HOUSE DISTRICT 11

Business Owner: Kihei Ice Inc. (18 years)
Years in Area: Kihei Resident for 23 years

Education: BA Georgia State Univeristy ’88
Inaugural Class HAPA’s Kuleana Academy ’16

Experience:
Tina understands the issues faced by business owners working hard to make ends meet in our island economy.

She has 23 years of work experience in Hawaii both as a hospitality professional in Food & Beverage and a small business owner in Manufacturing & Distribution.  A progressive employer she  is responsible for the livelihood of 15 Maui families.

In October 2015, Her business Kihei Ice instituted a $15.00 minimum wage for the production workers.

Interests include travel, hospitality, dining, tourism, Hawaiian outrigger canoe and stand-up paddling with her rottie Foster, and marine activities including diving, snorkeling, sailing, and whale watching.

Advocacy:

2006 – 2011 – Western Ice Association – Tina served on the Board for 5 years, hosting the annual conference on Lana’i in 2011 as chairperson with a theme of Renewable Energy, a foreign concept in the industry at the time.

2012 – Kihei 4th Friday Town Party – In the fall of 2012, Tina worked with South Maui County Council staff to get 4th Friday rolling on the South Side.  She spent a year getting that town party established.  It is Maui’s biggest town party.

2013 – 2015 – Maui Tomorrow Foundation – Tina worked as chair of the Clean Air Committee addressing clean air issues on behalf of South Maui Communities.  Helping to educate the public about the Clean Air App to put pressure on the Department of Health to acknowledge burn permit violations related to open field burning conducted upwind of our communities.

Campaign contact:
Email: tw@tinawildberger.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tina4SMaui
Website: www.tinawildberger.com