Representative Andrew Takuya Garrett represents House District 22, which includes Mānoa and parts of Tantalus and McCully-Mōʻiliʻili. He currently serves as Chair of the House Committee on Higher Education and is a member of the Committees on Labor, Education, and on Culture and the Arts. Before being elected in 2022, Representative Garrett served throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as Deputy Director of the Department of Human Resources Development under Governor David Y. Ige. In that role, he helped lead the successful transition of the state workforce to telework and played a key role in coordinating the statewide COVID-19 vaccine rollout. He has also held executive roles with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and the Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs, working at the intersection of health care policy, workforce development, and public-private partnerships. Born and raised in Camp Zama, Japan, a U.S. Army base in Tokyo, he moved to Mililani, Hawaiʻi at age 11. He is a proud graduate of Mililani High School and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he earned both a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in public administration. A nearly 20-year resident of Mānoa, Representative Garrett enjoys traveling with his family, umpiring baseball and softball, and spending time with his four dogs and four cats. Representative Andrew Takuya Garrett brings nearly two decades of experience in government and nonprofit leadership to his role in the State House.
