Shan is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Mahi Pono, a Maui Farming Company. He formerly served as the Lieutenant Governor and a state senator for over a decade. He is also a former small business owner and financial advisor. Shan was born and raised on Maui, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and is a graduate of Maui High School.

Mahi Pono is a farming company that owns and operates approximately 41,000 acres of agricultural land in Central Maui. It was created in 2018 in a joint venture between Pomona Farming LLC, a California-based agricultural group, and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers. Executives have expressed a commitment to sustainable agriculture, growing food for local consumption and providing agricultural employment in the community.