Born and raised in the Kalihi-Palama neighborhood of Honolulu
Parents: Andrew and Lily Kim
Son: Micah
Graduate of Farrington High School
Attended the University of Hawai`i
Cum laude graduate of Washington State University

Public Relations Director
KUMU Radio Trained Facilitator
The Pacific Institute Board of Directors
Bank of America Hawai`i
Hotel Catering Sales Representative
Communications Sales Representative
Small Business
Executive Director & Recreation Director

American Society for Public Administration’s
Outstanding City and County Administrator (1997)
Farrington High School Outstanding Alunmi Award (1997)
Hawai`i Jaycee’s Three Outstanding Young Persons of 1988

Elected to House of Representatives, District 40, 1982-1985
Honolulu City Council, 1985-2000 Chair,
Honolulu City Council’s Zoning Committee
Hawai`i State Senate, 2000-present Chair,
Tourism and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, 2001-2002
VIce President and Chair, Tourism Committee, 2003-2006
Vice President, 2007-2008 Chair,
Ways and Means Committee, 2009-2010

Current Service

Kalihi Business Association,
Member Filipino Chamber of Commerce,
Member Hawai`i Korean Chamber of Commerce,
Honorary Member Palama Settlement,
Board of Trustees
Hawai`i Korean Millennium Commission, Member

Past Service

National League of Cities,
Economic Development Steering Committee
President’s National Committee on Transportation
YMCA
Century Club
Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials Planned Parenthood
Hawai`i’s Junior Miss, Inc.
Boys and Girls Club of Honolulu, Aliamanu Unit