For 17 years, Mr. Tam was a Deputy Attorney General for the Board of Land and Natural Resources (1981 to 1997) and the first legal counsel to the Commission on Water Resource Management (1987 to 1997). He co-authored Hawaii's Water Code (1987) and taught land law at University of Hawaii Law School. Mr. Tam graduated from Wesleyan University (Conn.) and Boston University School of Law. He is active with the Marimed Foundation, the Polynesian Voyaging Society, and the Trust for Public Lands..