Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Chairman Micah Kane is among three finalists for trustee of Kamehameha Schools.

A Probate Court-appointed panel named Kane, Hawaii Community Development Authority Executive Director Anthony Ching and former Kamehameha Schools executive and ex-DHHL chairman Ray Soon.

All three are Native Hawaiian and current or former state officials.

None are educators.

The finalists were picked from a group of 68 candidates reviewed by the Probate Court's Trustee Screening Committee to replace retired Adm. Robert Kihune, whose term ends June 30. The position pays between $87,000 and $108,000 a year.

Probate Judge Colleen Hirai will select Kihune's replacement from the list of finalists.

Kamehameha Schools, which was established by the 1883 will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, is a nonprofit trust that educates Hawaiian children. It is one of the nation's largest charities and is Hawaii's largest private landowner with more than 360,000 acres.