Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 8, 2022-present

Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 7, 2019-2022

Candidate, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 8, 2022

Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 6, 1995-1998

Chair, Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee

Former Member, Energy and Environmental Protection Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Lower and Higher Education Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Chair, Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2023-Present

President/Principal Consultant, Marine and Coastal Solutions International, Incorporated, 1999-present

Director of Government Affairs, Merica International Limited Liability Company, 2009-2013

Chief Executive Officer, Phase, Incorporated, 2000-2005

Project Development Leader, Doris and Earl E. Bakken Foundation, 1998-2000

Extension Agent, University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program, 1990-1994

Commissioner, Hawaii County Agricultural Advisory Commission, 2010-present

Flutist, Waimea Community Chorus Orchestra, 2010-present

Member, United States Army Garrison Hawaii Pohakuloa Training Area Community Advisory Group, 2009-present

Congregation Member, Flutist, Liturgical Reader, Eucharistic Minister, Saint James Episcopal Church, Kamuela, HI, 2000-present

Precinct President, Democratic Party, 1994-present

District Vice Chair, Democratic Party, 1994-present

Member, American Planning Association

Member, Five Mountain Medical Community Board of Directors

Member, Hawaii Montessori Schools Board of Directors

Member, The Ocean Recreation Council of Hawaii

Vice Chair, West Hawaii Coastal Monitoring Task Force

Director, West Hawaii Mediation Services

Chair, Hawaii County, Democratic Party of Hawaii, 2013-2015

Co-Founding Member, Malama Kai Foundation Board, 1991-2010

Chair, Phase, Incorporated Board, 2000-2005

Flutist, Hulihee Palace Band, 1988-2003

Board Member/Chair, Aquasearch Board, 1999-2002

Favorite Book:

Books about Hawaii's history, culture and politics, including Ancient History of the Hawaiians by Fornander; Native Planters in Old Hawaii by Handy, Handy and Pukui; Tales and Traditions of the People of Old by Kamakau; Fragments of Hawaiian History by I'i; Hawaiian Antiquities by Malo; Exalted Sits the Chief by Cordy; Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii; Six Months in the Sandwich Islands by Bird; Hawaii Pono by Fuchs; Shoal of Time by Daws; Life and Times of John Young by Cahill; Kalakaua by Allen; Hawaii's Story by Queen Liliuokalani; Broken Trust by King and Roth; Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawaii by Van Dyke; Land and Power in Hawaii by Cooper and Daws; Catch a Wave by Coffman; Parker Ranch by Brennan; Loyal to the Land by Bergin; Paniolo by Brennan; Paniolo House Stories by Friends of the Future, John A. Burns by Boylan and Holmes; Ben by Ben Cayetano; in addition, I also read lots of science fiction including Star Wars novels, the Dune series by Herbert, the I, Robot and Foundation series by Asimov, and the Mars series by Robinson.

Favorite Movie:

Paniolo O Hawaii (Edgy Lee); BBC Planet Earth Series; Star Wars films; Hiyao Miyazaki films; Jacques Cousteau films; 2001 A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)

Favorite Quote:

It's OK to disagree, just don't be disagreeable.

Favorite TV Shows:

Tour de France; Olympics; World Cup Soccer; Superbowl; Wimbledon.

Favorite Type of Music:

Koni au i ka wai (Kalakaua); Aloha 'Oe (Liliuokalani); Hawaii Pono'i (Kalakaua/Berger); Waimea Cowboy (Ernie Cruz); Hi'ilawe (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole); Maika'i Ka Makani O Kohala (Ozzie Kotani); Mauna Kea Morning (Sonny Lim); and Waiomina (Helen Kauinahea Lindsey Parker)