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 Sol's Biography

Sol is in his third term on the Maui County Council as the Lăna`i representative. He has also represented the Seventh and the more recently apportioned Thirteenth Districts in the Hawai`i State Legislature and also held the position of Executive Director of the Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission.

Previous to his work in public service, Sol represented Lăna`i on several boards and commissions, including the Lăna`i Citizens Advisory Committee and the Maui Economic Development Board. He was employed in the visitor industry as a cultural instructor and historian for Castle & Cook at the Hotel Lăna`i, the Mănele Bay Hotel, and the Lodge at Kő`ele. As a young man, before and after his college years, Sol worked for the pineapple plantation on Lăna`i. Sol's wife Lynn is a Vice-Principal of Lăhainaluna High School and they have four children and three grandchildren. Sol has participated on international commissions, such as the National Committee on US/China Relations, and has also crewed on a Hőkule`a voyage to the South Pacific. Sol is a seventh generation Lanaian; his family lineage and ties to the island can be traced back 700 years.

Sol’s Résumé

Employment

  • 2008 to Present, Maui County Council, Council Member
  • 2008 to 2008, Maui Community College RCUH, Instructor, Facilitator
  • 2005 to 2008 KIRC, Executive Director
  • 1999 to 2005 Hawaii State Legislature, District 13 Representative
  • 1995 to 1998 Maui County Council, Council Member
  • 1989 to 2003 Castle & Cooke Resorts, Dir. of Cultural Resources
 

Education:

  • Lana’i High & Elementary School
  • Kamehameha Schools, graduated 1969
  • University of Puget Sound, 1969 to 1972
  • Maui Community College,1984 to 1989 CA
 

Family: Married. four children, three grandchildren

 

Community affiliations:

  • 1975 Alu Like, Advisory Board Member
  • 1976 Protect Kaho’olawe ‘Ohana – Lanai Organizer
  • 1978 Hulopo’e – Manele Marine Conservation District, Founder
  • 1982 Kaho’olawe Citizens Advisory Committee, Member
  • 1983 PTA Lanai High & Elem. School, President (3 yrs.)
  • 1984 Hui Malama Pono O Lanai – Preservation Society Organizer & Founding member
  • 1987 Voyage of Rediscovery – Hokulea Crew member
  • 1990 Maui – Lana’i Burial Council, Member
  • 1992 Lana’i Citizens Advisory Committee Member
  • 1992 Cultural Resources Commission, Member County of Maui
  • 1993 Hawaiian Sovereignty Commission, Appointed by Gov. Waihe’e, Elected Chair (3 yr.)
  • 1995 Historic Hawai’i Foundation, Board of Trustee
  • 1995 Maui Visitors Bureau, Exec. Board Member
  • 1995 Ke Ala Hoku, Youth Planners, Navigator
  • 1996 Maui Economic Development Board, Member
  • 1997 Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program, Board member
  • 1998 Maui Volunteer Center, Member
  • 2000 Hawaiian Community Assets, Board Member
  • 2001 Bank Aloha, Organizing Board
  • 2001 CommunityPerforming Arts Center, Organizing Chair
  • 2003 Maui Economic Opportunity Affordable Housing Working Group
  • 2003 Ka ‘Ohana o Kalaupapa, Organizing Board
  • 2005 Board Member, Friends of Moku’ula to present
  • 2005 Board Member, Ka ‘Ohana ‘O Kalaupapa to present
  • 2005 Board Member, Hospice Maui to present