Ige Names 3 New Members to Hawaii Board of Education
Governor nominates Mizumoto, Minn, Cox to fill seats for members whose terms are expiring.
Gov. David Ige named three new members to the state Board of Education on Tuesday,聽all subject to Senate confirmation.
The governor turned to former teachers who previously served on the board for two of the appointments and a banker for the other. The three nominees would replace members whose terms are set to expire June 30.
Lance Mizumoto, president of Central Pacific Bank, would replace at-large member Keith Amemiya.
Maggie Cox, a retired聽educator twice elected to the board before it was became聽gubernatorially appointed, would replace Kauai member Nancy Budd.
And Hubert Minn, a former teacher and elected board member,聽would replace Oahu member Cheryl Lupenui.
Gov. David Ige, pictured here in February, appointed three new members to serve on the state Board of Education on Tuesday, subject to Senate confirmation.
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Ige, a product of the public school system and husband of a longtime educator, said his focus is on empowering teachers, principals and staff at the school level.
“These nominees share my core beliefs and values,” he said. “They will be open, collaborative and represent the best values of Hawaii in their aloha for the students, teachers, principals and staff, and for each other.”
The Senate has extended until Wednesday the deadline for the governor to make appointments this session to his Cabinet and state boards and commissions.
Ige said he hopes to fill his remaining Cabinet positions, the head of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and possibly others by the end of Wednesday.聽The other outstanding appointments include members of the聽land and water commissions.
