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Jill Tokuda's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

1005 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

700 Bishop Street, Suite 1902
Honolulu, HI 96813

Full Name:

Jill N. Tokuda

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Kyle; 2 Children: Matt, Aden

Birth Place:

Kaneohe, HI

Home City:

Kaneohe, HI

BA, International Relations, George Washington University, 1994-1997

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Hawaii, District 2, 2023-Present

Candidate, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 2018, 2022

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Hawaii, District 2, 2022

Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 24, 2006-2019

Majority Whip, Hawaii State Senate, 2009-2011

Member, Education Policy Task Force, Council of State Government, 2011-present

Hawaii Commissioner, Education Commission of the States, 2010-present

Member, Hawai'i P-20 Council, 2010-present

Member, Legislative Advisory Committee, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, 2009-present

Senate Member, Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force, present

Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Human Services Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Tourism and International Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Veterinary Medicine Advisory Council

Former Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Member, Agriculture Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Member, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, United States House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Member, Education Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), 2013-2014

Participant, Early Learning Fellows Program, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2013

Co-Chair, Charter School Governance Task Force, 2011

Chair, Hawaii State Senate Committee on Education, 2011

Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education, 2009-2010

Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture & Hawaiian Affairs, 2007, 2009-2010

Co-Chair, Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee on the Bureau of Conveyances, 2007-2008

Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Hawaii Affairs, 2008

Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Education, 2007-2008

Co-Chair, Women's Legislative Caucus, 2007

Board Member, State of Hawaii Executive Office on Aging Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs, 1998-2004

President, Kalliope, Limited Liability Corporation, 2014-present

Co-Director, CyberHawaii, present

Former President, Charitable Ventures, Incorporated

Founder, Charitable Ventures, Incorporated

Former Director of Development, National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii

Former Executive Aide, Office of Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono

Former Director of Community Relations, Reynolds Recycling

Advisory Board Member, Smaller Learning Communities, 2011-present

Co-Chair, Castle High School Alumni Association Knight of Distinction, 2010-present

Board Member, Joint Venture Education Forum (JVEF), 2010-present

Volunteer, Lanikila Meals on Wheels, 2000-present

Founding Member/Board Member, Windward Jaycees, present

Member, Advisory Board, Hawai'i Budget and Policy Center

Member, Board of the Hawai'i Data Collaborative

Former Board Member, Friends of the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii

Former Member, Kaneohe Neighborhood Board

External Affairs Director, Nisei Veterans Memorial Center

Founding Member, Patsy Mink Political Action Committee

Team Member, Complete College of America, Hawaii, 2010

Volunteer, 487th Field Artillery Family Awareness Group, 2005, 2008

Team Hawai'i Manager, United States Transplant Games, 2004

Member, Honolulu Civic Entrepreneur, Pew Civic Entrepreneur Initiative, 1998-2000

Windward District Advisor, Hawaii State Student Conference, 1999

Volunteer Mentor, Koolau Youth Correctional Facility, 1999

Awards:

Kaneohe Distinguished Service Award, 2014, Kiwanis Club
Champion for Charters Award, 2014, National Alliance of Public Charter Schools
Legislator of the Year, 2014, Hawaii Public Charter School Network
Legislator of the Year, 2013, Hawaii Public Charter School Network
Partnership in Education Award, 2011, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce
Kaneohe Citizen of the Year, 2009, Kaneohe Neighborhood Board,
Three Outstanding Young Persons Honoree, 2002, Hawaii Jaycees
Top 40 Under Forty Awardee, 2000, Pacific Business News

Father's Name:

Paul Tokuda

Mother's Name:

Cheryl (Takasato) Tokuda

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