Member of the following committees:
EBM - Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs
FIN - Finance
HAW - Hawaiian Affairs
HUS - Human Services
Personal
- Spouse: Faredah nee Shamsudin
- Daughter: Johanna
Hawaii State Legislature
- Minority Leader: Gene served in the House from 1990-98. His colleagues elected him Minority Leader (93-97)
- Co-Founder Small Business Caucus: Co-founder with Rep. David Stegmaier
Hawaii Kai Neighborhood Board
- Chair Transportation Committee
Senior Democracy Advisor
- Served in USAID Office of Democracy and Governance and promoted democracy throughout the world after writing text on the ills of campaign finance for developing countries.
Peace Corps Country Director
- Supervised the humanitarian efforts 46 Peace Corps Volunteers, 18 staff and $1 million budget in East Timor.
Small Business Development Specialist
- Founded with Dr. George Kanahele the Hawaii Entrepreneurship Training & Development Institute and trained 3,000 young people in Hawaii and overseas to start their own business.
Vietnam Veteran
- Served as Translator-Interpreter in Vietnam
PH.D. University of Hawaii
- Completed dissertation on the values and attitudes of Hawaiians entering and succeeding in business. Gene has taught at Chaminade and HPU as an Adjunct Professor
Author/Commentator
- He has written a number of articles about business and politics and recently authored a text on campaign finance and a Commentary for the Honolulu Advertiser:
Hobbies
- Jogging; learning new languages; (speak Malay, Indonesian, and Vietnamese)
Member of the Republican party