Meanwhile, UH Manoa Chancellor Tom Apple admitted under questioning he should have consulted the Board of Regents about Donovan's new public relations position at more than $200,000 a year.

"One of the things that I hope we can learn from all of this is that we are going to learn from our mistakes so we don’t make them again, so I don’t disagree with you at all,” said Apple.

UH regents also assured the committee members that they will be reviewing fiscal policies and will ask for guidance from the Office of Information Practices on sunshine laws.

They will also be exploring if there should be changes to the governance practices and relationship between the General Counsel’s office and the Board of regents and UH president.