Board of Regents
The Board of Regents is the legal governing body and chief policy board of the University. Life Regents are recognized and honored for their extraordinary service as past regents.
Dee Anna Smith ('86)
Chair
Terry M. Giles (JD '74)
Vice Chair
Frederick L. Ricker
Vice Chair
Timothy C. Phillips ('87)
Secretary
Michelle R. Hiepler (JD '89)
Assistant Secretary
Alan Beard ('94, MPP '99)
Edwin L. Biggers
M. Brett Biggs
Sheila K. Bost
Charles L. Branch, Jr.
Dale A. Brown ('64)
Janice R. Brown
Jose A. Collazo (MBA '77)
Nancy M. De Liban
Shelle Ensio
James A. Gash (JD '93)
Seth A. Haye ('02)
Gail E. Hopkins ('66, MA '74)
Peter J. Johnson, Jr.
John D. Katch ('60)
Dennis S. Lewis ('65)
John T. Lewis ('83)
Kimberly J. Lindley
Faye W. McClure ('78)
Michael T. Okabayashi
T. Danny Phillips
John L. Plueger
James R. Porter
Harold R. Smethills
Rosa Mercado Spivey
Stephen M. Stewart
Augustus Tagliaferri (MBA '74)
Marta B. Tooma
Robert L. Walker (MA '66)
Jay S. Welker
Life Regents*
Joe R. Barnett
Lodwrick M. Cook
Jerry S. Cox
Glen A. Holden
Jerry E. Hudson
Eff W. Martin
Russell L. Ray, Jr.
Travis E. Reed
Susan F. Rice (EdD '86)
Carol Richards
B. Joseph Rokus ('76)
William W. Stevens, Jr.
Thomas J. Trimble
J. McDonald Williams
* Nonvoting Regents