Honorary
Co-Chairs
U.S. Senator
Daniel Inouye
U.S. Senator
Daniel Akaka
U.S. Congressman
Neil Abercrombie
U.S. Congresswoman
Mazie Hirono
Governor
Linda Lingle
Executive
Committee
Dr. Earl Bakken
Kenneth Brown
"Auntie Aggie" Cope
James Kekai Jacoby
Dr. Kathie Kagawa
Kamaki Kanahele
Christina Kemmer
Dr. Diane Nomura
Ronald Sakamoto, Esq
Dr. Terry Shintani
Robert L.P. Tong, Sr.
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Colleen Hanabusa attended the University of Hawai'i
where she received her B.A. in Economics and Sociology,
M.A. in Sociology and J.D. from the William S. Richardson
School of Law.
A practicing attorney with more than twenty-nine years
of experience, she has been recognized in "The Best
Lawyers in America" since 1995;the 2005-2006 edition
marks her 10th Anniversary. Martindale-Hubbell awarded
her an AV rating in 2004.
In 1998, she was elected the State Senator for the
The "Aunty Aggie" Cope
Community and Cultural Health Award
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COLLEEN HANABUSA
Senate President
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Twenty-First District of Hawai'i. She has served as Chair of Water, Land & Hawaiian
Affairs, Chair of Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, Vice-Chairof Ways and Means,
Vice-President of the State Senate and MajorityLeader. In November 2006, she
was elected President of the Senate, the first woman to lead either house in the
Hawai'i legislature.
Among Senator Hanabusa's honors and awards are: 1999 Outstanding Lawmaker
of the Year (Small Business Hawai'i,) 1999 Outstanding Freshman Legislator
(University of Hawai'i Professional Assembly,) 2000 Mea Hanohano Kako'o Award
(University of Hawai'i,) 2000 Toll Fellow (Council of State Governments,) AJA of the
year (Hawai'i Herald,) "10 Who Made A Difference" (Honolulu Star-Bulletin,) 2003
Outstanding Legislator (Hawai'i Medical Association,) One of Hawai'i's Ten
Powerbrokers (Hawai'i Business Magazine,) 2006 Humane State Legislator Award
(The Humane Society of the United States) and 2007 Outstanding Women Lawyer
of the Year (Hawai'i Women Lawyers.)
