Kymberly Pine
| Kymberly Neaulani Pine Ryglowski | |
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| Honolulu City Council member, District 1 | |
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Assumed office January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Berg |
| Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 43rd district |
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In office 2004–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Romy Mindo |
| Succeeded by | Matt LoPresti |
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| Spouse(s) | LT Brian Ryglowski, USN |
| Website | councilmemberpine |
Kymberly Neaulani Pine Ryglowski (born September 8, 1970) is a member of the Honolulu City Council representing District 1. Prior to that she was a Republican Representative of the State House of Representatives.
Pine is of half caucasian and half Filipino ancestry. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000 with a degree in English. She was a journalist before becoming a politician. In 2007 she was named one of the nation's 100 most influential half-Filipina women by the Filipina Women's Network. She was the youngest to be appointed as Director of Minority Research in the State House of Representatives.
Kymberly Neaulani Pine Ryglowski is the daughter of a white community college teacher and the granddaughter of Filipino immigrants who came to Hawaii from the Ilocos Norte, Philippines in the early 1900s. Her grandfather served in the U.S. Military and fought in World War II during the attack on Pearl Harbor, which led her to work for U.S. Vets – Hawaii, a non-profit transitional home for former homeless veterans, located in Ewa.
Pine was elected to the State House of Representatives in 2004 to represent district 43, defeating an incumbent with 60% of the vote. District 43 covers the Iroquois Point, Ewa Villages, Kalaeloa, Honokai Hale, Nanakai Gardens, KoOlina, Kahe Point, Nanakuli, Lualualei, Maili.
She served in the state house from 2004-2012 and was the first Republican to be elected to this seat since statehood. From 2010-2012 she served as the House Minority floor leader.
One of Pine's 2012 priorities for the legislative session was to keep the community informed regarding the closure of the Hawaii Medical Center West facility in Ewa Beach in December 2011. She also hosted a Leeward Job Fair to help the 1,000 people that lost their jobs from the HMC West and East locations.
Kymberly Pine Ryglowski was a victim of Cyber Crime in 2011 and has worked to help strengthen the states Cyber Crime laws.
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