Member of the following committees:
WLO - Water, Land, & Ocean Resources (Chair)
JUD - Judiciary (Vice-Chair)
CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce
EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection
HSG - Housing
Personal
- Married to Joyce, retired public school teacher
- One daughter, son-in-law, and four grandchildren.
Education
- University of Hawaii, BEd., 1970
- Professional Certificate
- Farrington High School, 1962
Professional
- State Representative, 1994 - present
- Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs Chair
- Committee on Education Chair
- Select Committee on Homeland Security, Chairman
- Select Committee on War Preparedness, Co-Chair
- Committee on Disaster Preparedness, Member
- Joint Legislative Access Committee
- Joint Legislative Committee on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Joint Legislative Committee on Early Childhood Education and Care
- Public School Teacher,1970 - 1987
- Vocational - Technical Resource Teacher, 1987 - 1994
Professional Involvement
- Association for Career and Technical Education
- Education Commission of the States
- Felix Investigative Committee
- Hawaii Association of Career and Tech Education
- Hawaii Educational Policy Center Advisory Panel
- Hawaii School Leadership Academy Advisory Committee
- National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) Policy Group
- Workforce Development Council
Honors
- Industrial Arts Teacher of the Year, 1990
- Legislator of the Year, Friends of the Library of Hawaii 2000
- Legislator of the Year, Hawaii Rifle Associatin 2005
- National Guard Assocation of the U.S. Patrick Henry Award 2004
- Nation Guard Association of the U.S. Charles Dick Medal Award 2005
Military Service
- U.S. Air Force, 1962 - 1966 (Veteran - Honorable Discharge)
Community
- Ben Parker Elementary School "Arts in Public Places" Committee
- Castle High School Alumni & Community Association
- Kane'ohe Neighborhood Board #30, 1989 - 1993
- Castle High Schooll Parent Partnership
- Civil Air Patrol, Major
- Democratic Party of Hawaii Member
- Heeia, Ben Parker, Puohala, Kaneohe, and Kapunahala Elementary Schools, PTA
- Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce
- Kahaluu Lions Club
- Kane'ohe Business Group
- Kane'ohe Christmas Parade Committee
- Kane'ohe Community Family Center
- Kane'ohe Senior Hui
- King Intermediate School
- Niigata Kenjinkai
- Selective Service System, former board member
- Soto Mission of Hawaii
- State Democratic Convention Delegate, 1990 - 1992
- Veterans of Foreign Wars, Windward Post 10154
- Windard Jaycees Extension, Honorary Chair
Member of the Democratic party