Amy G. Self is a member of the counseling and drafting division assigned to the Planning Department and the following committees and commissions:  Public Access, Open Space & Natural Resources Commission; Kailua Village Design Commission; Hawai‘i County Cultural Resources Commission; Kona Community Development Plan (CDP) Steering Committee; Puna CDP Steering Committee; South Kohala CDP Steering Committee; and the North Kohala CDP Steering Committee.  Ms. Self represents the Planning Director at contested case hearings before the Planning Commission and the Board of Appeals, and at any subsequent appellate proceedings before the Hawai‘i State courts.

Ms. Self is a graduate of Hickory High School in Hickory, North Carolina.  She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Appalachian State University, a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and a Juris Doctor degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Ms. Self is licensed to practice in Hawai‘i and admitted to appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Hawai‘i.

Prior to joining the Office of the Corporation Counsel team, she was in private practice with the firm of Carlsmith Ball LLP in Hilo and in Honolulu.  Prior to attending law school, Ms. Self worked as a paralegal at the firm of Carlsmith Ball LLP in Honolulu, at the Maui County Office of the Corporation Counsel and at the Legal Aid Office on Maui.

Her community service activities include serving as the past board president of the YWCA of Hawai‘i Island and volunteering for Volunteer Legal Services Hawai‘i.