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Posted at 1:07 p.m., Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Maui mayor announces cabinet posts

Advertiser Staff

WAILUKU, Maui — Maui County Finance Director Kalbert Young will be staying in his job when Maui Mayor-elect Charmaine Tavares assumes office next week.

Tavares today announced Young's appointment and named Agnes Macadangdang Hayashi as deputy finance director.

Also to serve in Tavares' cabinet will be state tax official Frederick Pablo, who was named director of the Department of Budget; Helene Kau as senior budget analyst; Carol Gentz as head of the federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program; Diane Wakamatsu as senior executive assistant; and Shelley Pellegrino, Stan Zitnik and Justin Gruenstein as executive assistants.

Councilwoman Tavares, who defeated incumbent Mayor Alan Arakawa, will take office Jan. 2.