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= Keith Amemiya = Keith Amemiya (born September 1, 1965) is a candidate for Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu in the 2020 election. (Click here to visit his campaign website). He officially announced his candidacy on August 27, 2019. Amemiya was most recently the Senior Vice President position at Island Holdings, a locally owned family of companies including Island Insurance, Atlas Insurance Agency, Tradewind Capital Group, IC International, and Pacxa.

Amemiya is most known for his time as Executive Director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) from 1998 to 2010.

Early life, education, and career
Amemiya was born to Ronald Amemiya and Ellen Fujimoto on September 1, 1965. He was raised in Honolulu and attended public schools, including Kaiser High School, through the 10th grade before transferring to Punahou School, where he graduated in 1983.

In 1988, Amemiya earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and then went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from the William S. Richardson School of Law.

He served as a civil litigation attorney for 7 years before becoming the Executive Director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association in 1998. He remained Executive Director until being appointed to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents as Executive Administrator and Secretary in March 2010.

Amemiya moved to Island Holdings in December 2012.

HHSAA Key Accomplishments
Over his 12 years at HHSAA, Amemiya was instrumental in entering television and radio agreements, obtaining corporate sponsorships, organizing NFL Youth Football clinics, implemented full statistical information for every state tournament game, and adding more sports at the state tournament level, including initiating tournaments for Division II sports. These sports included: football, girls wrestling, girls golf, air riflery, canoe paddling, cheerleading, judo, and girls water polo.

In 2005, Amemiya led the efforts in obtaining over $4,500,000 from state funds, an NFL grant, and donations from Roosevelt alumni to do mass improvements for Roosevelt High School’s Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium field and track. A new synthetic field surface and synthetic track was installed. The Amemiya family also personally donated $20,000 towards a new scoreboard for the school.

In 2009, 43 public high school athletic programs were affected by state budget cuts. Amemiya planned and organized the Save Our Sports (“SOS”) public-private grassroots fundraising campaign that raised $1.5 million in six months to offset the cuts. Amemiya had donated money from his own pocket as well, believing in the power of leading by example.

Amemiya also facilitated the creation of the HHSAA Foundation, where he served as president from 2005 to 2010.

Personal Life
Amemiya resides with his wife of 23 years, Bonny Amemiya and son Chris in Pauoa on Oahu. Bonny is the chief financial officer at aio group.