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New Kamehameha Schools trustee to be named as admissions policy challenged

The Kamehameha Schools trustee finalists met with the public at a talk story forum at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama on Dec. 18. From left to right: Neil Hannahs (moderator), Keith Vieira, Eric Yeaman, Olin Lagon (finalists).
Cassie Ordonio
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The Kamehameha Schools trustee finalists met with the public at a talk story forum at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama on Dec. 18. From left to right: Neil Hannahs (moderator), Keith Vieira, Eric Yeaman, Olin Lagon (finalists).

As the search for the new Kamehameha Schools trustee is one step closer, three candidates are vying for a seat on the five-member board that governs one of the largest charitable trusts in Hawai‘i.

The finalists for the Kamehameha Schools Board of Trustees position are Keith Vieira, a longtime hotel and tourism executive; Eric Yeaman, chairman of the board of Alexander & Baldwin; and Olin Kealoha Lagon, a social entrepreneur.

The trustee search comes amid a legal challenge to the schools' admissions policy and ongoing effects from the Maui wildfires settlement.


A full text version of this story will be available later today.

Cassie Ordonio is the culture and arts reporter for Hawaiʻi Public Radio. Contact her at cordonio@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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