• House Majority Floor Leader
• Chair, State and Federal Relations, Council of State Governments West
• Chair, Water & Land (2012-2014)
• Chair, Public Safety and Military Affairs (2006-2008)
• Vice-Chair, Energy and Environmental Protection (2005-2008)
• Vice-Chair, Education (2003-2004)
• Vice Chair, Committee on Suggested State Legislation, Council of State Governments
• Member, Council of State Governments, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee (2015-2016)
• Member, Subcommittee of the House Committee on Finance to address unfunded liability of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund


Community
• Former Trustee, Historic Hawaii Foundation
• Past-President, Waikoloa Village Outdoor Circle
• Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce
• Waikoloa Lions
• Daughters of Hawaii
• Girl Scouts of America