Hawaii Pacific University

“Delegated authority to executive committee during intervals between meetings of the board, and subject to such limitations as may be required by law or sepcifically imposed by actions of the board, the executive committee shall have and may exercise all of the powers of the corporation and delegate to other committees such of its powers and duties as it deems appropriate. The officers of the board, who are also trustees, and the chairs of the standing committees, constitute the executive committee. The chair of the board serves as the chair of the executive committee. The secretary of the board serves as the secretary of the executive committee. During the tax year, the executive committee did not exercise its authority to act on behalf of the board.”

“Relationships between officer, directors, trustees, or key employees trustees michael chun and james polk have a business relationship. Trustees michael chun, james polk and raymond vara have a business relationship.”

“Significant changes to the bylaws amended and fully restated june 3, 2016 included the following: term limits for trustees were modified to permit an officer of the board or a chair of a standing committee to serve up to two (2) additional years past the maximum term limit.”

“Process used by management &/or governing body to review 990 form 990 and supporting work-papers are prepared and reviewed internally then sent to an external tax accounting firm for review and preparation of the form 990 return. After any proposed adjustments, the form is reviewed by staff and management, including an officer of the organization. The final form 990 is then reviewed by the audit committee; an independent committee of the board of trustees. The audit committee approves the form 990 prior to filing, which approval will be documented in the committee minutes. The form 990 will be made available to all trustees prior to filing.”

“Description of process to monitor transactions for conflicts of interest conflict of interest policy is set forth in the bylaws as follows: each trustee is required to complete a conflict of interest questionnaire annually disclosing actual or potential conflicts of interest for review by the audit committee of the board of trustees. Trustees with any actual or potential conflicts may not vote on matters with which they may have a conflict. Officers and employees are required to disclose annually and whenever appropriate, actual and potential conflicts of interest. All conflicts are resolved in accordance with hawai`i pacific universitys written conflict of interest policies.”

“Offices & positions for which process was used, & year process was begun line 15a the compensation committee of the board of trustees evaluated the presidents compensation on a survey of comparable institutions obtained from an independent executive compensation consulting firm specializing in higher education. The compensation committee reviewed the analysis in relation to its compensation philosophy, board expectations and any adjustments recommended. Approval was documented in the minutes of the compensation committee. Line 15b the compensation committee of the board of trustees evaluated and approved the executive compensation of the president and other officers based on comparability data obtained from an independent executive compensation consulting firm specializing in higher education. The president reviewed the compensation of other officers based on the compensation survey and made recommendations to the compensation committee for approval. Decisions were documented in the minutes of the compensation committee.”

“Hawai`i pacific university makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available upon request. The universitys financial statements are not made available to the public.”

“Non-voting members of the board of trustees the following individuals served as non-voting members of the board of trustees and were not compensated for their services: name title avg/hrs/week martin anderson trustee emeritus 5 samuel a. Cooke trustee emeritus 5 michael d. Hong trustee emeritus 5 john a. Lockwood trustee emeritus 5 henry f. Rice trustee emeritus 5 janet kloenhamer secretary 40”

“Hawai'i pacific university is an international learning community set in the rich cultural context of hawai'i. Students from around the world join us for an american education built on a liberal arts foundation. Our innovative undergraduate and graduate programs anticipate the changing needs of the community and prepare our graduates to live, work, and learn as active members of a global society. The university is a co-educational and independent university comprised of three campuses on the island of oahu; the downtown honolulu campus, the windward hawai'i loa campus and the oceanic institute. Graduate and undergraduate programs are offered at the windward hawai'i loa campus and at the honolulu downtown campus. In addition to the three main campuses, the university delivers select degree programs at military installations around oahu.”

“Consolidated audited financial statements hawaii pacific university has consolidated audited financial statements with oi consultants, inc., hawaii downtown holdings, llc and hawaii lifestyle retail properties, llc. The audit committee of the board of trustees is responsible for the audit and the review and selection of the independent auditor.”