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Cynthia Thielen

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Assistant Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50 (2014 - Present)

Hawaii State House, District 50 (1990 - Present)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, Case Western Reserve University
  • Attended, Stanford University
  • JD, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 1979
  • BA, University of Hawaii, 1975

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Case Western Reserve University
  • Attended, Stanford University
  • JD, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 1979
  • BA, University of Hawaii, 1975
  • Attorney, Gerson, Grekin, Wynhoff and Theilen, present
  • Former Attorney, Land Use and Environmental Law
  • Former Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
  • Brown, Johnson and Day, 1985-1988

Political Experience

  • Attended, Case Western Reserve University
  • Attended, Stanford University
  • JD, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 1979
  • BA, University of Hawaii, 1975
  • Attorney, Gerson, Grekin, Wynhoff and Theilen, present
  • Former Attorney, Land Use and Environmental Law
  • Former Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
  • Brown, Johnson and Day, 1985-1988
  • Assistant Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50, 2014-present
  • Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50, 1990-present
  • Former Delegate, State Republican Conventions
  • Candidate, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50, 2018
  • Assistant Minority Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2013-2014
  • Candidate, United States Senate, District Hawaii, 2006
  • Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 1992-1997
  • Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, 1986

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Advisory Board, State Helicopter and Tour Aircraft

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Consumer Protection and Commerce

Former Vice Chair, Energy and Environmental Protection Committee

Former Member, Energy and Environmental Protection Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Reorganization Commission, City and County of Honolulu

Former Member, Water & Land Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Energy and Environmental Protection Committee

Member, Judiciary Committee

Member, Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Case Western Reserve University
  • Attended, Stanford University
  • JD, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 1979
  • BA, University of Hawaii, 1975
  • Attorney, Gerson, Grekin, Wynhoff and Theilen, present
  • Former Attorney, Land Use and Environmental Law
  • Former Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
  • Brown, Johnson and Day, 1985-1988
  • Assistant Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50, 2014-present
  • Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50, 1990-present
  • Former Delegate, State Republican Conventions
  • Candidate, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50, 2018
  • Assistant Minority Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2013-2014
  • Candidate, United States Senate, District Hawaii, 2006
  • Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 1992-1997
  • Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, 1986
  • Representative, Hawaii, National Women's Network, present
  • Member, Hawaii State Bar Association, present
  • Charter Member, Hawaii Women Lawyers, present
  • Precinct President, Republican Party, present
  • Member, Stanford Club, present
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Former Board Member, Energy and Electric Utilities Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures
  • Former Board Member, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures
  • Former Member, Historic Hawaii
  • Founding Member, Law Review, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Former Member, League of Women Voters
  • Former Member, Nature Conservancy
  • Former Member, Organization of Women Leaders
  • President, Hawaii Children's Museum, 1987-1988

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Award for Exemplary Public Service, Common Cause Hawaii; Ocean Energy Pioneer, Energy Ocean International; Voice of Equality Award--Legislative Leadership, Equality Hawaii; Shining Light Award, Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans & Kokua Council; President's Award, Hawaii Audubon Society; Legislator of the Year, Hawaii Ophthalmological Society; Legislator of the Year, Hawaii Psychological Association; President's Award, Hawaii Women Lawyers; Unsung Hero, Hawaii's Thousand Friends; Hempy Award for Political Action Leading to Hemp Cultivation in the Great State of Hawaii, Hemp Pages; Green Elephant Spotlight, Republicans for Environmental Protection; Legislative Lifetime Achievement Award, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter; Outstanding Lawmaker of the Year, Small Business Hawaii

State Bills
Speeches

I am Honored and Humbled

Jan. 1, 2012Other

Education Policy

Jan. 1, 2012Other