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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Member, Education Policy Task Force, Council of State Government, 2011-present

Hawaii Commissioner, Education Commission of the States, 2010-present

Member, Hawai'i P-20 Council, 2010-present

Member, Legislative Advisory Committee, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, 2009-present

Senate Member, Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force, present

Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Human Services Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Tourism and International Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Veterinary Medicine Advisory Council

Former Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Member, Education Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2013-2014

Participant, Early Learning Fellows Program, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2013

Co-Chair, Charter School Governance Task Force, 2011

Chair, Hawaii State Senate Committee on Education, 2011

Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education, 2009-2010

Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture & Hawaiian Affairs, 2007, 2009-2010

Co-Chair, Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee on the Bureau of Conveyances, 2007-2008

Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Hawaii Affairs, 2008

Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Education, 2007-2008

Co-Chair, Women's Legislative Caucus, 2007

Board Member, State of Hawaii Executive Office on Aging Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs, 1998-2004

Education

  • BA, International Relations, George Washington University, 1994-1998

Professional Experience

  • BA, International Relations, George Washington University, 1994-1998
  • Founder, Charitable Ventures, Incorporated
  • Former President, Charitable Ventures, Incorporated
  • Former Director of Development, National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
  • Former Executive Aide, Office of Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono
  • Former Director of Community Relations, Reynolds Recycling

Political Experience

  • BA, International Relations, George Washington University, 1994-1998
  • Founder, Charitable Ventures, Incorporated
  • Former President, Charitable Ventures, Incorporated
  • Former Director of Development, National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
  • Former Executive Aide, Office of Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono
  • Former Director of Community Relations, Reynolds Recycling
  • Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 24, 2006-2019
  • Candidate, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 2018
  • Majority Whip, Hawaii State Senate, 2009-2011

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Education Policy Task Force, Council of State Government, 2011-present

Hawaii Commissioner, Education Commission of the States, 2010-present

Member, Hawai'i P-20 Council, 2010-present

Member, Legislative Advisory Committee, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, 2009-present

Senate Member, Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force, present

Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Human Services Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Tourism and International Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Veterinary Medicine Advisory Council

Former Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Member, Education Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2013-2014

Participant, Early Learning Fellows Program, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2013

Co-Chair, Charter School Governance Task Force, 2011

Chair, Hawaii State Senate Committee on Education, 2011

Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education, 2009-2010

Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture & Hawaiian Affairs, 2007, 2009-2010

Co-Chair, Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee on the Bureau of Conveyances, 2007-2008

Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Hawaii Affairs, 2008

Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Education, 2007-2008

Co-Chair, Women's Legislative Caucus, 2007

Board Member, State of Hawaii Executive Office on Aging Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs, 1998-2004

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, International Relations, George Washington University, 1994-1998
  • Founder, Charitable Ventures, Incorporated
  • Former President, Charitable Ventures, Incorporated
  • Former Director of Development, National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
  • Former Executive Aide, Office of Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono
  • Former Director of Community Relations, Reynolds Recycling
  • Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 24, 2006-2019
  • Candidate, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 2018
  • Majority Whip, Hawaii State Senate, 2009-2011
  • Advisory Board Member, Smaller Learning Communities, 2011-present
  • Co-Chair, Castle High School Alumni Association Knight of Distinction, 2010-present
  • Board Member, Joint Venture Education Forum (JVEF), 2010-present
  • Volunteer, Lanikila Meals on Wheels, 2000-present
  • Founding Member/Board Member, Windward Jaycees, present
  • Former Board Member, Friends of the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
  • Former Member, Kaneohe Neighborhood Board
  • Founding Member, Patsy Mink Political Action Committee
  • Team Member, Complete College of America, Hawaii, 2010
  • Volunteer, 487th Field Artillery Family Awareness Group, 2005, 2008
  • Team Hawai'i Manager, United States Transplant Games, 2004
  • Member, Honolulu Civic Entrepreneur, Pew Civic Entrepreneur Initiative, 1998-2000
  • Windward District Advisor, Hawaii State Student Conference, 1999
  • Volunteer Mentor, Koolau Youth Correctional Facility, 1999

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Kaneohe Distinguished Service Award, 2014, Kiwanis Club
  • Champion for Charters Award, 2014, National Alliance of Public Charter Schools
  • Legislator of the Year, 2014, Hawaii Public Charter School Network
  • Legislator of the Year, 2013, Hawaii Public Charter School Network
  • Partnership in Education Award, 2011, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce
  • Kaneohe Citizen of the Year, 2009, Kaneohe Neighborhood Board,
  • Three Outstanding Young Persons Honoree, 2002, Hawaii Jaycees
  • Top 40 Under Forty Awardee, 2000, Pacific Business News

  • Paul Tokuda

  • Cheryl (Takasato) Tokuda

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