The Executive Committee is charged with the formulation and guidance of HPFEB programs and services.
The Hawaii Air National Guard provided a static Display of an F-22 Raptor for the Executive Committee at our FY2020 Q1 Meeting.
The HPFEB shall have up to seventeen (17) members on its Executive Committee, consisting of five (5) Standing (non-elected) members and not less than seven (7) or more than twelve (12) At-Large (elected) members.
Executive Committee Members serve a minimum of two years, and nominations are confirmed by annual vote of the full FEB membership.
The two elected Executive Committee Officers, Chair and Vice-Chair are also elected annually and serve a one year term. As a general rule, the Chair is succeeded by the Vice-Chair. The Chair acts as the senior spokesman for the FEB and supervises the activities of the Executive Committee. Generally, the Executive Committee meets on a quarterly basis, and once meeting minutes are approved by the Chair, they are distributed to the full FEB membership. Download latest meeting minutes here:
CHAIR
Director – Pacific Islands Area United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
Travis L. Thomason is the Director for the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), a federal conservation agency responsible for assisting America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners in their efforts to conserve soil, water, and other natural resources. He is responsible for overall agency operations across the Pacific in Hawai’i, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Freely Associated States. His focus has been to create a culture of collaboration between NRCS and its many conservation...
n between NRCS and its many conservation partners, to streamline conservation delivery of all USDA conservation programs, and to provide excellent customer service to our nation’s agricultural producers.
Born and raised in the small farming community of Weiser, Idaho, Travis developed a deep love for agriculture and conservation from the time he was very young. He’s served at all levels of the agency in several states during his 16-year career with NRCS. Travis and his wife, Amy, have six great children who enjoy anything outdoors and Friday-family-movie nights!
VICE-CHAIR
Chief, Human Resources, Army Installation Management Command, Pacific
Mr. Howard Vickers assumed the position of Chief of Human Resources, Installation Management Command-Pacific (IMCOM-Pacific), on 1 September, 2019. As the G1 of IMCOM-Pacific, he provides policy, guidance, assistance, and oversight of the Human Resource Program and Postal operations in support of twelve garrisons in Hawaii, Alaska, Korea, Japan, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands Kwajalein Atoll, and ensures IMCOM support to mission commands throughout the Pacific theater. IMCOM-Pacific has a region staff of approximately...
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IMCOM-Pacific has a region staff of approximately 100 military and civilian personnel who provide oversight of a myriad of over a billion dollars in base operations and facility support. IMCOM-Pacific operations include management of active and reserve component installations providing support for approximately 180,000 Soldiers, family members, retirees, and civilians.
Prior to this assignment, Mr. Vickers was the Chief of Civilian Personnel at IMCOM-Pacific.
After serving in the Army, Mr. Vickers began his civilian professional career as a Department of the Army Civilian at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. He has served in numerous positions in the Human Resource field to include Staffing, Classification, Management-Employee Relations, and Labor Relations.
Mr. Vickers specializes in Foreign Labor negotiations with emphasis in the Asia/Pacific Region. Mr. Vickers has negotiated conditions of employment and helped resolve concerns in Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory), Philippines, Thailand and the United States. Mr. Vickers began his Labor Relations background at Walt Disney World, where he negotiated and resolved issues with The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), including the Screen Actors Guild and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT).
Throughout his 34-plus years of employment with the U.S. Army, he has attended many Army schools and has several Army awards. Those awards include the Commander’s Awards for Civilian Service and Superior Civilian Service Awards.
Commander, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility
Department of Defense
Director of Readiness, Pacific Area Office, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Director, NOAA National Weather Service Hawaii,
US Department of Commerce
Regional Administrator, NOAA NMFS, Pacific Islands Regional Office,
U.S. Department of Commerce
Director Asia-Pacific Region, General Services Administration (ex officio Chair)
Deputy Director
Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Department of Defense
Director, Honolulu Field Office
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Deputy J9, United States Indo-Pacific Command
Department of Defense
Commander, Defense Information Systems Agency Regional Field Command Pacific,
Department of Defense
Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Honolulu
Commander, Defense Logistics Agency, Indo-Pacific
District Manager, Airports District Office, Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Transportation
Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service
Department of Homeland Security
Hawaii Field Office Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
Hawaii Division
Department of Transportation
Attached List Shows the history of HPFEB Chairs
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