AAP People

Steve Dixon - Director of AAP

Forty years ago Steve Dixon came to Hawaii from Southern California to
surf the North Shore. A graduate and former Student Body President of the
University of Hawaii at Hilo, and a graduate of California Western
School of Law, Steve raised his family of two children and practiced law in small
to medium sized law firms on the Big Island from 1978-2004.

His areas of practice included real estate, business, tax and estate planning. He
has also served as Principal Broker for Kohala Ranch, and, as Principal
Broker for the oldest and largest vacation ownership developer in the world,
Fairfield Resorts, Inc. Steve has been a volunteer counselor for over
20 years, and has served three terms as a member of the Board of Directors
of the Hawaii Supreme Court Attorneys and Judges Assistance Program.

In December 2005, Steve Dixon succeeded retiring Director Peter Donahoe as
Executive Director of the Attorneys and Judges Assistance Program, or
AAP. He has also served as a volunteer on the Hawaii Medical Association
Physician's Health Committee, the AAP’s Counter-part organization for
Physicians. Steve served as a Military Intelligence officer in Viet
Nam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star.

An avid sailor, and author of a
published book of Hawaii sailing adventure stories called "The Hawaiian
Voyages of the Ono Jimmy", he has served as Commodore of the Kona
Sailing Club and is a member of the Hawaii Yacht Club. He and his wife and
their two dogs, Kona Girl, and Hilo Boy, sailed to O'ahu from Hawaii Island
and now stay on their CSY '44 cutter-rigged sailing vessel, Lanakila, in
the Ala Wai Harbor in Honolulu.
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