Billy Kenoi is a trusted advocate for our Hawaii Island community. He listens to our concerns and responds with programs and services that address the problems identified. He leads collaboratively and honors the hard work and commitment of our Island residents. Billy Kenoi understands government at the Federal, State, and County levels.

• Executive Assistant to Mayor Harry Kim, County of Hawaii
  
  
• Deputy Public Defender, District, Family, and Felony
  Trial Division
  
  
• Legislative Aide, State Senate & State House, State of Hawaii
  
  
• Congressional Intern, Wash. DC, US Senator Daniel K. Inouye
  

Billy is committed to working together with businesses, government, faith organizations, unions, and public and private non-profit groups to tackle tough local issues. He believes that all problems have solutions, and that progress is always achieved through hard work, collaboration, and determination.

• Established the Hawaii Island Healing Our
  Island Grant Program
  
  
• Advocated and secured funds for Hawaii Island’s Mass
  Transit Program
  
  
• Established the Coqui Frog Community Grant Program
  and the County Loan Sprayer Program
  
  
• Established NFL Pro Bowl Youth Clinics
  for Hawaii Island Youth
  

Billy works tirelessly, both as a professional, and as a community volunteer to address difficult family and community problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, and homelessness.

• Established Hawaii Island’s First Adolescent Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program
  
  
• Coordinated the Kawaihae Transitional Living
  Program Renovations
  
  
• Coordinated Lehia / Puumaile Shoreline Park Restoration
  
  
• Coordinated Hawaii Island Meth Initiative for
  Hawaii County 2001-2007
  

Billy has tremendous respect and aloha for our island’s children, our families, and our community. He understands that the health and safety of our community depends upon the health of our environment and the respect for our culture, our kupuna, and our values.

• Inspirational and Motivational Speaker on behalf of Youth
  and Families - Statewide
  
  
• Established Cultural-Based After-Care Program for Hawaiian Men to Strengthen Hawaiian Families and Reduce Recidivism and Domestic Violence
  
  
• While a Law Student, Drafted EIS Complaint that Terminated the Spaceport in Ka’u
  
  
• Coordinated First Multi-Governmental County-Based
  Invasive Species Program
  

Billy knows what it’s like to overcome hardship and obstacles. His experiences growing up on Hawaii Island and the encouragement and support he received from coaches, teachers, and leaders in our community has instilled in him a deep sense of responsibility to inspire other youth to pursue their dreams with integrity, hard work, and determination.

He has made a commitment to be a positive role model for our children. He is often asked to speak to schools in every community on our Island to share with our children that they are capable of achieving their dreams, and that they can realize their potential through the belief that our community is a place of hope, opportunity, and possibilities.

Billy believes, with all his heart, that a healthy and safe community begins with healthy children and healthy families.



Billy was born in Kalapana, graduated from Waiakea High, and attended both the Hawaii Community College and UH Hilo before graduating from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as a member of the UMASS Political Science Honor Society. He then got his Law Degree from UH Manoa's William S. Richardson School of Law.

Billy is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association. He is a board member with the Hawaii Justice Foundation and the Hawaii Island United Way. He coaches AYSO Soccer and teaches Administration of Justice at the Hawaii Community College. Billy was recognized by Hawaii Business Magazine in 2007 as one of “25 people who will help shape Hawaii over the next 25 years”.

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