Member, Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs

Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Labor

Member, Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy

Member, Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Former Chair, Tourism and International Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Majority Leader, Hawaii State Senate, 2014-2021

Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 7, 2013-2021

Candidate, Hawaii State Senate, District 7, 2012, 2018

Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 6, 2003-2013

Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 5, 2001-2003

Senate Majority Floor Leader, Hawaii State Senate, 2001

Councilmember, Maui County Council, 1997-2000

Former President, Association of Pacific Island Legislatures

Former Vice Chair, Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, International Affairs and the Arts Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Technology Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Transportation and Energy Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Ways and Means Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Participant, Henry Toll Fellowship Program, Council of State Governments, 2003

Advisor, National Tropical Botanical Gardens, 1995-1997

Chief of Staff, Hawaii State Senator Avery B. Chumbley, 1995-1996

Advisor, Permanent Mission of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United Nations, 1993-1996

Associate Editor, Na Po'e Hawaii Magazine, 1994-1995

Case Manager, Hui No Ke Ola Pono, 1992-1994

Lecturer, Maui Community College, 1991-1994

United Nations Correspondent, Samoa News, 1994

Lecturer, Visitor Industry Training and Education Center, 1993-1994

Delegate, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1993

Administrative Aide, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, State of Hawaii, 1991-1992

Earth Summit, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992

Member, Hawaii Cultural Foundation, 1996-present

Board Member, Maui Arts and Culture Center, 1993-present

Board Member, Ho'onipa'a no Hana Foundation, present

Former Board Member, Honolulu Media Council

Former Board Member, Maui Chamber of Commerce

Member, Energy Institute, National Council of State Legislators, 2003

Participant, Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program, John F Kennedy School of Government, 2003

Member, Council On Aging, County of Maui, 1998-2000

Member, Executive Committee, Maui Visitor's Bureau, 1999-2000

Participant, Leadership Academy for Asian Pacific American Elected Officials Program, 2000

Member, International Pushkin Bicentennial Committee, 1999

Member, Maui Economic Development Board, 1997-1999

Head of Delegation, Rapa Nui, Sister City Agreement, 1999

Founding President/Vice President, Hui 'Aina O Hana, A Native Hawaiian Land Conservation Organization, 1991-1997

Member, Maui County Public, Educational and Government Cable Television Public Access Consortium, 1997

Awards:

Hawaii Stars of Oceania, Pasifika Energy Summit, 2009

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Gardening, Cultivating native flora and fruit trees; Studying local, regional, and distant cultures; Problem solving