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Scott Nishimoto's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Office

Hawaii State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street, Room 421
Honolulu, HI 96813

Full Name:

Scott Y. Nishimoto

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Tiare

Home City:

Honolulu, HI

JD, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 2002

BA, Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1997

Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 23, 2022-present

Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 21, 2002-2022

Candidate, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 23, 2022

Former Member, Energy and Environmental Protection Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Higher Education Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Member, Interim Steering Committee, Department of Health's Comprehensive Cancer Control

Former Member, Intrastate Commerce Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Legislative Management Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Water & Land Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Member, Finance Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Member, Health and Homelessness Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Member, Human Services Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Former Law Clerk, Cronin Fried Sekiya Kekina and Fairbanks

Former Staff Member, Office of United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye

Vice President of Workforce Development and Community Relations, Abilities Limited, 2012-present

Member, Hawaii Bar Association, 2003-present

Board Member, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, present

Member, Diamond Head Lion's Club, present

Board Member, Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation, present

Member, Kaimuki Adult School Community Council, present

Member, School Community Based Management Council, Ala Wai Elementary School, present

Member, School Community Based Management Council, Liholiho Elementary School, present

Member, State of Hawaii Workforce Development Council, present

Former President, Associated Students of the University of Hawaii

Member, Diamond Head Theatre Community Advisory Board

Member, Kapahulu-Moiliili Lions Club

Member, Moiliili Community Center Board of Directors

Steering Committee Member, Reforming States Group of the Milbank Memorial Foundation

Council Leader, United States Japan Council

Board Member, University of Hawaii College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association

Member, Global Shapers at Honolulu, 2016-2017

Big Brother, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hawaii, 2014-2016

Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, 2013-2015

Coach, University Laboratory School PCS, 2006-2010

Member, Japanese American Leadership Delegation, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, 2003

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