Board of Education nominees announced

Hawaii’s governor on Tuesday announced three nominees to the state Board of Education.

Gov. David Ige has nominated Lance A. Mizumoto, Hubert Minn and Maggie Cox to the board, which is appoints the state Department of Education superintended, among other duties.

Mizumoto has 25 years of experience with financial institutions in Hawaii. Currently, he is the president and chief banking officer of Central Pacific Bank where he oversees the organization-wide strategic direction and management of all lines of business. Prior to this he has served in various capacities of increasing responsibility at Central Pacific Bank, First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Hawaii and International Savings and Loan. He also serves on the Chamber of Commerce Board and is a member of the Board of Regents, Chaminade University.

Hubert Minn most recently was the deputy director at the city’s department of enterprise services where he was responsible for administering and providing overall direction, coordination, management and control of the functions and operations of the department. He was also the deputy director of the department of customer service. Within the Department of Education, he was a teacher, mentor and senior advisor. Elected to the Hawaii State Board of Education from 1974-1978 and 1978-1980, he served as the chairperson and held many other positions on the board.

Maggie Cox is a retired teacher and principal with the Hawaii Department of Education and was elected to the state Board of Education for two terms starting in 2004. She earned a bachelor’s degree from North Texas State University.

“These nominees share my core beliefs and values,” said Ige. “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. I am confident that under their leadership we will create a public school system of which we can all be truly proud.”