Senate

Born

January 15, 1957

Personal

Married, wife Dawn
Three children; Lauren, Amy, and Matthew.

Education

University of Hawaii, MBA Decision Sciences 1985
University of Hawaii, BS Electrical Engineering 1979
Pearl City High School

Political Office

State House of Representatives from 1986 - 1993
State Senate since 1994.

Professional

Vice President of Engineering, NetEnterprise
Project Manager, Pihana Pacific
Senior Administrator, GTE Hawaiian Tel (now Verizon Hawaii)
Electronics Engineer/Analyst, Pacific Analysis Corporation

Community

Pearl City Community Association
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Newtown Estates Community Association

Member of the Democratic party.

Member of the following committees:

HTH - Health (Chair)
CPH - Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing (Vice-Chair)
EDT - Economic Development and Taxation
BOC - Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee on the Bureau of Conveyances