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