Representative Sharon E. Har represents District 40, which is comprised of Kapolei, Makakilo, Royal Kunia, and Kalaeloa. Representative Har was first elected to the Legislature in 2006. Currently, Representative Har serves as the Vice Chair for the Committee on Water, Land and Ocean Resources, as well as a member of the Committees on Finance, Housing and Energy and Environmental Protection.
She is an attorney with the law firm of Bays Deaver Lung Rose & Holma in Honolulu, where she specializes in real estate, land use, and construction litigation. Prior to working at Bays Deaver, Representative Har served as an aide and advisor to Lt. Governor Mazie Hirono from 1999-2002 where she assisted the Lt. Governor on the issues of education, transportation, and high technology. Representative Har has also committed numerous years of service to various community organizations, including the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii, Aloha United Way, the Hawaii Blood Bank, and the Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce.
Representative Har has been a resident of the Kapolei area since 1997. She received her Juris Doctor from the John Marshall Law School and spent a semester as a visiting student at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai`i. She earned B.A.'s in political science and sociology from Mount Holyoke College.