Gov. David Ige has nominated to the state Board of Education a Hawaiian language educator and an insurance executive.

In memorandums sent last week to the state Senate, Ige submitted the names of Nolan Kawano and Christine “Kili” Namau‘u for consideration.

Voters in 2010 approved a state constitutional amendment that did away with an elected school board. The governor appoints members — whose nominations are subject to confirmation by the state Senate — to staggered three-year terms, and they can serve up to three consecutive terms.

Kawano, president of insurance firm IC International, has been named to a vacant Oahu seat on the board. He’s been appointed to fill a term through the end of June, followed by a full three-year term.

Kawano, who attended Tuesday’s BOE meeting, would serve out the remaining term of former board member Darrel Galera, who resigned last month with plans to apply for the schools superintendent position. Galera later rescinded his application after complaints surfaced that he had an unfair advantage as a recent BOE member and friend of the governor.

Kawano, who holds a business administration degree in finance from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, serves on the board of trustees for the Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation, and previously served as the foundation’s president. He also is a director and treasurer for the nonprofit Hawaii 3R’s, which attracts outside funding and volunteers to help tackle repair and maintenance projects at public schools.

Namau‘u, meanwhile, has been named to the board’s Maui County seat. She has served as director of Punana Leo o Maui, a Hawaiian immersion preschool program in Wailuku, since 1993, and would replace Maui board member Grant Chun, whose term ends in June.

Namau‘u holds an undergraduate degree in economics and a master’s degree in early education from UH-Manoa. She is a member of the Hawaiian Agencies and Organizations of Maui; Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce; and National Association for the Education of Young Children.

The governor also has re-nominated Hawaii island attorney Brian De Lima, the BOE’s current vice chairman, to another term on the board.

The nine-member Board of Education has three at-large members as well as three seats representing Oahu and one each for Kauai, Maui and Hawaii island. A nonvoting student representative and military liaison also serve on the voluntary board, which is charged under the state Constitution with formulating statewide educational policy and hiring the superintendent.