The Boards
Board of Regents
The 40-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 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 L. Biggers | Chair President (Retired), Hughes Missile Group |
James R. Porter | Vice Chair Principal, Porter Capital Partners |
Susan F. Rice | Secretary Principal Consultant, SFR Consulting |
Frederick L. Ricker | Assistant Secretary Vice President and Deputy General Manager Advanced Programs and Technology Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems |
William S. Banowsky | President Emeritus, Pepperdine University |
Andrew K. Benton | President, Pepperdine University |
Sheila K. Bost | Individual, Marital, and Child Psychotherapist |
Charles L. Branch | Professor of Neurosurgery Wake Forest University Health Center |
Dale A. Brown | Principal, Moriah Group Petroleum Strategies |
Janice R. Brown | Circuit Court Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit |
Jose A. Collazo | Vice Chair and 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 R. 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 (Retired), Linsalata Capital Pa |
Dennis S. 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 | Vice Chair, Consolidated Container Company |
P. Bui Simon | President, Angels Wings Foundation International |
Harold R. Smethills | Managing Director, Sterling Ranch, LLC |
Rosa Mercado Spivey | Physician, Medical Director, LAUSD |
William W. Stevens | Chair of the Board (Retired), Triad Systems Corporation |
Stephen M. Stewart | President, Stewart Brothers Drilling Company |
Augustus Tagliaferri | Chair and President Financial Structures, Inc. |
Marta B. Tooma | Dentist |
Thomas J. Trimble | Senior Vice President/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (Retired), Southwest Gas Corporation |
Robert L. Walker | Senior Executive for Development Texas A&M University |
Marylyn M. Warren | Senior Vice President (Retired), eHarmony.com |
Edward V. Yang | Chair and President, U.S. 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
University Board
The University Board is a national advisory group that provides additional guidance and leadership.
- Pat Boone (Chair)
- William Ahmanson, Jr.
- Robert Barbera
- Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
- Nabil Barsoum
- William W. Beazley
- Paul F. Bennett
- Andrew K. Benton
- A. Ronald Berryman
- Viggo Butler
- Rod Campbell
- Peter Chung
- Manuel Del Arroz
- K. Duane Denney
- Robert E. "Bob" Dudley
- Maureen Duffy-Lewis
- Mark W. Dundee
- David G. Elmore
- Alex Fortunati
- Hank Frazee
- G. Louis Graziadio III
- Bart M. Hackley, Jr.
- Michael A. Hammer
- Mary Heckmann
- Bruce Herschensohn
- Robert W. P. Holstrom
- Peter James Johnson
- M. Lawrence Lallande
- Carl J. Lambert
- Stephen Lehman
- Deanne Lewis
- Ian R. Linde
- Seiji Masuda
- Takuji Masuda
- Gregory R. McClintock
- Warren R. Merrill
- E. Chadwick Mooney
- Velma V. Morrison
- William S. Mortensen
- Kenneth Mosbey
- Aaron Norris
- Stephen E. Olson
- John D. Ratzenberger
- Kelly Roberts
- Charles B. Runnels
- Paul Saber
- Margaret Sheppard
- Eric Small
- Lisa Smith
- Richard L. Stack
- William G. Stephens
- Dorothy B. Straus
- Terralynn Walters Swift
- George Thomas
- Robert A. Virtue
- Ellen Weitman
- Jay Welker
- Larry L. Westfall
- Jeremy N. White
- Gary L. Wilcox
- Griffith J. Williams
- Judy Zierick