Full Name:
Samuel 'Sam' M. Slom
Gender:
Male
Family:
Divorced; 4 Children: Sam, Sid, Spencer, Stuart
Birth Date:
04/13/1942
Birth Place:
Allentown, PA
Home City:
Honolulu, HI
Religion:
Jewish
Completed, Financial Management/Business Condition Forecasting, American Institute of Banking (AIB)
Completed, Free Market Economics, Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)
LLB, La Salle Law School, 1966
BA, Government/Economics, University of Hawaii, 1963
Candidate, Hawaii State Senate, District 9, 2020
Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 9, 1996-2016
Minority Leader, Hawaii State Senate, 2000-2016
Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii State Senate, 1996-2016
Former Member, Joint Legislative Committee on Childhood Education
Co Chair, Senate Small Business Caucus
Member, Hydrogen Contract Investigative Committee, 2008
Member, Senate-House Felix Special Education Investigation Committee, 2002-2006
Member, Joint Legislative Long Term Care Financing Committee, 1998-2001
Member, Bipartisan Senate Felix Special Education Investigating Committee, 1992-1995
President/Owner, SMS Consultants, 1975-present
Former Business Instructor, American Institute of Banking
Former Advisor, Business Council, Chaminade University
Former Advisor, Business Council, Kapiolani Community College
Former Owner, Convention Speakers of Hawaii
Columnist, Hawaii Reporter
Former Columnist, Honolulu Advertiser
Former Columnist, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Former Columnist, Island Business
Former Business Professor, Japan-America Institute of Management Science
Former Editor, KHPR
Former Columnist, MidWeek
Former Columnist, Pacific Business News
Former Producer/MC, Perspective, KGMB-TV
Publisher, Small Business News
Editor, Small Business News
Former Panel Member of Major Economists, United States News & World Report
Former Producer/MC, Viewpoint Talk Series, KHVH
Former Producer/MC, Voices of Concern, KGMB-TV
President/Executive Director, Board of Directors, Smart Business Hawaii, 1983-2014
Assistant Professor, Business Administration, Hawaii Pacific University, 1976-1984
Assistant Director, Travel Industry Management, Hawaii Pacific University, 1976-1984
Economist/Director, Economics Division, Bank of Hawaii, 1968-1982
Fiscal Analyst/Assistant Director, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, 1965-1968
Member, East Oahu Business Club, 1998-present
Member, East O'ahu Breakfast Club, 1996-present
Advisor, Winners' Camp, 1996-present
Advisor, Hawaii Pacific University Business Advisory Council, 1984-present
Member, Junior Achievement, Hawaii, 1984-present
Co-Founder/Trustee, Paychecks Hawaii, 1984-present
Sponsor, Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation, 1983-present
Member, Alumni Association, University of Hawaii, 1965-present
Member, Advisory Board, IMUA Project for the Disabled, present
Member, Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, present
Member, East Honolulu Business Club, present
Member, Hawaii Economic Association, present
Member, Hawaii Pacific University Business Advisory Council, present
Associate Member, Hillsdale College, present
Supporter, Independence Day, Maunalua Bay Foundation, present
Director, Operation Homefront, present
President, Smart Business Hawaii (SBH) Entrepreneurial Education Foundation, present
Former Member, Advisory Council, United States Small Business Administration
Member, American Legislative Exchange Council
Former Secretary, Conservation Council, Hawaii
Former President, Hawaii Economic Association
Former Volunteer, Hawaii Kai Dolphins Football
Former Volunteer, Hawaii Kai Youth Baseball
Fomer Member, Legislative Action Committee, Small Business Hawaii
Former Member, Mayor's Small Business Advisory Council
Former Member, Organizing Committee, Rediscover Hawaii Kai
Former Member, Parent Teacher Student Organization, Kamiloiki Elementary School
Former Trustee, Second Amendment Foundation
Former Secretary, Second Amendment Foundation
President/Executive Director, Small Business Hawaii
Coach, Hawaii Kai American Youth Soccer Organization Soccer, 1996-2001
Member, Governor's Small Business Advisory Council, 1985-1995
Awards:
Outstanding Young Man of America; Awardee, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge; George Washington Honor Medal for Economic Education; Fellow of the Pacific, Hawaii Pacific University; Small Business Advocate of the Year, U. S. Small Business Administration, 1991; Business Associate of the Year, IMUA Chapter, American Business Women's Association, 1997; Free Enterprise Award, 1998; Champion of the Merit Shop, Associated Builders & Contractors, 1999; Guardian of Small Business, NFIB, 2003; Natural Collaborative Leader, Mediation Center of the Pacific; George Washington Leadership, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Private Pilot, Sports, Photography, Theatre
Names of Grandchildren:
Austin
Number of Grandchildren:
1 Grandchild
Publications:
Jonathan Gullible, Pritchett--A Collection of Hawaii Political Cartoons and Hawaii-- We Have a Problem, The Companies
We Keep