Senator Michelle Kidani currently serves as vice-chair of the committees on Ways and Means, Education, and Public Safety, Military and Intergovernmental Affairs. She also sits as a member on the Hawaiian Affairs committee. Senator Kidani represents Hawai`i's 17th Senatorial District and has served in the Hawai`i State Senate since 2009.

Senator Kidani is a 1966 graduate from Farrington High School and attended Honolulu Business College and Leeward Community College before receiving a B.S. in Business Administration from Kennedy-Western University.