June 13, 2014
Abercrombie appoints George Okuda to Windward Oahu House seat
Gov. Neil Abercrombie has appointedGeorge Okuda to serve in the Hawaii state House of Representatives, in the Windward Oahu district seat formerly held by Jessica Wooley.
Wooley, whose Windward district stretches from Kaneohe to Kahaluu, stepped down on May 5, six days after the state Senate confirmed her appointment as director of the state Office of Environmental Quality Control.
Okuda has served as an aide to another Windward state representative, Rep. Ken Ito, D-Kaneohe-Olomana, since 2000, drafting, tracking and analyzing bills, and prior to that served as a legislative aide to former state Sen. Bob Nagata and was a member of the Kahaluu Neighborhood Board for six years, two of those as chairman.
“George has more than a decade of public service experience and has active legislative ties to the windward Oahu community,” Abercrombie said in a statement. “He will bring stability during this transition period.”
Okuda, a licensed civil and structural engineer, previously worked for Hawaiian Electric Co.
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