Representative Cindy Evans serves as the Chair of the House Committee on Economic Development and Business. She is a veteran legislator serving her eighth term in the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives representing North Kona, North Kohala, and South Kohala on the Island of Hawai‘i. The growing West Hawai‘i district has over 28,000 residents and includes the Pohakuloa Military Training Area, Kawaihae Harbor, the famed resorts of the Kohala coast, pristine shorelines, prime agricultural and pastoral lands, and significant historical and cultural heritage sites. 
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Formerly, Evans served as House Majority Floor Leader (2014-2017 and 2009-2012), Chair of the House Committee on Water & Land (2012-2014), and Chair of the House Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs (2006-2008). As Chair of the House Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, Evans attended the christening of the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine USS Hawai‘i (SSN 776) berthed at the General Dynamics, Electric Boat Shipyard, Groton, Connecticut on June 17, 2006, and was a guest onboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier (9CVN-76) during RIMPAC 2012. Evans facilitated a Veteran & Military Appreciation Day, including a Hire a Hero Job Fair, on November 3, 2012. 
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Representative Evans has represented the State of Hawai‘i internationally. She was one of twelve elected officials nationwide chosen to participate in the 2009 NCSL sponsored Saudi Arabia Exchange Visit. The group visited the Saudi Arabian Investment Authority, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, and the newly opened King Abdullah University for Science and Technology, the first co-educational institution of higher learning in the Kingdom’s history. Delegates also met with Saudi officials, including their counterparts at the Majlis al Shura, Saudi Arabia’s legislative body. In May 2014, Evans was part of a delegation of legislative leaders to represent the State of Hawai‘i in Taiwan and Japan.
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Representative Evans is a graduate of Evergreen State College with a B.A. in Business Management. She is also a graduate of the Western Legislators Academy, and the Council of State Governments Henry Toll Fellowship program which is one of the nation’s premier leadership development programs for state government officials. This year, Representative Evans participated in the Leaders Program, National Conference of State Legislators. She also is an active member on the Council of State Governments and Vice Chair for the State & Federal Relations Committee. She was a former Trustee for the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, past-President of the Waikoloa Village Outdoor Circle, and former Board Member for Mental Health Kokua.