DLNR DEPUTY DIRECTOR RESIGNS TO TAKE POST AT CAMPBELL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT SUBSIDIARY

For Immediate Release:  November 16, 2004

HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle announced today that Dan Davidson, deputy director – land of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), will resign to return to the private sector.  Davidson, who was appointed by Governor Lingle in March 2003, will join Aina Nui Corp., a property development subsidiary of The Estate of James Campbell.  He will start his new position on Jan. 3, 2005.

Prior to joining DLNR, Davidson was executive director of the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawai`i, a private non-profit research and trade association whose members include Hawai`i landowners and developers.  

The Lingle Administration has begun a search for Davidson’s replacement. 

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Russell Pang
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