John White

Representing carpenters and contractors, PRP's executive director backs responsible, sustainable development in Hawaii

By Mark Coleman

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 20, 2012

~~<p>John White has been well known in local Democratic Party circles at least since 2001, when he was president of the Hawaii Young Democrats. He also was a legislative aide to the late City Councilman Duke Bainum, from 2000 to 2002, and chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono, from 2007 to 2009.</p>
<p>More recently White has become familiar to the broader public as executive director of The Pacific Resource Partnership, one of the leading advocates of Honolulu's rail project, the construction of which, once fully under way, would greatly benefit the 6,700-member Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters and many of the state's contractors who together formed the nonprofit PRP in 1987 to promote and police Hawaii's construction industry.</p>
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John White has been well known in local Democratic Party circles at least since 2001, when he was president of the Hawaii Young Democrats. He also was a legislative aide to the late City Councilman Duke Bainum, from 2000 to 2002, and chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono, from 2007 to 2009.

More recently White has become familiar to the broader public as executive director of The Pacific Resource Partnership, one of the leading advocates of Honolulu's rail project, the construction of which, once fully under way, would greatly benefit the 6,700-member Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters and many of the state's contractors who together formed the nonprofit PRP in 1987 to promote and police Hawaii's construction industry. Login for more...