Sol's Biography

Employment

• 2008 to Present, Maui Community College/RCUH, Instructor/Facilitator
• 2005 to 2008KIRC, Executive Director
• 1999 to 2005Hawaii State Legislature, District 13 Representative
• 1995 to 1998 Maui County Council, Council Member
• 1989 to 2003Castle & 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:

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