Calvin Say
Speaker Emeritus Calvin K. Y. Say is the first Chinese-American to serve as a Chamber Speaker.
Say was elected President of the National Speaker’s Conference by his House (Assembly) Speaker colleagues across the nation in 1999.
First elected to the Hawaii House in 1976 from the Kaimuki/Palolo/St. Louis Heights area, Speaker Emeritus Say was one of the youngest individuals to become a House member. Currently, he is one of the most senior legislators in the Hawaii State Legislature.
Born on February 1, 1952, Speaker Emeritus Say graduated from St. Louis High School and the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a Bachelor’s degree in education. He is President of Kotake Shokai, Ltd., a family owned small business. He is married to Cora Kotake Say, a public school teacher, and they have two adult sons, Geoffrey and Jared.
For the 2020 election, Speaker Emeritus Say is running for Honolulu City Council, District 5, which includes Kaimuki, Kapahulu, Palolo Valley, St. Louis Heights, Manoa, Moili’ili, McCully, and portions of Ala Moana, Pawaa, Kaka’ako and Makiki