EXPERIENCE
•  Hawaii State Senator, 2010 – Present
    •  Majority Floor Leader
    •  Chair, Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs
    •  Vice Chair, Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism
    •  Member, Committee on Ways and Means
    •  Member, Committee on Government Operations
    •  Former Chair, Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism
    •  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