Experience

State Senator (2002-present)

• Chair, Senate Commerce & Consumer Protection (2009-Present)
• Chair, Senate Ways & Means (2006-08)
• Chair, Senate Committee on Health (2002-2006)

Economic Development Coordinator, Maui County (1999-2002)

State Legislator (1988-1998)

• Co-Chair, Senate Ways & Means (1998)
• Co-Chair, Senate Consumer Protection & Information Technology (1997)
• Majority Leader in the Senate and in the House of Representatives

National Education Association Lobbyist, Washington DC (1969-1980)
Small Business Owner (1981-1987)
Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunrise – President (2007-2008)
American Cancer Society Hawai’i – Pacific Board Chair, Volunteer
Maui Economic Development Board Director
West Maui Domestic Violence Task Force
Maui Visitors Bureau – Ex-officio Board Member

• 2012 Bette Takahashi Service Award, Planned Parenthood of Hawai’i
• 2011 Nurse Champion Award, Pacific Institute of Nursing
• 2011 Faith in Democracy Award, FACE (Faith Action for Community Equity)
• 2011, 2008 Exemplary Comprehensive Cancer Control Leadership by an Elected Official Award, C-Change
• 2011 National Distinguished Advocacy Award, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
• 2010 Legislative Partner Award, Maui Family Support Services, Inc.
• 2010 Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition/Safe Kids Hawai’i Champion Award
• 2010 Shining Light Award, Hawai’i Alliance for Retired American and Kokua Council
• 2009 Legislator of the Year from the School of Nursing
• 2009 Honor Society of Nurses “Friend of Nursing” Award
• 2008 School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene Appreciation Award
• 2008 Friends of the Hawai’i Cancer Research Center Mauka Makai Award
• 2008 Patti Schuler Award, American Cancer Society