2017 Board of Regents

The 39-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.

 

Board of Regents

• Edwin L. Biggers

  CHAIR

  President (Retired)
  Hughes Missile Group

• James R. Porter

  VICE CHAIR

  Principal
  Porter Capital Partners

• Susan F. Rice (EdD '86)

  SECRETARY

  Senior Consulting Associate
  Brakeley Briscoe, Inc.

• Frederick L. Ricker

  ASSISTANT SECRETARY

  Vice President and General Manager (Retired)
  Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

• Andrew K. Benton

  President and CEO
  Pepperdine University

• Sheila K. Bost

  Marriage and Family Therapist
  Private Practice

• Charles L. Branch, Jr.

  Professor of Neurosurgery
  Wake Forest University Health Center

• Dale Brown ('64)

  Principal
  Moriah Group, Petroleum Strategies

• Janice R. Brown

  Circuit Judge (Retired)
  United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

• Jose A. Collazo (MBA '77)

  Vice Chairman and President (Retired)
  Form I-9 Compliance, LLC

• Nancy M. De Liban

  Executive Vice President
  Athene Asset Management, L.P.

• Shelle Ensio

  Engineer (Retired)

• Terry Giles (JD '74)

  President and Owner
  Giles Enterprises

• Michelle R. Hiepler (JD '89)

  Partner
  Law Offices of Hiepler & Hiepler

• Glen A. Holden

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

• Gail E. Hopkins ('66, MA '74)

  Orthopaedic Surgeon

• Peter James Johnson, Jr.

  President
  Leahey & Johnson, PC

• John D. Katch ('60)

  District Manager (Retired)
  Southern California Edison Company

• Dennis Lewis ('65)

  President and Owner
  Chesapeake Holding Company, LLC

• John T. Lewis ('83)

  President
  Eugene Lewis & Associates

• Kimberly J. Lindley

  Community Leader

• Faye W. McClure ('78)

  Senior Executive
  Financial Services

• Michael T. Okabayashi

  Partner
  Ernst & Young

• Danny Phillips

  Investments/Ranching

• Timothy C. Phillips ('87)

  Chief Executive Officer
  Phillips and Company

• John L. Plueger

  Chief Executive Officer and President
  Air Lease Corporation

• Carol Richards

  Community Leader

• B. Joseph Rokus ('76)

  Manager, SPP LLC

• Bui Simon ('96)

  President
  Angels Wings Foundation International

• Harold R. Smethills

  Chair
  Sterling Ranch Development Company

• Dee Anna Smith ('86)

  Chief Executive Officer
  Sarah Cannon Research Institute

• Rosa Mercado Spivey

  Physician
  Medical Director, Employee Health Services
  Los Angeles Unified School District

• William W. Stevens

  Chair of the Board (Retired)
  Triad Systems Corporation

• Stephen M. Stewart

  Business Development
  Stewart Brothers Drilling Company

• Augustus Tagliaferri (MBA '74)

  Chair and President
  Financial Structures, Inc.

• Marta B. Tooma

  Philanthropic Dentist

• Robert L. Walker (MA '66)

  Senior Partner
  The Walker Consulting Group

  Vice President for Development (Retired)
  Texas A&M University

• Marylyn M. Warren ('58)

  Senior Vice President (Retired)
  eHarmony.com, Inc.

• Jay S. Welker

  President
  The Private Bank and Wealth Management, Wells Fargo Bank

 

Life Regents*

• William S. Banowsky (MA '94)

• Joe R. Barnett

• Lodwrick M. Cook

• Jerry S. Cox

• Jerry E. Hudson

• Eff W. Martin

• Russell L. Ray, Jr.

• Travis E. Reed

• Thomas J. Trimble

• J. McDonald Williams

• Helen M. Young ('39)

* Nonvoting Regents