In 1997, Apoliona was sworn-in to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees and served as its chairperson from 2000 to 2010, as the longest serving Board Chairperson in OHA’s thirty-four year history.
She held many federal office positions, such as President's Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders, Queen Liliʻuokalani Children's Center Advisory Board, Queen Emma Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Bank of Hawaiʻi Corporation, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Board and U.S. Bureau of the Census Race Ethnic Advisory Council (REAC).
She is a known guitarist and has won several Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards.
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