Hawaii Broadband Assistance Advisory Council

The Broadband Assistance Advisory Council (BAAC) was created to advise the director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) on policy and funding priorities to promote and encourage use of telework alternatives for public and private employees, and to expedite deployment of affordable and accessible broadband services in Hawaii.

Nadine Ando (BAAC Chair)
    Director, State of Hawaii Department of 
    Commerce & Consumer Affairs

Senator Gilbert Keith-Agaran

Representative Nadine K. Nakamura

James Tokioka
     Director, State of Hawaii Department of 
     Business, Economic Development & Tourism

The following members have been appointed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House:

Douglas Murdock
     State of Hawaii Office of Enterprise 
     Technology Services 

Scott Uehara
     County of Hawaii Department of Information 
     Technology

Tony Velasco
     City and County of Honolulu Department of 
     Information Technology

Bryan Ito
    AT&T 

Gregg Fujimoto
    Spectrum Oceanic, LLC

Wendee Hilderbrand
    Hawaiian Electric Co., Inc.

Hawaiian Telcom, Inc.

Authorizing Statutes

Act 199 (Establishes the BAAC – SLH 2010)
Act 151 (Administrative amendment to Act 199 – SLH 2011)
Act 23 (Amends BAAC membership and other administrative amendments – SLH 2016)