Member of the following committees:
PBS - Public Safety (Chair)
EDN - Education
HED - Higher Education
LAB - Labor & Public Employment
TRN - Transportation
Personal
- Born and raised in Pahoa, Hawaii on December 21, 1953
- Married to Leslie Kalani Jaime Julian
Education
- University of Phoenix - MBA
- University of Hawaii at Hilo - BA in Sociology
- Hawaii Community College - AD in Political Science
- Kamehameha Schools - High School Diploma
Political Office
- Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2007 - present
- District 4 ( Puna, Pahoa, Hawaiian Acres, Kalapana)
- Assistant Majority Floor Leader
Experience
- Retired after 25 years from Kulani Correctional Facility-Adult Corrections Officer
- Acting Captain/Administrative Lieutenant
- Former State Secretary-Treasurer of United Public Workers
- Also, negotiation chairperson for Unit 10 contract
- DOE Substitute Teacher
- Hawaiian Studies Lecturer at HCC
- Program Coordinator at Kalani Honua and Honua Hawaii
Member of the Democratic party.