Brickwood Galuteria
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Brickwood M. Galuteria, born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1955, is a Democratic candidate running for Hawaii State Senator of Senate District 12.
Galuteria is a resident and small business owner in the 12th Senate district. He served as state chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.
[edit] Early years
Galuteria was born and raised in the Kaka‘ako and Kapahulu areas, where his entire family worked, played and worshiped. They lived across from what now is the John A. Burns School of Medicine — an “urban plantation” at the time where a young Brickwood and his friends would surf the waters off of Point Panic near what is now Kakaako Waterfront Park.
Galuteria's family were mostly blue-collar workers. His father, Arnold, worked for United Airlines and was president of his union. His mother, Juliette, worked for the City and County of Honolulu at City Hall.
Galuteria is of Hawaiian, Filipino, Portuguese and Caucasian descent. He attended Kamehameha Schools since kindergarten.
[edit] Career
After high school and some college, Galuteria went to work for Hawaiian Airlines, eventually becoming an account executive and tour director.
Galuteria gave up corporate life to pursue interests in music and meeting people in the entertainment industry. He performed with Marlene Sai at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for three years and later forming a group of his own. He also won a coveted Na Hoku Hanohano Award in 1985 for Male Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Artist.
In 1980, Galuteria began his career on air with KCCN 1420AM, and later with KCCN-FM 100 and Hawaiian 105 KINE. Most recently he hosted a morning show on AM940 KKNE. Galuteria also worked in television, film and video, serving as host on such local shows as Hawaii’s Kitchen, Treasures and the Easter Seals Telethon on KHON-2 and currently as a moderator on KITV4’s Ho‘oulu Lahui Aloha.
Galuteria has been a spokesman for the State of Hawaii’s Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, Bank of Hawaii and Mike McKenna’s Windward Ford, in addition to commercial voice-over work he’s done for numerous in-house TV, radio and political campaigns. He has also produced and promoted numerous productions, including the Aloha Festival Concerts, Miss Hawaii Pageants and the Coca-Cola Beach Concert Series.
[edit] Democratic Party Chairman
Galuteria served as chairman for the Democratic Party of Hawaii in 2004. Among other accomplishments, he secured funding from the Democratic National Party which allowed the local party to flourish. Galuteria is the Senator-elect for District 12 and will be one of 23 (of 25) Democratic Senators in the state legislature of Hawai'i.
