PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Present:
Chair/Hawai`i Hospitality Hall of Fame
Honorary Lifetime Member/Hawai`i Hotel Association
Former:
Chair/Hawai`i Hotel & Lodging Association
Chair/HVCB Hawai`i Island Chapter
Chair/Cornell Hotel Society Hawai`i Chapter
Member/Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce
Member/Hawai`i Island Chamber of Commerce
Managerial Positions/Various local hotel properties
Vice President/Kamehameha Investment Corporation
Owner/Small businesses on Hawai`i Island
POLITICAL CAREER
Chair/Economic Development & Business Concerns Committee (1995-2000)
Chair/Economic Development & Business Concerns Committee (2005-2006)
Co-Chair/House-Senate Hawai`i Public Procurement Task Force (2005)
Chair/Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee (2007-present)
Chair/House Committee to Investigate the Hawai`i County Department of Water Supply (2010)
Vice Chair/Energy & Environmental Protection Committee (1993-1994)
Vice Chair/Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee (2002-2004)
Member/Hawai`i County Police Commission (1982-1983)
Member/Hawai`i County Council (1984-1988)
Member/NCOIL Executive Committee (1999-2000)
Member/House-Senate Ice & Drug Abatement Task Force (2004)
Member/HEMIC Oversight Committee (2007-present)