Pepperdine University Boards
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. 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.
Board of Regents
Edwin L. Biggers
Chairperson
President (Retired)
Hughes Missile Group
Robert G. Jackson
Vice Chairperson
President (Retired)
Ford Motor Land Development Corporation
Susan F. Rice
Secretary
Principal
SFR Consulting
Frederick L. Ricker
Assistant Secretary
Vice President and Program Director
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
William S. Banowsky
President Emeritus
Pepperdine University
Andrew K. Benton
President
Pepperdine University
Sheila K. Bost
Certified Family Life Education
Primary Relationships
Marriage & Family Therapist
Intern, Private Practice
Virginia B. Braun
Janice R. Brown
Circuit Court Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jose A. Collazo
Chairman of the Board, President,
and Chief Executive Officer
Infonet Services Corporation
Jerry S. Cox
President
Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.
W. L. Fletcher III
Owner
Park Centre Properties, LLC
Matthew K. Fong
President
Strategic Advisory Group
George Foreman
Lynn C. Fritz
Director General
Fritz Institute
Linda M. Gage
Terry M. Giles
Owner
Giles Enterprises
Glen A. Holden
United States Ambassador (Retired)
Gail E. Hopkins
Orthopaedic Surgeon
John D. Katch
Regional Manager, Public Affairs (Retired)
Southern California Edison Company
Thomas P. Kemp
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer (Retired)
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles
Arthur G. Linkletter
Chairman
Linkletter Enterprises
Eff W. Martin
Michael T. Okabayashi
Partner
Ernst & Young
James R. Porter
Principal
Porter Capital Partners
Rosemary Raitt
General Partner
KVI Corporation and FKC
Russell L. Ray, Jr.
Chairman, Executive Committee
World Airways, Inc.
Travis E. Reed
President
Reed Investment Corporation
Carol Richards
B. Joseph Rokus
Chairman and CEO
Berkley Industries
Charles B. Runnels
Chancellor
Pepperdine University
Marilyn D. Simpson
Rosa Mercado Spivey
Physician
Los Angeles Unified School District
William W. Stevens
Chairman of the Board (Retired)
Triad Systems Corporation
Stephen M. Stewart
Vice President
Stewart Brothers Drilling Company
William H. Swanson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Raytheon Company
Thomas J. Trimble
Senior Vice President/
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (Retired)
Southwest Gas Corporation
Robert L. Walker
Vice President for Development
Texas A&M University
Edward V. Yang
Chief Executive Officer
NetStar Systems Ltd.
Life Regents
(non-voting)
Joe R. Barnett
Lodwrick M. Cook
Robert R. Dockson
Gerald R. Ford
Hari N. Harilela
Jerry E. Hudson
Jerve M. Jones
Richard M. Scaife
Flora Laney Thornton
Alton C. Watson
William R. Waugh
J. McDonald Williams
Helen M. Young
University Board
Pat Boone
Chairperson
Fred A. Ballin, Jr.
Robert Barbera
Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
William Beazley
Andrew K. Benton
A. Ronald Berryman
John S. Broome
Viggo Butler
Robert M. Davidson
Edmond R. Davis
K. Duane Denney
Robert E. Dudley
Maureen Duffy-Lewis
Mark W. Dundee
Paul G. Flynn
Shirley Reid Frahm
Hank Frazee
G. Louis Graziadio III
Bart M. Hackley, Jr.
Mary Heckmann
Bruce Herschensohn
Thomas E. Higgins
William T. Huston
Carl J. Lambert
John T. Lewis
Ian R. Linde
Muriel Lipsey
Jim Long
John S. MacIntosh
Seiji Masuda
Gregory R. McClintock
Glen McDaniel
Carl Minton
E. Chadwick Mooney
Velma V. Morrison
William S. Mortensen
Aaron Norris
Stephen E. Olson
Terry Hamilton Quimby
Frank E. Raab
John Ratzenberger
Charles B. Runnels
Richard C. Seaver
Margaret A. Sheppard
Richard L. Stack
Dorothy Straus
Terralynn Walters Swift
Augustus Tagliaferri
Charles H. Taylor
Robert A. Virtue
Lew O. Ward
Ellen Weitman
Jeremy N. White
Gary L. Wilcox