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 Coral
Wong Pietsch, Chair
(terms 2005-2008, 2008-2012)
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. Ms. Pietsch is a retired Brigadier General and was the first female general in the 231-year history of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps. She is also the 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. She has been honored by the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Catholic University of America, Honolulu YWCA, and the Hawaii Women’s Lawyers for her accomplishments. She is a frequent presenter on her experiences as a Rule of Law Advisor in Iraq.
 Jonathan L. Ortiz
Commissioner, (term 2008-2012)
Jonathan
Ortiz is a director in the law firm of Ortiz & Katano. He practices in the areas of personal
injury, products liability,
construction defects, professional malpractice and insurance fraud litigation. Prior to going into private practice,
Mr. Ortiz was General Counsel for the State of Hawai‘i Organization of Police
Officers, a Deputy Public Defender, and a law clerk for the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission. Mr. Ortiz is a member
of the American Inns of Court, the Defense Research Institute and the Community
Associations Institute. He is also
past president of the United Puerto Rican Association and Pearl City Little
League.
Mr.
Ortiz was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
He is a graduate of Castle High School, received his BA in Political
Science from the University of Hawai‘i, and his Juris Doctorate from George
Washington University Law School.
 Les Ueoka
Commissioner, (terms 2005-2008, 2008-2012)
Les Ueoka is Assistant General Counsel for Hawaiian Telcom, formerly known as Verizon Hawaii and GTE Hawaiian Tel, prior to which he was in private practice. Currently Mr. Ueoka is serving his second four-year term as a commissioner on the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission. He strongly supports the Commission’s educational outreach efforts, including its annual Pono art and video contest championed by former commissioner Sara Banks. He also has advocated to enhance the Commission’s research and policy review efforts.
Mr. Ueoka serves on the Oahu Metro Board of the American Heart Association. In 2007 Mr. Ueoka was awarded the Association’s Impact Award, the highest award given annually to an individual, group, corporation or foundation that serves admirably, exhibits an earnest devotion to and has made a remarkable impact on the mission of the Association. Mr. Ueoka serves as a trustee, and was formerly the director of development, of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Foundation and is a member of the Sons and Daughters Chapter of the 442nd Veterans Club. In addition Mr. Ueoka is a director of Gregory House Programs and a director and vice president of Hawaii Opera Theatre. Mr. Ueoka has served on the Honolulu Symphony’s Government Relations Committee and as an Assistant Scoutmaster to Troop 325, Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Mr. Ueoka was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and graduated from Iolani School. He received his BA in English from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and his Juris Doctor from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
 Mark G. Valencia
Commissioner, (term 2008-2013)
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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