Ua hoʻolaha ka luna hoʻomalu o Porter Airlines, Inc. Donald Carty i ke koho ʻana iā ʻAmelika ʻo David H. Wilkins i kona papa alakaʻi. "Ua pōmaikaʻi mākou i ka hui mua i koho ai ʻo Ambassador Wilkins e hui pū me ia mai ka pau ʻana o kāna ʻoihana ma mua o kēia makahiki," wahi a Carty. "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i kahi mea maikaʻi aʻe e hāʻawi i ka ʻike a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka pae papa ʻoiai ke kūkulu nei ʻo Porter i kona noho ʻana ma US."
ʻO Ambassador Wilkins i kēia manawa he hoa hana ma Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP ma Greensville, South Carolina a noho i ka kulekele aupuni a me ka hui hoʻomaʻamaʻa kānāwai honua, e kālele nui ana i ka pani ʻana i nā ʻoihana ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka palena US-Kanada a hāʻawi i ka ʻike ma kahi ākea ākea o nā pilikia bilateral hoʻolālā.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Mr. Wilkins e Pelekikena George W. Bush e lilo i ʻelele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i Kanada a ua hoʻopaʻa lokahi ʻia e ka Senate ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma Iune 29, 2005, lilo ʻo ia i 21st United States Ambassador i Kanada.
I loko o kona noho ʻana, ua kōkua ʻo Ambassador Wilkins i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kekahi o nā pilikia kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma waena o Kanada a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa lāʻau palupalu mau makahiki. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka palena ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai aku ʻoiaʻiʻo i hana no nā hoʻonā i nā pilikia paʻakikī - ka ikehu, ka palekana aupuni, ke kaiapuni, kālepa, a me ka huakaʻi - e hoʻopilikia ana i nā miliona o nā kamaʻāina ma nā ʻāina ʻelua.
"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka hoʻomau ʻana i koʻu pilina pili me Kanada ma kēia kuleana me Porter Airlines," wahi a Wilkins. "Ke hōʻike nei ʻo Porter i ka ʻuhane ʻoihana i kūkulu ʻia nā ʻoihana Kanada a me ʻAmelika i nā makahiki. Hāʻawi ka hui i kahi loulou koʻikoʻi ma waena o kā mākou mau ʻāina ʻelua, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kālepa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi.
Ma mua o kona koho ʻia ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻelele, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Mr. Wilkins i ke kānāwai no 34 mau makahiki ma Greenville, South Carolina a ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike nui i ka hoʻokolokolo kīwila a me ka hana hoʻopiʻi.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Mr. Wilkins i ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana o South Carolina i ka makahiki 1980 a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma laila no 25 mau makahiki. Ua piʻi koke ʻo ia ma ke kūlana o ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana, e noho ana ma ke ʻano he ʻeono makahiki ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ke Kōmike Hoʻokolokolo o ka Hale a ʻelua mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he haʻiʻōlelo ma mua o ke koho ʻia ʻana i mea haʻiʻōlelo, kahi kūlana āna i paʻa ai no 11 mau makahiki. ʻO ia ka mea haʻi'ōlelo mua i koho ʻia e Republican no kekahi hui kau kānāwai ma ka hema mai ka makahiki 1880 a ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo lōʻihi loa ma ka ʻāina. Ma 2001, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka National Speakers Association.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia e ka Pelekikena i ka papa kipa i ka United States Academy ma West Point i ka makahiki 2002 a ua lawelawe ʻo ia no ʻekolu makahiki. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kahu ma ka Papa Kulanui ʻo Clemson.
He kamaaina ʻo ia no Greenville, South Carolina, ua loaʻa iā Ambassador Wilkins kāna kēkelē laepua mai ke Kulanui ʻo Clemson a me kāna kēkelē loio mai ke Kula Kānāwai o ke Kulanui o South Carolina. Ua lawelawe pū ʻo ia ma ka US Army a me US Army Reserves.
