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BOBBY JEAN LEITHEAD TODD
118 Lukia Street
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2007 to DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, County of Hawaii.
December 2008
August 2003 to DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL, Office of the Corporation Counsel,
May 2007 County of Hawaii
Assignments have included being assigned at various times as attorney for the
Planning Department, Department of Environmental Management, Board of
Ethics, Environmental Management Commission, legislative drafting, testimony
and tracking, foreclosures and bankruptcies, collections, Land Use Commission,
contested cases before the Planning Commission, Transportation Commission,
administrative appeals before the Board of Appeals
December 1996 to COUNCIL MEMBER, Hawaii County Council, County of Hawai' i
July 2003 Council Member representing District 2
Chairman of the Planning Committee
December 1994 to B.J. LEITHEAD-TODD, ATTORNEY AT LAW
December 2002 Solo practice concentrating in Family Law; after election to office primarily did
pro bono work on CPS cases.
July 1993 to LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, County of Hawaii
December 1994 Administrative Head of the research, drafting and auditing services for the
Hawaii County Council.
September 1987 to DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL, Office of the Corporation Counsel,
June 1993 County of Hawai' i
Primarily assigned to Family Support Division handling patemities, child support
and alimony cases; briefly assigned in 1993 to main office on Civil Service,
Liquor, Ethics and Housing matters.
September 1986 to ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY, Case & Lynch, Hilo Office
August 1987 Land use, insurance defense, tort litigation, family law.
September 1985 to LAW CLERK, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawai'i
- May 1986 Drafting and tracking legislation primarily in the areas of elections, workers
compensation.
June to August SUMMER LAW CLERK, Case & Lynch, Hilo Office
1985 Appellate briefs, land use, tort litigation.
June to August SUMMER LAW CLERK to Professor Williamson B. C. Chang
1984 Research on water and land use issues regarding proposed State Water Code.
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December 1982 to OFFICE MANAGER AND COMMITTEE CLERK to Representative Joseph
April 1983 Leong, Hawaii State Legislature
Responsible for running office and supervising staff, drafting and tracking
legislation.
EDUCATION
William S. Richardson School of Law, J.D. 1986
Co-Chair Hawaii Women Lawyers, Student Division
Susan B. McKay Memorial Moot Court Award
National Moot Court Team
Editor, UH Lawletter (school newspaper)
UH-Hilo, UH-Manoa, B.A. 1981 Eng. Lit.
Member, 'Ahahui O Na Pua O Hawaii (UH-Hilo) (Hawaiian cultural and dance
Group)
Substantial course work in Liberal Studies/Hawaiian Studies including: Hawaiian Language,
Archaeology, Hawaii Religion, Ethnobotany (cultural and medicinal uses of Hawaiian
plants), Hula
Hilo High School, 1970
Outstanding Teenagers of America
State of Hawaii Girl-Teen Citizen of the Year
Girls State Senator
Hawaii Senator, Supreme Court Justice, Girls Nation, Washington D. C.
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
1995 to 1999 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, High Technology Development Corporation, State of
Hawaii
Approved and adopted budgets, approved SBIR grants, approved and reviewed
programs and initiatives of corporation, responsible for hiring executive director.
1983 to 1985 MANOA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD
Advisory Board to City& County of Honolulu Planning Department
Have served in the past as:
Chair, Board of Ethics, County of Hawaii
Member, Long Range Land Use Committee, State of Hawaii
Member, Agricultural Working Group, State of Hawaii
Member, Hawaii Supreme Court Committee on Gender and Other Fairness
Member, 3`1 Circuit Family Court Rules Committee
Student Extem, Law school externships at I st Circuit Court and
Honolulu Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
Volunteer Judge, Teen Court, State of Hawaii
Volunteer Attorney, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii
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Precinct President, Precinct Vice-President, State Central Committee,
Hawaii Democratic Parry
Member, Science and Technology Committee, HIEDB
Treasurer, Big Island Women Lawyers
Labor-Management Board, Hawaiian Regent Hotel
President, Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, Big Island Chapter
Board of Directors, Japanese Chamber of Commerce
President, KCC & PH Community Association
President, Upper Kaumana District Council
Treasurer, Central Hilo Lions Club
Secretary, Hilo Jaycees
Advisory Committee, Hospice of Hilo
Board of Directors, East Hawaii Cancer Society
Secretary, Treasurer, Hilo Union PTA
President, Vice-President and Treasurer, HHS PTSA
Assistant Coach, AYSO
President, HHS Football Boosters
Member, Sons and Daughters of the Pacific Canoe Club
Vice-President, Prince David Kawananakoa Canoe Club
President and Assistant Coach, Keaukaha Canoe Club
Other personal experience relevant to Plannine/Hawaiian cultural issues:
Took Hula from various Kumu, including, Kaui Brandt, Aunty Edith Kanakaole, Aunty Piilani (Stevens)
Nahiwa, George Naope, Hoakalei Kamau'u, and John Kaha'i Topolinski.
As part of the various canoe clubs and other organizations I belonged to, I participated in various
activities including: preparation of imu, cooking and preparation of traditional Hawaiian dishes, canoe
building, gathering of maile and other flora for lei making, made and repaired fish nets, fishing, pounding
opihi, gathering 'opae and gathering of limu over a span of over forty years for luau and fundraising,
activities.
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