EXPERIENCE

• Hawaii State Senator, 2010 – Present
• Majority Floor Leader
• Chair, Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
• Vice Chair, Committee on Economic Development and Tourism
• Vice Chair, Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs
• Member, Committee on Ways and Means
• Former Chair, Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism
• Former Chair, Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs
• Former Member, Committee on Government Operations
• Former Member, Committee on Higher Education
• President, High Impact Communications, 2005 – Present
• President, Reach out Pacific, 2005 – Present
• Hawaii State Representative, 2002 – 2010
• Vice Chair, Committee on Economic Development
• Reporter, KHNL TV News 8, 1999 – 2002
• Reporter, KHON 2 News, 1994 – 1999
• News Anchor, KMCT TV (Saipan), 1993 – 1994
• News Anchor, KUAM TV (Guam), 1991 – 1993

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Honorary Consul for the Republic of Palau
• Board Member, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii
• Board Member, Aloha Medical Mission

EDUCATION

• Mid-Pacific Institute, 1985
• B.S. in Broadcast Journalism, B.S. in Sociology, and Minor in Business Administration, University of Southern California, 1990