MELVIN TOKUDA
Pearl City,USA
Summary
- Emergency Management
- Served as Drinking Water Project Manager for the Hawaii Department of Health response to Red Hill Incident and Maui Wildfire Emergency
- Designated as the Hawaii Department of Health State Emergency Support Function Public Utilities representative to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Operation Center
- Trained as a member of the Hawaii Army National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package
- Incident Command System Certified (see attached transcript) Developing Others
- Organized curriculum for Unit’s Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Program
- Recruited and trained 7 new staff members serving in 5 offices on 4 different Islands
- Selected and mentored 3 personnel that advanced into the positions that I previously held Problem Solving
- Assembled team and developed organizational objectives in response to Red Hill Drinking Water Incident and Maui Wildfires
- Applied analytical skills to evaluate all available data and develop multiple lines of evidence to author position documents
- Experienced in dealing with health, safety and environmental issues and complaints Oral Communication
- Served as subject matter speaker at local community meetings and Statewide meetings and conferences Written Communication
- Conducted information gathering, research and data analysis to issue State Drinking Water Recommendations
- Collected and prepared data and information for Annual and Mid-Year EPA Region 9 Water Division Hawaii Report
- Collected and prepared data and information for environmental studies Partnering
- Served as member of Joint Task Force and trained with the Indonesian Army and Japanese Self Defense Force
- Assisted FEMA, EPA and the County of Maui with disaster response during the Maui Wildfires
- Served as Hawaii Department of Health designee to Hawaii Emergency Management Agency for State Emergency Support Function Public Works subject matter expert
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Environmental Project Specialist
Hawaii Department of Health
Pearl City, Hawaii
10.2025 - Current
- Collaborated with project team staff to manage design and construction of laboratory
- Managed special grant funded projects
- Provided subject matter expertise in grants negotiating, reporting and legislative evaluation
-serves on Project Management Team for the development of the State Laboratory Division Emerging Contaminants Laboratory
-develops future environment studies and project involving emerging contaminants
-selected as Project Manager for Drinking Water Response Team to the 2026 Kona Low Disaster; coordinated response efforts with Federal, State and Local government agencies.
-organized the inaugural Hawaii International Interagency Hydrogeological Forum
-attend community and public meetings as the Departmental representative
-collaborated with USEPA, DHS and FBI in developing Cybersecurity Training events for public utilities
-participates in community outreach events to raise environmental protection and stewardship awareness
Environmental Health Specialist
Hawaii Department of Health
Pearl City, Hawaii
02.2008 - 10.2025
supervised staff to provide technical assistance and logistical support for public water systems for Safe Drinking Water Act compliance monitoring requirements.
-served as Project Manager for Drinking Water Response Team during the 2021 Red Hill incident and the 2023 Maui Fire Disaster.
-assisted with Drinking Water Sanitary Surveys and Inspections of public water systems
-appointed to Hawaii Board of Agriculture’s Pesticide Advisory Committee
-reviewed Pesticide Special Local Need Permits
-served as Departmental spokesperson at public meetings
Senior Enlisted Non-Commissioned Officer
Hawaii Army National Guard
Kihei/Kapolei, Hawaii
06.2012 - 11.2021
- Served as Senior Enlisted Advisor to Company Commanders and supervised the day-to-day operations of Engineer Unit
- Maintain order and discipline in accordance with Army Regulations
- Developed professional development program for Soldiers
Environmental Health Specialist
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
Honolulu, Hawaii
02.1992 - 02.2008
conducted compliance inspections of manufacturers, distributors and applicators of pesticides.
-reviewed special local needs and aerial pesticide applications permits.
-served as Project Manager of studies to determine fate and transport of pesticides in the environment
-performed investigations into pesticide complaints and suspected pesticide related episodic environmental occurrences.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Animal Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii05-1987
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Forms), Google Earth Pro, Adobe Acrobat
- Hawaii State Driver’s License
Timeline
Environmental Project Specialist
Hawaii Department of Health
10.2025 - Current
Senior Enlisted Non-Commissioned Officer
Hawaii Army National Guard
06.2012 - 11.2021
Environmental Health Specialist
Hawaii Department of Health
02.2008 - 10.2025
Environmental Health Specialist
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
02.1992 - 02.2008
Bachelor of Science - Animal Technology
University of Hawaii