Adam Roversi

Juris Doctor, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa 
Bachelor of Arts, American Studies (History and Literature), Reed College

As director of the Kauaʻi County Housing Agency, Adam’s goal is to create as many permanent or “very long-term” affordable homes for community members as possible. Appointed in late 2019, he had previously served as a deputy county attorney since 2014.

Adam has been a resident of Kīlauea on the North Shore since 1987, where he operated a residential construction company. He decided to pursue a legal career after helping a friend with a water rights issue. While attending law school, he obtained specialty certificates in environmental and Hawaiian law. He also taught legal writing and clerked for current Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald at the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court, federal Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren at U.S. District Court, and for Chief Judge Craig Nakamura at the Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals.

Adam coaches at the Hanalei Canoe Club and serves as the vice chair of the Kauaʻi Bar Association; vice chair of the board for Hoʻike Community Television, and regularly volunteers at the Fifth Circuit Court’s Self-Help Center.