Background
Ward, Gene was born on March 9, 1943 in Conneaut, Ohio, United States.
Ward, Gene was born on March 9, 1943 in Conneaut, Ohio, United States.
Bachelor, University Hawaii, Monoa. Master of Arts in Urban Sociology, University Hawaii, Manoa, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, University Hawaii, Manoa, 1983.
President, executive director Hawaii Entrepreneurship Training and Development Institute, 1977—1990. Member District 16 Hawaii House of Representatives, 1990—1998, minority leader, 1993—1997, member District 17, since 2007, minority policy leader. United Nations advisory United Nations-International Labor Organization, Malawi, 1985—1987.
Advisory United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 1985—2000. Senior democracy advisory United States Agency for International Development, 2000—2005. Precinct vice president Hawaii Republican Party, since 1988.
Adjunct faculty Hawaii Pacific University, since 1991, Chaminade University, Honolulu. Served with United States Army, 1968-1970, Vietnam.
Country director Peace Corps, East Timor, 2005—2006. Board directors East-West Center Alumni Association, 1998—2000. Advisory board member TransPacific Hawaii College, since 2008.
Member of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer's Association, African-American Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce (member small business council), Filipino Chamber of Commerce, Japanese American Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Hawaii, Friends of Hawaii Kai Library., Japanese American Citizens League (director HALE Coalition), Rotary International, Waikiki Rotary.
Married Faredah Shamsudin, 1970. 1 child Johanna.