| Notes |
Naomi U. Kuwaye was appointed to the Public Utilities Commission by Governor David Y. Ige and confirmed by the State Senate beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2028.
Prior to her appointment to the PUC, Commissioner Kuwaye was an attorney at Ashford & Wriston, LLP where she had practiced since 2012. Previously, Commissioner Kuwaye had also worked for then Honolulu City Councilmember Donna Mercado Kim and practiced law in Oregon and Washington before returning home to Hawaii.
Commissioner Kuwaye earned her juris doctorate and a certificate in environmental and natural resources law from Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law and her bachelor of arts in journalism and political science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. |