Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 11, 2022-present

Council Floor Leader, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, present

Council Member, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, District 6, 2013-2022

Candidate, Hawaii State Senate, District 11, 2022

Senator, Hawaii State Senate, 1992-2012

Representative, Hawaii State House, 1978-1982, 1986-1992

Executive Officer, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 1982-1986

State Constitutional Convention, 1978

Vice Chair, Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee

Member, Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee

Member, Higher Education Committee

Member, Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs Committee

Vice Chair, Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee, Hawaii State Senate, 2023-present

Member, Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee, Hawaii State Senate, 2023-present

Member, Higher Education Committee. Hawaii State Senate, 2023-present

Member, Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate, 2023-present

Member, National Conference of State Legislatures Executive Committee, 2006-present

Hearings Officer, Hawaii Public Employees Relations Board

Member, Policy Committee, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization

Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Member, Hawaii Broadband Task Force, 2007-2009

Member, Hawaii Identity Theft Task Force, 2005-2006

Chair, Communications, Technology, and Interstate Commerce Committee, 2004-2005

Member, National Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee (NIIAC), 1995

Member, Coordinating Committee, Hawaii Democratic Action, 1985

Platform Co-Chair, State Democratic Convention, 1984

Attorney, present

Executive Officer, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 1982-1986

Member, Board of Directors, Hawaiian Air

Member, Board of Directors, Historic Hawaii Foundation

Member, Board of Directors, Sexual Assault Treatment Center

Member, Hawaii Women Lawyers

Co-Convenor, Honolulu Transit-Oriented Community-based Economic Development Project

Member, Japanese American Citizens League

Member, Japanese Cultural Center, Hawaii

Co Chair, Business Economic Development and Labor Committee, Hawaii Democratic Party Convention, 2006, 2008, 2010