ABOUT NADINE
From her personal to professional background, get to know Representative Nakamura!
Background
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Professional Experience
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Legislative Appointments:
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Education
- Masters in Urban and Regional Planning, 1987, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
- Bachelors of Science, Public Affairs and Urban Planning, cum laude, 1983, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. Training Institutes
- International City/County Managers Association Training
- Council of State Government, Western Legislative Academy
Training
- Council of State Governments, Western Region Leadership Academy, 2018
- National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, 2016
- Pacific Regional Disaster Preparedness Center, 2015
- International City/Cunty Management Association, 2013, 2014
- Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institutes, 1995, 1997, 2001
- Graudate, Institute of Nonprofit Consultants, 2000
- Hawai'i Community Foundation training, 2001
- National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Organization, Advanced Commissioner Training, 2001
Teaching
- 2005-2009, Leadership Kaua'i - Presentations on "Kaua'i General Plan" and "Community Planning and Facilitation
- Spring 2005, Fall 2006, University of Hawai'i, Department of Urban & Regional Planning - Guest speaker "Participation: Involving the Community"
Awards

- Peacemaker Award, The Mediation Center of the Pacific, November 1, 2021
"For bringing diverse stakeholders together to create Act 57, eviction mediation program, to successfully help hundreds of landlords and tenants throughout the State." - Certificate of Merit, Department of Land and Natural Resources, May 10, 2021
"Outstanding service as a Team Member of the Ha'ena State Park Flood Remediation & Master Plan Implementation Team" - 2021 Preservation Honor Award, Historic Hawai'i Foundation, June 4, 2020
"Ha'ena State Park Master Plan" - Pathfinder Midwifery Champion Award, Midwives Alliance of Hawai'i, May 12, 2019
- Na Wahine Alakaʻi O Kauaʻi Women Leaders of Kauaʻi Haʻupu Award, YWCA of Kauaʻi< amy 2014
- Environment/Preservation Award, American Planning Association, Hawai'i Chapter, 2011
"Lāwa`i Kai Special Subzone Master Plan & Management Plan" written for National Tropical Botanical Garden - The Dinell Award, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Urban and Regional Planning, November 2008
Recipient of "Outstanding Urban and Regional Planning Alumni Award" - Kapa'a Elementary School, 2007-2009
Recipient of "Outstanding Service to the Keiki of Kapaʻa Elementary School"
Strengthening Community
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Giving Back to Kauaʻi & the State of Hawaiʻi
- Raised over $100,000 in grant funds, and managed Kapa'a Elementary After-School program, "Dolphin Clubs," with 25 classes and serving over 400 students per year, 2006-2010
- Kapa'a Elementary and Middle School Community Council, Chair 2006-2010
- Served as Vice Chair of the Hawai`i Tourism Authority
- Served as Vice Chair of the State Housing Development Corporation of Hawai`i
- Served as Board member of the Hawai`i Community Reinvestment Corporation, a statewide nonprofit organization that provides low-interest loans for affordable rental housing throughout the State of Hawai`i
- Serves as a volunteer board member of Pacific Housing Assistance Corporation, a developer of affordable rental housing
Affiliations
CURRENT:
Board Member, Pacific Housing Assistance Corp., 2019 – present
PAST:
Board Member, Pacific Housing Assistance Corp., 2019 – present
PAST:
- Board Member, Hawai`i Community Reinvestment Corporation, Affiliations July 2005 – August 2013
- Member, American Planning Association
- Chair, Kapa`a Middle School Community Council, August, 2008 - 2010
- Board Member, Kaua`i Island Utility Cooperative Foundation, August 2007 – 2010
- Member, County of Kaua`i, Cost Control Commission, 2008 - 2010
- Vice Chair, Board Member, Hawaii Tourism Authority, July 2002– June 2006
- Chair, Kapa`a Elementary School Community Council, August, 2003 - 2008
- Member, Kaua`i Planning & Action Alliance, 2003-2010
- Member, Kaua`i Chamber of Commerce, 2005-2010
- Member, Kapa`a Elementary School PTSA, 2000 – 2010
- Member, Kapa`a Middle School PTSA, 2006 – 2010
- Parent Member, Kapa`a Elementary School, School Community Based Management Council, 2001- 2005
- Member, Kapa`a Business Association, 2005 - 2006
- Vice Chair, State Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii, July, 1999 – June, 2002
- Advisory Council, Kaua`i Workforce Investment Act Youth Council, 2001- 2002
- Director, State Housing Finance and Development Corporation, July, 1995 – July, 1998