Georja Skinner is the Chief Officer of the State of Hawaii’s Creative Industries Division (CID) in the Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism. CID is the lead agency which advocates and expands business opportunities and manages for those sectors which comprise Hawaii’s creative economy, anchored by the media and film industries.

Comprised of the Hawaii Film Office responsible for the overall management of the state’s off-shore and local film industry development and the Arts and Culture Development Branch, CID is responsible for initiatives which support talent, infrastructure, policy development and investment strategies for the statewide creative industries spectrum, increasing the capacity for entrepreneurial success while maintaining the Hawaii’s global reputation as a premiere location filming destination.

Through its initiatives such as Creative Lab, coupled with state-of-the-art infrastructure development, CID is further strengthening Hawaii’s creative clusters in film, arts, culture, music, design, literary arts, publishing, creative and interactive media – all integral components of Hawaii’s creative and innovation economy. CID is positioning Hawaii to be a national and global leader in creative sector development as well as a hub for creative media and film production in the Pacific.