Awakuni appointed to Ige cabinet
The former chief legal counsel for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission will serve as director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
Governor David Ige has appointed Catherine Awakuni Colón to serve as director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA). Currently, Awakuni is the cable administrator in the DCCA’s Cable Television Division and served as the department’s executive director for its Division of Consumer Advocacy from 2006 to 2009. She previously served as chief legal counsel and commission counsel for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Awakuni holds her J.D. from the University of Hawaii’s William S. Richardson School of Law.
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