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Cynthia Thielen's Biography

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Full Name:

Cynthia Henry Thielen

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Mickey; 4 Children

Birth Date:

09/22/1933

Home City:

Kailua, HI

Attended, Case Western Reserve University

Attended, Stanford University

JD, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 1979

BA, University of Hawaii, 1975

Assistant Minority Floor Leader, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50, 2014-2021

Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 50, 1990-2021

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 Member, Agriculture Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

Former Member, Consumer Protection and Commerce

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

Former Member, Judiciary 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

Former Member, Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives

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

Member, Hawaii State Bar Association, present

Charter Member, Hawaii Women Lawyers, present

Representative, Hawaii, National Women's Network, present

Precinct President, Republican Party, present

Member, Stanford Club, present

Former Member, Advisory Board, State Helicopter and Tour Aircraft

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

Former Delegate, State Republican Conventions

President, Hawaii Children's Museum, 1987-1988

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

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