Experience

Education
• Waimea High School, Waimea, Kaua‘i
• Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa

Kaua‘i County Council
• Kaua‘i County Council Member (1983-2002)
• Kaua‘i County Council Member (2006-2008)
• Kaua‘i County Council Chair (12 years)

Legislative
• Appointed to the Hawai‘i State Senate in September 2010
• Elected to the Hawai‘i State Senate in November 2010
• 7th Senatorial District - Kaua‘i & Ni‘ihau
• Elected to the Hawai‘i State Senate in November 2013
• 8th Senatorial District - Kaua‘i & Ni‘ihau
• Elected as Senate President in May 2015

Committees
   2015-2018
• Hawai‘i State Senate President

   2014-2015
• Ways and Means, Vice-Chair
• Education, Member
• Transportation, Member

   2013-2014
• Hawai‘i State Senate Vice President
• Agriculture, Vice-Chair
• Transportation and International Affairs, Member
• Ways and Means, Member

   2011-2013
• Majority Caucus Leader
• Tourism, Vice-Chair
• Agriculture, Member
• Transportation and International Affairs, Member
• Ways and Means, Member