Patricia Kickland
Program Manager, Hawaii State Fusion Center
2023, 2024
Patricia Kickland is a Program Manager with the Hawaii State Fusion Center. Her main job duties are outreach, education, and training on topics related to violent extremism and targeted violence/terrorism prevention. She also supports other fusion center operations. Previously Ms. Kickland worked as an Investigator with the state of Hawaii’s Crime Victim Compensation Commission. Before that, she served as a deputy prosecuting attorney for the City and County of Honolulu for nearly twelve years. Ms. Kickland graduated from law school at the University of Minnesota and earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and classics from Cornell University.
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