Area of Expertise:

• Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction
• Coastal Zone Management
• Land Use and Environmental Law

Experience:

• 2007-present - State of Hawaii Hurricane Mitigation Advisory Committee
• 2007 – Lead Author - Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards

• 2006-present - Affiliate Faculty, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program

• 2003-2005 - Author, Hawaii Coastal Hazard Mitigation Guidebook
• 1999-present - Counsel, Reinwald, O’Connor & Playdon
• 1993-1999 - Attorney, Watanabe, Ing & Kawashima
• 1991-1993 - Sole Proprietor
• 1982-1990 - Senior Geophysicist and Geologist, Exxon Co. U.S.A.

Education:

• B.S. 1977 Geology, University of Rochester         
• M.S. 1980 Marine Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai‘i
• J.D. 1990  Doctor of Jurisprudence – Concentration in Environment and Land Use Law

Affiliations:

• University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
• Reinwald O’Connor & Playdon
• Hawaii Chamber of Commerce, Past Chair, Environmental and Land Use Committees
• Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Executive Committee & Board of Directors

           
Recent Projects:

• Kapoho Subsidence Study & Recommendations, for Hawaii County Planning Department
• Hazard Mitigation in the EIS Process, for University of Hawaii
• Coastal Hazard Mitigation Guidebook for Louisiana, for Louisiana Sea Grant and FEMA
• Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards for UH Sea Grant

Project Partners:

• Hawaii County Planning Department: 
  http://www.hawaii-county.com/directory/dir_plan.htm

• University of Hawaii Environmental Center:
  http://www.hawaii.edu/envctr/

• University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program
  http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/SEAGRANT/index.php

• Louisiana State University Sea Grant Legal Program
  http://www.lsu.edu/sglegal/

• Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
  http://dnr.louisiana.gov/

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  http://www.fema.gov/