Lauren Matsumoto

Lauren Matsumoto REPRepublican

State Representative, District 38

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Lauren MatsumotoREPRepublican State Representative, District 38
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Lauren Kealohilani Cheape Matsumoto (born August 16, 1987) is an American politician and beauty pageant titleholder who currently serves as a member of the Hawaii State House from Hawaii's 38th District, previously the 45th District from 2012 to 2022. Matsumoto represents Schofield, Mokuleia, Waialua, Kunia, Waipio Acres, and her hometown of Mililani in the Hawaii State House of Representatives. She holds the title of Miss Hawaii 2011, and competed in the Miss America 2012 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born and raised in Mililani, Hawaii.

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Education5 - 5 of 3
Hawaii Pacific University
MBA
2013 - 2015
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
BA Cinematography and Film/Video Production
2005 - 2009
Argosy University
Doctorate Organizational Leadership
Past Positions1 - 5 of 5
Minority Leader
Hawaii State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Minority Floor Leader
Hawaii State House of Representatives
2019 - 2023
Representative
Hawaii State House of Representatives
2022 - Current
Representative
Hawaii State House of Representatives
2012 - 2022
Minority Whip
Hawaii State House of Representatives
2012 - 2018
Other Experience1 - 21 of 21
Member
Council of State Governments (CSG)
Current
Miss Hawaii
Miss America Pageant
2011
Volunteer
Orphanage, Malawi, Africa
2010
Former Member
Student Athlete Advisory Committee, University of Hawaii
Founding Member
Echelon Board, Salvation Army - Hawaiian and Pacific Islands
Member
Daughters of Hawaii
Member
State Strategic Technological Task Force
Western Regional Board Director
Women In Government National Board
Member
Housing Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Legislative Management Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Agriculture Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
2021 - Current
Member
Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
2021 - Current
Member
Energy & Environmental Protection Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
2021 - Current
Member
Transportation Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
2021 - Current
Former Member
Agriculture Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
Former Member
Labor and Public Employment Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
Former Member
Tourism Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
Former Member
Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
Former Member
Education Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
Former Member
Higher Education Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
Former Member
Economic Development and Business Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives
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