EDUCATION

• Mokuaikaua Church Preschool
• Kahakai Elementary School
• Kealakehe Intermediate and High School
• University of San Diego - Political Science, B.A., with a Minor in Business Administration

PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE

• Member, CSG-West (Council of State Governments, West)
• President, HSAC (Hawaii State Association of Counties)
• Member, WIR Board (Western Interstate Region, an affliate of NACo)
• Member, Board of Directors, NACo (National Association of Counties)
• Volunteer Instructor, children's tennis at the Old Kona Airport
• Volunteer, Kealakehe High School Waveriders Against Drugs
• Kona Representative, Hawai‘i Island Burial Council (2010-2011)
• Member, Board of Directors, Kai ‘O Pua Canoe Club
• Founding Member, The Betty Kanuha Fundation, Inc. (formed in 2001 as a tribute to Dru's Grandmother), a non-profit organization supporting literacy and cultural programs
• Vice Chair, 2011 Hawai‘i County Redistricting Commission

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

• Majority Leader, 2021-Present, Hawai‘i State Senate
• Majority Caucus Leader, 2018-2021, Hawai‘i State Senate
• Vice Chair of the Committee on Housing, 2018-Present, Hawai‘i State Senate
• Member of the Committee on Ways and Means, 2018-Present, Hawai‘i State Senate
• Chair and Presiding Officer of the County Council, 2014-2016 Hawai‘i County Council
• Chair of the Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation, 2012-2014 Hawai‘i County Council
• Vice Chair of the Committee on Environmental Management, 2012-2014 Hawai‘i County Council
• Water and Agricultural Resources, Kamehameha Schools-Land Assets Division, Hawai‘i Island (supporting Kamehameha Schools' Strategic Agricultural Plan)
• Legislative Aide, Judiciary and Labor Committee (Senator Clayton Hee, Chair), Hawai‘i State Legislature