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About the Commissioners
Coral
Wong Pietsch, Chair
Commissioner, (term 2003-2007)
Coral Wong Pietsch is the Senior Civilian Attorney for the U.S. Army
Pacific. In this position she oversees the Personnel and Labor Law practice
at Headquarters, U.S. Army Pacific Command, as well as the Ethics Program
and the Environmental Law Program. She is also responsible for providing
advice and guidance on international law issues in the U.S. Army Pacific
Command. She is a member of the U.S. Army Reserves. She is the first
female General in the 226-year history of the US Army Judge Advocate
General Corps, and first Asian American female to reach the rank of Brigadier
General in the Army. From 1986 to 1991, she served as Labor Counselor
for the U.S. Army Support Command Hawai`i, and was responsible for providing
training to managers and supervisors on Title VII, the Rehabilitation
Act, and sexual harassment.
Sara Banks
Commissioner, (term 2004-2008)
Raised on the island of O'ahu, Sara Banks is a graduate of Kailua
High school. Her undergraduate degree in Broadcast Communication
is from San Francisco State University. Ms. Banks remained in the
Bay area working in Educational media before achieving a Masters
of Fine Arts in Film at UCLA. After returning home to Hawai'i, Ms.
Banks lived on Kaua'i and managed a restaurant at the Kauai Hilton.
Transferring to Hilton Hawaiian Village brought her back to O'ahu.
She was in charge of the Training department there overseeing the
training for 1800 union employees and more than 300 managers. She
then worked for three years as a Volunteer coordinator for the Life
Foundation, the AIDS service organization for O'ahu. She left the
Life Foundation to become part owner of Wahine Builders, working
both in the construction and personnel aspects of this company. Sara
designed and implemented a pre-apprentice construction training program
for incarcerated women. Throughout her management and personnel career
she has pursued her passion for film and video. Since the early seventies
she has produced news magazine shows for public access, documentaries,
PSA's and training videos for Hawaii's businesses. She currently
works for the Center on Disability Studies under the College of Education
at the University of Hawai'i producing a series of videos for a state-wide
sixth grade science curriculum which weaves hard science with Native
Hawaiian values, culture and accomplishments.
Leslie Alan Ueoka
Commissioner, (term 2005-2008)
Les Ueoka is Assistant General Counsel for Hawaii Telcom, formerly Verizon Hawaii and GTE Hawaiian Tel, prior to which he was in private practice. He is a trustee for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Foundation and a member of the Sons and Daughters Chapter of the 442nd Veterans Club. Ueoka also serves on the Oahu Metro Board of the American Heart Association of Hawaii.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mr. Ueoka graduated from Iolani School and received his BA degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and his JD degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Mark G. Valencia
Commissioner, (term 2008-2009)
Mark G. Valencia is a director in the law firm of Case Lombardi & Pettit. His practice includes both plaintiff and defense work in contract, insurance, tort, construction, land use, appellate, product liability, and employment cases.
In addition, Mr. Valencia teaches law as an adjunct professor at Hawaii Pacific University. He is also active in the community, volunteering with the Read Aloud America Program, serving as a longtime member of the Kuakini Medical Center Ethics Committee, and is an annual participant in the Professionals for Drug Free Kids Project.
Before joining Case Lombardi & Pettit in 2005, Mr. Valencia served as a policy analyst for Governor Linda Lingle, an attorney in private practice, a law clerk to former Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge Walter Kirimitsu, and as a Sergeant in the United States Army.
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