10th ANNUAL HPGS TONY LENZER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER

Honoring Susie Chun Oakland

15 Craigside with dinner and wine
Friday, September 11, 2026, 5:30pm

Susie Chun Oakland served in the Hawaii State Legislature for 26 years, 6 years in the House of Representatives and 20 years in the State Senate. She represented Dowsett Highlands, Nuuanu, Lower Tantalus, Pacific Heights, Pauoa, Downtown, Chinatown, Iwilei, Honolulu Harbor, Liliha, Palama, Alewa Heights, Kaka‘ako, half of Kalihi Valley, Sand Island, Mokauea Island, and the Kalihi Business District.

During her tenure in Hawai`i’s legislature, she served on many committees that served to advocate for the kupuna. She was Co-Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Long Term Care, 1996 to 1998; Co-Founder (March 2006 – 2016) and Co-Convener (March 2006-2016), Member, Hawaii State Legislature’s Kupuna Caucus, March 2006 to present; Member of the Family Caregivers Working Group, 2014; and many other noteworthy committees and organizations.

Susie currently serves as the Program Director of the largest senior center in Hawaii, Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center, in Liliha. She continues to serve on numerous non-profit boards of directors working on affordable housing, child wellbeing, culture and arts, immigrant and refugee, persons with disabilities, education, and sustainability and environment protection issues. Susie is a proud graduate of McKinley High School and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, earning degrees in Communications and Psychology.

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*Please note that any seats not taken at a table can be donated back to the HPGS Scholarship Fund. If you will have extra seats available, let us know how many.