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Keith Regan
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
Acting
Assumed office
April 23, 2026[a]
GovernorJosh Green
Preceded bySylvia Luke
Comptroller of Hawaii
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 25, 2023
On leave: April 23, 2026 – present[a]
GovernorJosh Green
DeputyMeoh-Leng Silliman
Preceded byAudrey Hidano
Personal details
BornKeith Allen Regan
1971 (age 54–55)
Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
Spouse
Lynn Araki
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(m. 2003)​
Children1
EducationDeVry University (BS)
University of Phoenix (MBA)
University of Southern California (MPA)
  1. 1 2 Regan serves as acting LG while Sylvia Luke is on leave, while Meoh-Leng Silliman is acting comptroller in his stead.

Keith Allen Regan[1] (born 1971)[2] is an American politician who currently serves as the Comptroller of Hawaii and Director of Department of Accounting and General Services since March 25, 2023.[2] He has also served as acting lieutenant governor of Hawaii since April 2026.[2][3][4]

Early life

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Keith Regan was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts[1] in 1971 and raised in North Andover, Massachusetts.[2] He graduated high school in 1988 and then moved with his family to Maui that same year.[2] His father had worked for the EPA.[2] The family decided to move to Hawaii after a vacation and realizing the natural beauty of the islands.[2]

Regan earned a Master's public administration from the University of Southern California and attended a program for government executives at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[5]

In 1995, Regan started Hawaiʻi Cartage Inc., a trucking company.[2]

Political career

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Maui politics

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He served as finance director from January 2, 2003[6] to July 16, 2004,[7] and managing director from July 16, 2004[7] to 2007 and from 2011 to 2018 in Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa's administration.[2]

Regan ran for a Wailuku residency seat on the Maui City Council in 2016, but finished in third during the primary.[8] He won 6,017 votes or about 22.3%.[2][8]

State politics

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Regan was appointed as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) on December 10, 2018, starting on December 17, 2018.[9] He was praised for his efforts of rebuilding the tourism industry after the COVID pandemic.[10] HTA announced on July 8, 2022, that Regan would be resigning to move to the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, effective on August 3, 2022.[10][11] On August 3, 2022, he became a Business Management Officer at the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs until March 2023, when he became State Comptroller.[12]

Comptroller

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On December 1, 2022, then Governor-Elect Josh Green announced Regan as his nominee to be the Comptroller of the Department of Accounting and General Services.[13] On March 9, 2023, the Hawaii Senate Committee on Government Operations voted 5–0 in favor of Regan's confirmation[14] and he was then confirmed by the full Hawaii Senate unanimously, 24–0, on March 25, 2023.[15]

During his tenure, Regan helped to develop the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District Project, building a new jail on O‘ahu, the renovation of the state Capitol, and revamping DAGS’ Enterprise Financial System.[16]

Acting Lieutenant Governor

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On April 23, 2026, he was then appointed as the acting lieutenant governor of Hawaii due to Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke's decision to take a leave of absence due to an ongoing scandal.[3][4] He was chosen after the Senate President, Ron Kouchi, House Speaker, Nadine Nakamura and Attorney General, Anne E. Lopez, all declined to accept the acting position.[2] Kouchi and Nakamura declined due to their re-election bids. Regan also confirmed that he is not interested in running in the 2026 primary for Lieutenant Governor.[2]

Personal life

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Regan met his wife, Lynn Araki, through their participation at the Kiwanis Club.[2] They were married in 2003.[2] Araki's family has been in Hawaii for four generations, with her ancestors emigrating from Japan to work on plantations.[2]

Araki-Regan now works as an attorney doing administrative services at Hawaii's Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.[2] Prior to this, she worked as a state tax collector and was the first deputy director of Hawaii's Transportation Department.[2] She worked in the Arakawa administration as Chief of Staff, budget director and acting managing director.[2]

On July 20, 2007, Regan was one of two people in Maui to get botulism.[17]

During his 2016 City Council Campaign, Regan mentioned he also was a former board member of the Maui Memorial Medical Center Foundation, a former president for the California-Nevada-Hawai‘i district of the Kiwanis Club, and the former president Japanese Cultural Society of Maui.[16] From 2017 to 2018, Regan was a board member of Boy Scouts of America in Maui County Council and of the Japanese Cultural Society of Maui.[18][19] In 2018, he was also the President and CEO of Credit Associates of Maui, which is a debt collector.[19] From 2023 to 2024, Regan was the treasurer of Boy Scouts of America in Maui County Council.[20][21] Regan and his wife also host a podcast called “Life, Leadership and Love.”, which they started in 2025.[2]

Their only child graduated from UCLA in June 2026.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Keith A. Regan". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Dobbyn, Paula (May 9, 2026). "From trucking to technocrat: How did former Maui official Keith Regan land in state's second-highest post?". Mauinow. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "GOVERNOR GREEN NAMES KEITH REGAN AS ACTING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR". April 23, 2026. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR — NEWS RELEASE — GOVERNOR GREEN NAMES KEITH REGAN AS ACTING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR". April 23, 2026. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  5. ↑ Nakaso, Dan (May 4, 2026). "Hawaii's acting Lt. Gov. Keith Regan pulls double duty". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  6. ↑ Hurley, Timothy (November 22, 2002). "Maui mayor-elect selects planning director". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. p. 21. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Hurley, Timothy (July 17, 2004). "Maui managing director named". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Maui Primary Election Results 2016 – FINAL PRINTOUT". Mauinow. August 13, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  9. ↑ "HTA fills 2 more top leadership positions". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. December 11, 2018. p. B3. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  10. 1 2 "HTA Chief Administrative Officer Keith Regan To Depart Agency". Hawaii Tourism Authority. July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  11. ↑ "HTA emails show contracts process concerns". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. December 4, 2022. p. A8. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  12. ↑ "HTA executive's resignation adds to departures". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. July 9, 2022. p. B2. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Green names 14 directors for state departments". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. December 2, 2022. p. A7. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  14. ↑ Gomes, Andrew (March 25, 2026). "Green gets 2 confirmations, 2 rejections-1 for 3". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. p. A8. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  15. ↑ Gomes, Andrew (March 25, 2026). "Green gets 2 confirmations, 2 rejections". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. p. A1. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  16. 1 2 Brestovansky, Michael (April 23, 2026). "Who is Hawai'i's Acting Lieutenant Governor?". Aloha State Daily. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  17. ↑ Shikina, Robert (July 30, 2007). "New case of botulism appears on Valley Isle". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  18. ↑ "2017 Financial Disclosure-Keith Regan-Officerships, Directorships, Trusteeships". Honolulu Civil Beat. February 15, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  19. 1 2 "2018 Financial Disclosure-Keith Regan-Officerships, Directorships, Trusteeships". Honolulu Civil Beat. March 5, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  20. ↑ "2023 Financial Disclosure-Keith Regan-Officerships, Directorships, Trusteeships". Honolulu Civil Beat. January 4, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  21. ↑ "2024 Financial Disclosure-Keith Regan-Officerships, Directorships, Trusteeships". Honolulu Civil Beat. May 23, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
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