Leo Asuncion, Jr.
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Hawaii Public Utilities Commissioner
Years in office: 2019 - 2025
Successor: Jon Itomura (Nonpartisan)
Leo Asuncion Jr. was the Hawaii Public Utilities Commissioner. Asuncion assumed office in 2019. Asuncion left office on November 17, 2025.
Gov. David Ige (D) appointed Asuncion as the Chairman of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission on June 30, 2022.[1]
Biography
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Education
- B.A. in political science, University of Hawaii-Manoa (1988)
- Master of urban and regional planning, University of Hawaii-Manoa (1991)
- M.B.A., Hawaii Pacific University (2008)[2]
Career
Prior to his appointment to the commission, Asuncion's professional experience included the following:
- 2011-2019: Hawaii Office of Planning
- 2018-2019: Planning program administrator
- 2015-2018: Director
- 2014-2015: Interim director
- 2011-2015: Planning program manager, Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program
- 2005-2011: Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
- 2009-2011: Senior regulatory analyst
- 2005-2009: Senior integrated resource planning analyst
- 2002-2005: Project planner/manager, SSFM International, Inc.
- 1998-2002: Planner, Planning and program evaluation division, Hawaii State Judiciary
- 1992-1998: Staff planner, State Land Use Commission, Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism[2]
Political career
Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (2019-2025)
Ascuncion was appointed to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission by Gov. David Ige (D) on February 19, 2019.[3]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Governor of the State of Hawai'i David Y. Ige, "OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR NEWS RELEASE: LEO ASUNCION, JR. APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION," accessed July 12, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Office of the governor, "Resume of Leo Ascuncion, Jr.," accessed February 25, 2019
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Hawaii Public Utilities Commissioner 2019-2025 |
Succeeded by Jon Itomura |
