Erynn Fernandez has been the Executive Director for the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi (DPH) since June of 2019, completing the first all mail ballot Party-run Presidential Primary, the first State eConvention in 2020, and part of the team that brought about the first hybrid State Convention in 2022. In February of 2023 she was elected to the Executive Committees of both the Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) and the State Association of Democratic Executive Directors (ASDED) as the ASDED Vice President for the West and Midwest States.
As the former Committee Clerk for the Hawaiʻi State Senate Committee on Housing, Erynn organized Senator Chang's first Housing Delegation to Singapore and Hong Kong in May of 2019. Prior to taking on the Executive Director position she worked on the 2018 DPH Coordinated Campaign, and volunteered her time as an officer and as the chair of various committees and conventions for the organization. She has been the board chair and an officer of several organizations throughout the state. Prior to her political work, Erynn had previous careers as a sales executive, managing director, and surgical administrator. She attended Punahou School and Santa Clara University.