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Board of Regents

The forty-member 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. The University Board is a national advisory group that provides additional guidance and leadership. The University administration, working in tandem with the governing and advisory boards, shapes the direction of the University. The guidance provided by these distinguished and committed men and women is greatly valued.

Edwin Biggers, Chairman
President (Retired)
Hughes Missile Group

James R. Porter, Vice Chairman
Principal
Porter Capital Partners

Susan F. Rice, Secretary
Principal
SFR Consulting

Frederick L. Ricker, Assistant Secretary
Vice President, Military Systems
Space Systems Division
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

William S. Banowsky
President Emeritus
Pepperdine University

Andrew K. Benton
President
Pepperdine University

Sheila K. Bost
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist,
Private Practice
Certified Family Life Educator

Charles L. Branch
Professor of Neurosurgery
Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center 

Dale Brown
Principal
Moriah Group

Janice R. Brown
Circuit Court Judge
United States Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit

Jose A. Collazo
Vice Chairman & President
Form I-9 Compliance, LLC

Jerry S. Cox
President
Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.

W. L. Fletcher III
Co-Owner
Park Centre Properties, LLC

Terry M. Giles
President and Owner
Giles Enterprises

Michelle Hiepler
Partner
Law Offices of Hiepler & Hiepler

Glen A. Holden
United States Ambassador (Retired)
Managing Partner, The Holden Company

Gail E. Hopkins
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates

John D. Katch
District Manager (Retired)
Southern California Edison Company

Mark A. Kirk
Partner, Linsalata Capital Partners (Retired)

Dennis Lewis
President and Owner
WorldTravelService

Eff W. Martin
Managing Director (Retired)
Goldman Sachs & Company

Michael T. Okabayashi
Partner
Ernst & Young

Danny Phillips
Investments/Ranching

Timothy C. Phillips
Chief Executive Officer
Phillips and Company

Russell L. Ray, Jr.
Airline and Aerospace Companies
Executive (Retired)

Carol Richards

B. Joseph Rokus
Chairman
Packaging Plus

P. Bui Simon
Founder
Angels Wings Foundation Int'l.

Harold R. Smethills
Principal, Sterling Ranch

Rosa Mercado Spivey
Physician

William W. Stevens
Chairman of the Board (Retired)
Triad Systems Corporation

Stephen M. Stewart
President
Stewart Brothers Drilling Company

Augustus Tagliaferri
Chairman and President
Financial Structures, Inc.

Marta B. Tooma
Dentist

Thomas J. Trimble
Sr. Vice President/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (Retired) Southwest Gas Corporation

Robert L. Walker
Senior Executive for Development
Texas A&M University
Hagler Center

Marylyn M. Warren
Senior Vice President (Retired)
eHarmony.com

Edward V. Yang
Chairman & President
US and Europe Business Group
iSoftstone, Inc.

Life Regents

Joe R. Barnett
Lodwrick M. Cook
Robert R. Dockson
Hari N. Harilela
Jerry E. Hudson
Jerve M. Jones

 Charles B. Runnels
Richard M. Scaife
William R. Waugh
J. McDonald Williams
Helen M. Young