Hawaii represented on Asian Pacific American Caucus

Last week during the National Conference of State Legislatures annual summit, the National Asian Pacific American Caucus held elections for officers, and policy committee chairs and co-chairs. Hawaii is well represented:

Executive Committee

Chair: Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington

Vice-Chair: Rep. Pono Chong, Hawaii

Second Vice-Chair: Sen. Brian Taniguchi, Hawaii

Secretary: Asm. Upendra Chivukula, New Jersey

Treasurer: Rep. Hubert Vo, Texas

STEERING COMMITTEE

Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington

Rep. Pono Chong, Hawaii

Sen. Brian Taniguchi, Hawaii

Asm. Upendra Chivukula, New Jersey

Rep. Hubert Vo, Texas

Rep. Ken Ito, Hawaii

Rep. Kyle Yamashita, Hawaii

Rep. Roy Takumi, Hawaii

Sen. Clarence Nishihara, Hawaii

Rep. John Mizuno, Hawaii

Rep. Scott Kawasaki, Alaska

Policy committees

1. Economic Development

Chair: Rep. Ken Ito, Hawaii

Co-Chair: Rep. Kyle Yamashita, Hawaii

Rep. Jerry Chang, Hawaii

Rep. Bob Hasegawa, Washington

Rep. Clift Tsuji, Hawaii

2. Education

Chair: Rep. Roy Takumi, Hawaii

Co-Chair: Sen. Clarence Nishihara, Hawaii

Rep. K. Mark Takai, Hawaii

3. Health & Human Services

Chair: Rep. John Mizuno, Hawaii

Co-Chair: Rep. Scott Kawasaki, Alaska

Asm. Fiona Ma, California