Members and Advisors
- Appointed Regents
- Ex Officio Regents
- Student Regent
- Regents-Designate
- Faculty Representatives to the Regents
- Advisors to the Regents
(Click on the individual's name for a more complete biography.)
Appointed Regents
Maria Anguiano
Appointed by Governor Brown effective June 16, 2017 to a term expiring March 1, 2028; Executive Vice President, Arizona State University's Learning Enterprise; B.A. (Economics-Accounting and Spanish), Claremont McKenna College; M.B.A., Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ms. Anguiano is the current Vice Chair of the Board.
Elaine E. Batchlor
Appointed by Governor Newsom effective July 22, 2022 to a term expiring March 1, 2033; Chief Executive Officer, MLK Community Healthcare; Doctor of Medicine Degree, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Master of Public Health Degree, UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health.
Josiah Beharry
Student Regent, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. UC Merced graduate student (Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities); B.A. (Critical Race and Ethnic Studies).
Carmen Chu
Appointed by Governor Newsom effective July 22, 2022 to a term expiring March 1, 2030; City Administrator, City and County of San Francisco; Master of Public Policy Degree, University of California, Berkeley; Bachelors' Degree (Public Policy), Occidental College.
Michael Cohen
Appointed by Governor Brown effective August 6, 2018 to a term expiring March 1, 2030; Chief Financial Officer of CalPERS, the California Public Employees' Retirement System; B.S., Stanford University (Urban Studies); Master's Degree in Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School at the University of Texas.
Gareth Elliott
Appointed by Governor Brown January 2, 2015 to term expiring March 1, 2025; Partner, Sacramento Advocates, Inc.; B.A. (Political Science), Humboldt State University.
Howard "Peter" Guber
Appointed by Governor Brown effective June 6, 2017 to a term expiring March 1, 2029; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mandalay Entertainment Group; Master of Laws and J.D. degrees, New York University School of Law.
Jose M. Hernandez
Appointed by Governor Newsom effective August 20, 2021 to a term expiring March 1, 2033; President and Chief Executive Officer, Tierra Luna Engineering LLC; Master of Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (Electronics Engineering, Signals and Systems); B.S. (Electrical Engineering), University of the Pacific.
Nancy Lee
Appointed by Governor Newsom effective June 29, 2023 to a term expiring March 1, 2024; re-appointed in 2024 by Governor Newsom to a term expiring March 1, 2036; Executive Vice President of International Business Operations and Chief of Staff to Robert A. Iger, Walt Disney Company; M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center; B.A., University of Chicago.
Richard Leib
Appointed by Governor Brown effective August 6, 2018 to a term expiring March 1, 2026; President and CEO, Dunleer Strategies; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Claremont Graduate University; J.D., Loyola University School of Law.
Hadi Makarechian
Appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger effective October 24, 2008 to term expiring March 1, 2020; re-appointed in 2020 by Governor Newsom to a term expiring March 1, 2032; B.S. (Civil Engineering), B.A. (Economics), State University of New York; former Chairman of Makar Properties Board of Directors.
Ana Matosantos
Appointed by Governor Newsom effective July 22, 2022 to a term expiring March 1, 2034; Bachelor's Degree (Political Science), Stanford University.
Lark Park
Appointed by Governor Brown effective June 15, 2017 to a term expiring March 1, 2029; Director of the California Education Learning Lab in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research; B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Georgetown University.
John A. Pérez
Appointed by Governor Brown effective November 17, 2014 to term expiring March 1, 2024; re-appointed in 2024 by Governor Newsom to a term expiring March 1, 2036; California State Assembly Speaker Emeritus and former Assemblymember.
Janet Reilly
Appointed by Governor Newsom effective August 9, 2019 to a term expiring March 1, 2028; Co-founder and President of the Board of Directors for Clinic by the Bay; B.A., UCLA; Master of Science (Journalism), Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Ms. Reilly is the current Chair of the Board.
Mark Robinson
Appointed by Governor Newsom effective July 22, 2022 to a term expiring March 1, 2034; Partner, Centerview Partners; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; B.A. (History and Political Science), University of California, Berkeley.
Gregory Sarris
Appointed by Governor Newsom effective June 29, 2023 to a term expiring March 1, 2026. Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria; Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University.
Richard Sherman
Appointed by Governor Brown effective January 17, 2014 to a term expiring March 1, 2025; Chief Executive Officer at the Geffen Company; Master of Business Taxation from the University of Southern California.
Jonathan "Jay" Sures
Appointed by Governor Brown effective January 4, 2019 to a term expiring March 1, 2020; re-appointed in 2020 (by Newsom) to a term expiring March 1, 2032; Vice Chairman of United Talent Agency; B.A. (Economics), UCLA.
Ex Officio Regents
Gavin Newsom
Governor of California and ex officio Regent, January 7, 2019 - present.
Eleni Kounalakis
Lieutenant Governor and ex officio Regent, effective January 7, 2019 - present.
Robert Rivas
Speaker of the Assembly and ex officio Regent, effective June 30, 2023 - present; Assembly member from the 29th district.
Tony Thurmond
State Superintendent of Public Instruction and ex officio Regent, January 7, 2019 - present.
Michael V. Drake, M.D.
President of the University and ex officio Regent, August 15, 2020 - present; A.B., Stanford University; M.D., UC San Francisco.
Geoffrey Pack
Alumni Regent, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025, and Vice President, Alumni Associations of the University of California; Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Master of Science, Durham University; Harvard graduate student (Master of Science in Bioethics); B.S., University of California, Riverside (Anthropology).
Alfonso Salazar
Alumni Regent, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025, and President, Alumni Associations of the University of California; Master's in Public Policy, University of Michigan; B.A., University of California, Berkeley (Political Science and Ethnic Studies).
Regents-Designate
Brian Komoto
Alumni Regent-designate, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. Alumni Regent, July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 and Secretary, Alumni Associations of the University of California.
Ann Wang
Alumni Regent-designate, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. Alumni Regent, July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 and Treasurer, Alumni Associations of the University of California. B.S., University of California, Los Angeles (International Development Studies).
Sonya Brooks
Student Regent-designate, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025; Student Regent, July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026.
Faculty Representatives to the Regents
Steven Cheung
Faculty Representative to The Regents, September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2025, and current Chair of the Universitywide Academic Senate of the University of California.
Ahmet Palazoglu
Faculty Representative to The Regents, September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2026, and current Vice Chair of the Universitywide Academic Senate of the University of California.
Advisors to the Regents
Andenet Emiru
Staff Advisor, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025; Director of External Partnerships & Projects, UC Health's Center for Data-Driven Insights and Innovation; BA in Management Information Systems, University of Minnesota-Duluth; MBA, St. Cloud State University
Mayté Frías
Staff Advisor-designate, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. Staff Advisor, July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026;
