Experience

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  Honolulu Community Action Program, Inc. (HCAP)

  • Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Executive Director/CEO

    • 2009 - Present
    • Honolulu, Hawaii

    • Leads Hawaii’s largest non-profit community action program with an overall budget of $25.4 million and a staff of 325 employees.• Responsible for all agency programs and activities, including: planning, organizing, communicating, and directing sound and effective programs to provide opportunities for low- income people to become self-sufficient.• Provides long range planning and evaluation of programs and activities, manages business operations and governmental relations.• Provides leadership, guidance, and overall management to all levels of the organization and carries out responsibilities within HCAP’s established policies and procedures and abides by all Federal/State laws and regulations.

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  Department of Budget and Finance, State of Hawaii

  • Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Deputy Director

    • 2006 - 2009
    • Honolulu, Hawaii

    • Administered the multi-year program financial plan and executive budget, management improvement, and financial management programs of the State, which consists of an operating budget of $10.8 billion from all means of financing with a general funds balance of $5.4 billion.• Supervised the budgetary and fiscal policies established by the Governor or mandated by the Legislature. • Administered the financial affairs of the State by planning, directing and coordinating the development of the State’s financial strategy and overall policies regarding investments and financing programs. • Planned, marketed, coordinated, reviewed, and monitored the State’s bond issues and coordinated the receipt, investment, and disbursement of deposits in the State Treasury and assets in the State Unclaimed Property Program.

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  Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawaii

  • Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Chief of Staff / Deputy Chief of Staff and General Counsel

    • 2002 - 2006
    • Honolulu, Hawaii

    • Managed the legal, fiscal and budget, staff and personnel, and information technology functions of the executive office.• Assisted in the formulation and execution of statewide policy, legislative and political strategies, and media and public relations efforts for the Lieutenant Governor in close conjunction with the Office of the Governor.

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  Paul, Johnson, Park & Niles, Attorneys at Law

  • Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Associate Attorney

    • 1998 - 2002
    • Honolulu, Hawaii

    • Practice included civil litigation work with an emphasis on the purchase and sale of real estate, commercial and residential leases, business and corporate formation; and civil litigation work with an emphasis on foreclosures, bankruptcies, and collections.

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  Tam, O'Conner, Henderson, Taira & Yamauchi, Attornerys at Law

  • Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Associate Attorney

    • 1996 - 1998
    • Honolulu, Hawaii

    • Practice included civil litigation work with an emphasis on insurance defense, collections, and foreclosures; and business transactions work which included contracts, leases, IRS determination requests, and various ERISA-related topics such as Qualified Domestic Relations Orders and labor compliance there under.

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  Bank of Hawaii

  • Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Commerical Loan Officer and Credit Analyst

    • 1987 - 1993
    • Honolulu, Hawaii

    • Functioned in various capacities such as Banking Associate, Assistant Branch Manager and Commercial Portfolio Officer.• Exposed to a variety of functional areas within the commercial banking environment including Funds Market trading, branch operations, real estate lending, and middle-market business banking.