Bank, Island Holdings, and Sutter Heath Pacific, dba Kahi Mohala. She is also on the boards of the University of Hawai'i Foundation, Hawai'i Medical Services Association, and the Plaza Club. She is also a member of the Rotary Club of Honolulu. Louise is a former board member of Aloha Airlines, the Hawai'i Community Foundation, Child & Family Service, Hawai'i Women's Legal Foundation, Aloha United Way, Historic Hawai'i Foundation, ASSETS School, and the Kids Court Hawai'i Advisory Board.

Timothy E. Johns (Co-chair) lives on O'ahu and is the Chief Operating Officer at the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon. He sits on the boards of the Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., the YMCA of Honolulu, Hawai'i Nature Center, Child and Family Service, Helping Hands Hawai'i, and St. Andrew's Priory. Tim also serves as an at-large member of the State Board of Land and Natural Resources and is chair of the Federal Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council. In 2005, Tim was selected as a trustee for the Parker Ranch Foundation Trust. Tim has taught business law classes at the University of Hawai'i.

Jonathan M. McRoberts lives on Kaua'i and is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Advisor with Morgan Stanley. He pioneered the team approach to financial management in the Hawai'i Brokerage community, making the cover story in "Research" magazine in 1994. In the February 2006 issue of "Hawai'i Business" magazine, he and his partner, Mike Strada, were both recognized for being among the top five Financial Advisors in Hawai'i. Jonathan served in the Peace Corps in Nepal in the early 1970's and later taught school in El Salvador and Nepal. Jonathan currently is an active member of the Kamehameha Lion's Club in Honolulu and multi-year Melvin Jones Fellow as well as being an active member of the Hanalei Bay Rotary Club and multi-year Paul Harris Fellow.

John Morgan lives on O'ahu and is President of Kualoa Ranch, Inc. The lands of Kualoa Ranch have been in the Morgan family since it was purchased from King Kamehameha III in 1850. The ranch is O'ahu's largest and oldest cattle ranch and the site of its first sugar mill. Kualoa Ranch is quite diversified, with education operations, outdoor recreation, eco-tourism, and diversified agriculture in addition to the cattle ranching operations. John has served on the board of directors of the Bishop Museum and the Hawai'i Nature Center, is currently the chairman of the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council, and is also the O'ahu Representative for the Activities & Attractions Association of Hawai'i.

Edmund C. Olson divides his time between Los Angeles, California and Hawai'i. Ed is the Chairman of A-American Storage Management Co., Inc., the 7th largest self storage company in the country. Ed was inducted into the Self Storage Association Hall of Fame in 2005. Ed is also a partner in O.K. Farms LLC, located on the island of Hawai'i. O.K. Farms produces coffee, macadamia nuts, honey, tropical fruits, avocados, citrus, and hearts of palm. Ed created The Edmund C. Olson Family Foundation and is a former board member of Puueo Farms Association. The Edmund C. Olson Trust II owns 13,176 acres on the Big Island and 1,276 acres on O'ahu.

William W. Paty, Jr. lives on O'ahu. He completed his ROTC training in 1942 and in 1947, Bill became the first island resident to qualify as a paratrooper. He parachuted into Normandy before the D-Day invasion in 1944. Bill was captured at Normandy and spent three months as a POW. He escaped three times, the last time successfully. After he returned home in 1946, he retired from the US Army as a Major. After his military service, Bill had a 38-year career at Waialua Sugar, spending the last 15 of those years as president of the company. After retiring from Waialua Sugar, Bill began a career of public service. In 1978, he was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and was later made president of the Convention. Bill is former chair of the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council. He has also served as the State Historic Preservation Officer, chairman of the Rural Economic Transition Assistance- Hawai'i, and chairman of the board of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. In 1992, Bill left the board of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to accept a lifetime post as a trustee of the Mark A. Robinson Trusts.

William K. Richardson lives on O'ahu and is the Managing Director of DragonBridge Capital. He is also a General Partner of HMS Hawai'i Management. Bill is a founder and former president of HiBEAM (Hawai'i Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors). He serves or has served on various boards including Pacific DirectConnect, Kona Bay Marine Resources, Firetide, Hawai'i Biotech, Wireless, HealthScape, and Digital Island. Bill is a board member of the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship, the BYU-Hawai'i International Entrepreneurship Center, and the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Hawai'i. He formerly served on the boards of the University of Hawai'i Foundation and the National Kidney Foundation. Bill is an adjunct professor at the University of Hawai'i's law and business schools.

Michael S. Spalding was born in Honolulu and now lives on Maui. He is the President of Michael Spalding Realty, Inc. where he specializes in commercial and retail brokerage, leasing, property management, and development. Mike is an Alternate Trustee of the Cooke Foundation, on the Board of Governors of Hawai'i Preparatory Academy, where he is also a member of the Governance Committee and the Strategic Planning Committee, and a member of the Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus advisory committee. Mike has had a life long interest in exploring the Hawaiian Islands including traveling around all of the Hawaiian Islands by canoe and Kayak. He has also hiked in most of the remote parts of Hawaii Nei.

Oswald K. Stender was born and raised in Hawai'i and currently lives on O'ahu. He is a Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, a former trustee of the Princess Pauahi Bishop Estate and the former chief executive officer of the Estate of James Campbell. Oz also owns a real estate consulting company. Oz is a director on the board of Grace Pacific Corporation and ABC Trucking Inc., and serves on the Hawaiian Telcom Advisory Board. He is a trustee of the Hawaiian Tax-Free Trust, Cash Assets Trust and Pacific Capital Funds. Oz serves on the Moanalua Gardens Foundation development council and the advisory council of Anahola Homesteaders Council. In addition, he formerly served on the boards of the USS Missouri Memorial Association, the Bishop Museum, Helping Hands Hawai'i, the Hawai'i Community Reinvestment Corporation, the Pacific Health Research Institute, The Nature Conservancy, the Peregrine Fund, Hawaiian Electric Industries, and Pacific Islanders in Communications. He is the secretary of the board for both the Pacific Housing Assistance Corporation and the Pacific Housing O'ahu Corporation Kupuna at Waimanalo, as well as the vice president of the Pacific Housing O'ahu Corporation Tenney Village.

William M. Tam lives on O'ahu and is Of Counsel at Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing. His areas of practice include water, natural resources, land use, Hawaiian land rights, and commercial litigation. Bill is the co-author of Hawai'i's Water Code. He is a founding member and on the board of the Marimed Foundation. He also serves on the boards of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the Community Conservation Network, and the Kaneohe Bay Community Land Trust.

Laura Thompson was born on O'ahu and still lives there today. Before she retired, Laura was the executive director of the Hawaiian Humane Society. She currently sits on the boards of Alu Like, the Hawai'i Nature Center, the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant, and the Waimea Valley Audubon Center. Laura is an advisor of Hui Nalu Canoe Club and a Steering Committee member of Malama Maunalua. She is also a conservation member of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Council and a finance committee member of The Outdoor Circle.

Carol Wilcox splits her time between O'ahu and Kaua'i. She is a former coastal zone management planner for Kaua'i County and watershed coordinator for the Hanalei American Heritage River program. She is a founding member of Wai Ola, a community group organized to conserve and protect the waters of Hanalei, and the Hanalei Roads Committee, dedicated to the preservation of the North Shore's historic roadway. Carol has authored a number of works, including Hawai'i Stream Assessment (1990) for the State, The Kauai Album (1981), and Sugar Water: Hawaii's Plantation Ditches (1997). She also compiled He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook (2003). Currently Carol is primarily involved in Malama Maunalua, an emerging community organization on O'ahu with a mission to conserve and restore a healthy and productive Maunalua Bay.

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Timothy E. Johns is expected to testify regarding his business, professional, political and personal relationships with Bishop Museum, David C. Farmer, Steven Guttman, Judith Neustadter Fuqua, Ray Fuqua, Dee Jay Mailer, Constance Lau, Diane Plotts, Nainoa Thompson, Sandwich Isles Communications, Robert Kihune, Gilbert Tam, Al Yee, Clayton Yee, Elisa Yadao, Guy Lam, Guido Giacometti, Susan Tius, Grove Farms, Dan Case, Steve Case, Suzanne Case, Jeffrey Case, Ed Case, Judith Neustadter Fuqua, Ray Fuqua, Peter Savio, Colbert Matsumoto, Randy Roth, Judge Samuel King, The Nature Conservancy, Henry Paulson, Hawaii Chapter - Nature Conservancy, Hawaii Nature Center, Greg Dunn, Walter Dods, First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company, Judge Barry Kurren, Faye Kurren, Tesoro Hawaii, Robert Kihune, Gilbert Tam, Clayton Hee, Al Hee, Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, Nathan Aipa, Louanne Kam, Colleen Wong, Larry Mehau, Haunani Apoliona, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Carol Muranaka, Mark Polivka, Paul Alston, James Ahloy, Evan Dobelle, Hamilton McCubbin, Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, Linda Lingle, Bob Awana, Hawaii Superferry, John Waihee, Ben Cayetano, John Marshall, Oswald Stender, Louise Ing, Paul Alston, Peter Young, Laura Thielen, Dwight Kealoha, Eric Yeaman, Kelvin Tanaka, June Jones, Sukamto Sia, David Cole, Hawaii Community Foundation, Kai Markell, Jon Markell, Mingei International Museum, Bob Olson, Robert Alm, Neil Hannahs, Donna Tanoue, and others to be named upon discovery.