Standing Committees and Special Committees

Updated: February 13, 2023

The Regents have eight standing committees and two special committees.

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Academic and Student Affairs Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix A

Membership: Regents Anguiano (Vice Chair), Batchlor, Blas Pedral, Elliott, Hernandez, Park (Chair), Rendon, and Timmons
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Leib, Newsom, and Thurmond
Advisory members: Regent-designate Tesfai, Faculty Representative Steintrager; Chancellors Block, Christ, Larive, Wilcox, and Yang
Advisor to the Regents: Staff Advisor Lakireddy

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Compliance and Audit Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix B

Membership: Regents Anguiano, Blas Pedral, Cohen, Elliott (Vice Chair), Makarechian, Matosantos, Park, Pérez, Pouchot, Rendon, Sherman, and Sures (Chair)
Ex officio members: Regents Leib and Newsom
Advisory members: Faculty Representative Cochran; Chancellors Christ, Gillman, Hawgood, Khosla, May, and Yang
Advisors to the Regents: Michael Schini and Staff Advisor Mackness

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Finance and Capital Strategies Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix C

Membership: Regents Chu, Cohen (Chair), Kounalakis, Makarechian (Vice Chair), Matosantos, Pérez, Pouchot, Reilly, Robinson, and Sherman
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Leib and Newsom
Advisory members: Regents-designate Ellis and Raznick, Faculty Representative Cochran; Chancellors Gillman, Hawgood, Khosla, May, and Muñoz
Advisor to the Regents: Staff Advisor Mackness

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Governance Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix D

Membership: Regents Cohen, Drake, Elliott (Vice Chair), Leib (Chair), Newsom, Park, Pérez, Reilly, and Sherman, and Sures

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Health Services Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix E

Membership: Regents Guber, Makarechian, Park, Pérez (Chair), Reilly, Sherman, and Sures (Vice Chair)
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Leib and Newsom
Advisory members: Executive Vice President Byington; Chancellors Block, Gillman, and Hawgood; Lilly Marks; Sonia Ramamoorthy

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Investments Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix F

Membership: Regents Anguiano, Blas Pedral, Cohen, Makarechian (Vice Chair), Matosantos, Pouchot, Robinson, and Sherman (Chair)
Ex officio member: Regents Drake, Leib and Newsom
Advisory members: Regent-designate Ellis, Faculty Representative Steintrager; Chancellors Khosla, May, and Muñoz; Drew Zager; Kathryn Lybarger
Advisor to the Regents: Staff Advisor Lakireddy

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National Laboratories Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix H

Membership: Regents Chu, Cohen, Hernandez, Kounalakis (Vice Chair), Matosantos, Reilly, Sures (Chair), and Timmons
Ex officio member: Regents Drake, Leib and Newsom
Advisory members: Regent-designate Raznick, Faculty Representative Cochran; Chancellors Hawgood, Khosla, and May; Robert Powell
Advisor to the Regents: Staff Advisor Mackness

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Public Engagement and Development Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix G

Membership: Regents Guber, Hernandez, Kounalakis, Reilly (Chair), and Timmons (Vice Chair)
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Leib and Newsom
Advisory members: Regents-designate Ellis, Raznick, and Tesfai, Faculty Representative Steintrager; Chancellors Block, Larive, Muñoz, and Wilcox
Advisor to the Regents: Staff Advisor Lakireddy

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Special Committee on Innovation Transfer and Entrepreneurship

Committee Charter: see Appendix I

Membership: Regents Hernandez, Matosantos, Park (Chair), Reilly, and Timmons
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Leib (Vice Chair) and Newsom 
Advisory members: Chancellors Christ, Hawgood, Khosla, and Muñoz; Josh Green, Katharine Ku, Peter Taylor, and Joseph A. Walker

 

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Special Committee on Nominations

Committee Charter: see Appendix J

Membership: Regents Anguiano, Elliott (Chair), Hernandez, Park, Pérez, Reilly, and Sures