Standing Committees and Special Committees

Updated: June 30, 2025

The Regents have eight standing committees and two special committees.

Academic and Student Affairs Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix A

Membership: Regents Anguiano, Batchlor, Brooks, Hernandez, Leib (Chair), Myers, Park, Rivas, Sarris (Vice Chair), Sures, and Wang
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Newsom, Reilly and Thurmond
Advisory members: Faculty Representative Palazoglu; Chancellors Gillman, Frenk, and Larive
Advisors to the Regents: Staff Advisor Frías

Compliance and Audit Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix B

Membership: Regents Anguiano (Vice Chair), Batchlor, Cohen, Elliott, Leib, Makarechian, Matosantos (Chair), Park, Rivas, and Sures
Ex officio members: Regents Newsom and Reilly 
Advisory members: Faculty Representative Cheung; Chancellors Frenk, Gillman, Hawgood, and Larive
Advisors to the Regents: Michael Schini; Staff Advisor Hanson

Finance and Capital Strategies Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix C

Membership: Regents Chu, Cohen (Chair), Elliott, Komoto, Kounalakis, Lee, Makarechian (Vice Chair), Matosantos, and Robinson
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Newsom, and Reilly 
Advisory members: Faculty Representative Cheung; Chancellors Hawgood, Khosla, Lyons, May, and Muñoz
Advisor to the Regents: Staff Advisor Hanson

Governance Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix D

Health Services Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix E

Membership: Regents Batchlor, Chu, Leib (Vice Chair), Makarechian, Matosantos, Park, and Sures (Chair)
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Newsom, and Reilly 
Advisory members: Chancellors Frenk, Gillman, Hawgood, Hu, Khosla, and May; Michael Good; Lilly Marks; Kathleen Noonan; Michael Ong; David Rubin 

Investments Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix F

Membership: Regents Anguiano, Cohen, Komoto, Lee, Leib, Makarechian (Vice Chair), Matosantos, Park, Robinson (Chair), and Wang
Ex officio member: Regents Drake, Newsom, and Reilly 
Advisory members: Faculty Representative Cheung; Chancellors Hawgood, Khosla, Lyons, and Muñoz; Drew Zager
Advisor to the Regents: 

National Laboratories Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix H

Membership: Regents Anguiano, Hernandez (Chair), Kounalakis (Vice Chair), Lee, Myers, Park, Robinson, Sures, and Wang
Ex officio member: Regents Drake, Newsom, and Reilly 
Advisory members: Faculty Representative Palazoglu; Chancellors Hawgood, Khosla, Larive, and Muñoz; Robert Powell
Advisor to the Regents: Staff Advisor Hanson

Public Engagement and Development Committee

Committee Charter: see Appendix G

Membership: Regents Brooks, Chu, Hernandez, Komoto (Vice Chair), Kounalakis, Lee, Myers, Robinson, Sarris (Chair), and Wang
Ex officio members: Regents Drake, Newsom, and Reilly 
Advisory members: Chancellors Lyons, May, Khosla, and Muñoz
Advisor to the Regents: Staff Advisor Frias

Special Committee on Nominations

Committee Charter: see Appendix J

Membership: Regents Chu, Cohen (Chair), Lee, Leib, Makarechian, Matosantos, and Sarris