Posted at 2:18 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Lingle names interim DLNR director
Advertiser Staff
Allan Smith, a retired senior vice president of Grove Farm Co. on Kaua'i, was named by Gov. Linda Lingle today as interim director of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.Lingle said Smith, a co-chair of her re-election campaign last year, would serve until a permanent director is found or until the end of the next legislative session next May.
Smith would have the option to apply for the permanent job, but said at this point he is undecided.
The state Senate voted last month against confirming Peter Young for a second four-year term as the department's director. Young is heading the search committee for his permanent replacement.
Lingle also announced today that Young would take a vacant position as interim water deputy at the department and help Smith during the transition.
Smith's wife, Linda, is the principal at Kaua'i High School. He is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and has a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from the University of Hawai'i.
