Public Service & Leadership
Hawai‘i State Senator 2015-Present
- Chair, Senate Transportation and Energy Committee
- Committee Member: Senate Ways and Means; Water and Land; Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation Commission; Women’s Legislative Caucus; Hawaiian Affairs Committee
Hawai‘i State Senator 1998-2008
- Committee Chair: Senate Intergovernmental and Military Affairs; Transportation and Government Operations; Water, Land and Agriculture; Water, Land, Energy and Environment; Economic Development.
- Committee Member: Senate Ways and Means
- Member, National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, 2002-08
- Vice Chair, National Council of State Legislators, Transportation Committee
Mayor, County of Hawai‘i 1990-92
Member, Hawai‘i County Council 1984-90
Member, Hawai‘i State Plan Policy Council 1980-83
Member, Hawai‘i County Planning Commission 1974-79
Private Sector Experience
Owner, Aloha Blooms Farm 1993-Present
Sales Manager, Hilo Hawaiian, Hilo & Kona Lagoon Hotels 1975-87
Manager, Orchid Island Hotel 1967-75
Community Involvement
Lifetime Member, The Girl Scouts of America
Director, Girl Scout Council of Hawaiʻi, 1995-1998
Member, Rotary Club of Hilo, 1998-00, 2010-Present
- International Relations Committee
- Paul Harris Fellow
Member, United Nations-Hawaiʻi Island
Member, Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaiʻi (VASH)
Charter Member, Hoʻokumu, North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital, 1991
Member, Waimea Outdoor Circle
Member, Waimea Community Association
Big Island Filipino Community Council
Pepeʻekeo Filipino Community Association
Member, Hawaiʻi County Democratic Party
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