Regent

Tom H. Shigemoto

Tom Shigemoto is the vice president of planning at Alexander and Baldwin Properties, Inc. During his tenure with A&B Properties, Inc., the real-estate development division of Alexander and Baldwin, Inc., he has been involved with entitlement (State Land Use Commission boundary amendments, County General Plan and zoning amendments), residential and agricultural subdivision projects, infrastructural development (water, sewer, power and drainage), and the construction of retail and industrial buildings.

He also worked as the Kaua‘i County planning director, and the director of planning for the Princeville Corporation.

Shigemoto graduated from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa in 1971 with a BFA in urban and regional design.

Shigemoto is married to April Tanaka, his high-school sweetheart, who is also an alumnus of the University of Hawai‘i. They have four sons and their eldest and youngest sons also attended UH Manoa.