News Release

December 15, 2011
HMSA welcomes Randy Perreira to its board

Moani Wright-Van Alst
(808) 952-7566
moani_wright@hmsa.com

The Hawai‘i Medical Service Association (HMSA) today announced the selection of Randy P. Perreira to its community Board of Directors.

Perreira is executive director of the Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA), AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO. HGEA represents approximately 43,000 active and retired workers in state and county governments in Hawaii. Perreira began his career at HGEA in 1983. In addition, he serves as president of the Hawaii AFL-CIO.

Perreira is active in the community and serves on the boards of directors of Aloha United Way, Malama Learning Center, Sacred Hearts Academy, the Hawaii chapter of the American Judicature Society, and as chair of Lanakila Rehab Foundation. He has also served as a director for the local chapter of the American Cancer Society, and as a member of the P-20 Council for the State of Hawaii, the Role of Government Sub-Group of the Economic Revitalization Task Force, the Task Force on Blueprint for Change of Child Welfare Services, and the Steering Committee to Re-invent Government.

Most recently, Perreira served on the APEC Hawaii Host Committee and is a board member of the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation as well as the Industrial Relations Research Association Board.

In the health care field, he has served as a member of the Certificate of Need Review Panel, the Hawaii State Health Coordinating Council, the Oahu Public Health Facilities Management Advisory Committee, the Task Force to Reform the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Task Force on Mental Health, and the Task Force to Create the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. He is currently a trustee with The Queen’s Health System.

The HMSA community board is comprised of 27 directors. Board members serve staggered three-year terms and include representatives from health care, business, labor, government, education, clergy, and the community at large. HMSA is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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