{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4768", "Long-Time Hawaii Federal, State and Non-Profit Executive Joins Case As Deputy Chief of Staff and Hawaii District Director", "2025-10-31", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=3", "scraper", "(Honolulu, HI) \u2013 U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) has appointed longtime Hawai\u2018i federal, state and non-profit executive Kekoa Kaluhiwa as his Deputy Chief of Staff and Hawai\u2018i District Director working out of Case\u2019s Honolulu district office.\n\n\u201cIn his twenty years of service across our federal, state and non-profit sectors and more, Kekoa has excelled at policy advocacy, community engagement and government relations,\u201d said Case. \u201cHe is especially skilled at moving easily among diverse communities, leading teams, building partnerships, and navigating complex cultural, political and environmental issues.\u201d\n\n\u201cEspecially important are his over ten years of Congressional experience with United States Senator Daniel Akaka. Representing Hawai\u2018i in Congress requires knowing and working smoothly and interchangeably in two very different worlds, and Kekoa especially brings this ability to my Congressional work.\u201d\n\nKaluhiwa joins Case from eight years with Kamehameha Schools, most recently as Director of \u02bb\u0100ina Stakeholder Engagement, responsible for advancing the institution\u2019s relationships with the community, government, and business sectors. He also directed Kamehameha\u2019s statewide land operations.\n\nKaluhiwa earlier served as First Deputy Director for the Hawai\u2018i State Department of Land and Natural Resources (DNLR) during the tenure of Case\u2019s sister, Suzanne Case, as Director. His responsibilities included assisting in management of DLNR\u2019s ten divisions, 900 employees and 1.2 million acres of public trust resources.\n\nKaluhiwa is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools-Kap\u0101lama and the University of Washington (B.A., Political Science). He also earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Hawai\u2018i-M\u0101noa.\n\nKaluhiwa succeeds Jacqueline (Jackie) Conant, who retired after twenty-five years of federal service. Conant worked for Case the entirety of his service in Congress, from 2002 to 2007 and from 2019 to her retirement. She began in Congress with U.S. Representative Patsy Mink and also served with then-U.S. Representative Mazie Hirono.\n\n\u201cJackie exemplified the work of Congressional staff everywhere; they contribute immeasurably without widespread recognition to the critical work of Members of Congress on forging national policy, assisting our states and helping our constituents,\u201d said Case. \u201cJackie also exemplified the unique role of a District Director to keep the critical district office functioning smoothly and to provide the face and voice of the office during the majority of the year when we are not home. While I miss her, I\u2019m happy for her next chapters, and know that Kekoa will provide the same level of service to my office and our community with his own twist.\u201d\n\nTim Nelson continues as Case\u2019s Chief of Staff, based in Case\u2019s Capitol Hill office. Like Conant, Nelson has served with Case throughout the entirety of Case\u2019s service in Congress, including as Chief of Staff since 2019. Nelson has a particular expertise in defense, especially Hawai\u2018i and the Indo-Pacific, and in addition to managing Case\u2019s overall office assists him in his responsibilities as a member of the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on Defense with oversight and funding jurisdiction over our defense and intelligence budgets.\n\nAttachment: Picture of Kekoa Kaluhiwa\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4768"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3456700146198273, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}