Senate

Personal

Married, Husband Kyle Michibata
Son, Matt Akira Michibata

Education

George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Bachelor of Arts - Major in International Relations, Minor in Japanese Studies
James B. Castle High School, (Kane'ohe, Hawai'i)
Magna Cum Laude Graduate
Samuel Wilder King Intermediate School
Kane'ohe Elementary School

Professional

Current Employment:
Director of Community Relations, Reynolds Recycling

Past Employment:
President and Founder, Charitable Ventures, Inc. (CVI)
Director of Development, National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
Executive Aide, Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono

Legislative

Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs (2008)
Co-Chair, Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee on the Bureau of Conveyances (2007 - 2008)
Co-Chair, 2007 Women's Legislative Caucus
Senate Member, Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Task Force

Community

Hawai'i P-20 Council
Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education's Legislative Advisory Committee (present)
Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education's Veterinary Medicine Advisory Council (present)
Hawaii Jaycees Three Outstanding Young Persons Honoree (2002)
Pacific Business News Top 40 Under Forty Awardee (2000)
Team Hawai'i Manager, U.S. Transplant Games (2004)
Board Member, State of Hawaii Executive Office on Aging Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs (1998-2004)
Honolulu Civic Entrepreneur, Pew Civic Entrepreneur Initiative (1998-2000)
Board Member, Friends of the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
Volunteer, Lanikila Meals on Wheels (2000-present)
Volunteer Mentor, Koolau Youth Correctional Facility (1999)
Windward District Advisor, Hawaii State Student Conference (1999)
Volunteer, 487th Field Artillery Family Awareness Group

Member of the Democratic party.

Member of the following committees:

HRE - Higher Education (Chair)
BOC - Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee on the Bureau of Conveyances (Co-Chair)
WTL - Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs (Vice-Chair)
SCTF - Special Senate Committee to Consider Approaches to Teacher Furloughs
WAM - Ways and Means