Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Michael Drake

President,
The Ohio State University

CHAIR

Robert Jones

Chancellor,
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign

CHAIR-ELECT

Robert Caret

Chancellor, University System of
Maryland

PAST-CHAIR

Waded Cruzado

President,
Montana State University

CHAIR, COUNCIL OF
PRESIDENTS

Council Representatives and At-Large Members

Kent Smith, Jr.

President,
Langston University

COUNCIL OF 1890
UNIVERSITIES

Term Ends 2019

Monica Rao

Virginia Commonwealth
University

COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS'
& CHANCELLORS'
SPOUSES/PARTNERS

Term Ends 2019

Joseph Glover

Provost and Senior Vice 
President, University of
Florida

COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS

Term Ends 2020

John Latini

Director of Federal Relations,
Pennsylvania State
University

COUNCIL ON
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Term Ends 2019

Sandra Brown

Vice Chancellor for
Research, University of
California, San Diego

COUNCIL ON RESEARCH

Term Ends 2020

Teri Lucie
Thompson

Director of Strategic
Initiatives,University of Texas
at Austin

COUNCIL ON STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS

Term Ends 2020

Commission Representatives

Mark Becker

President, Georgia State
University

COALITION OF URBAN
SERVING UNIVERSITIES

Term Ends 2019

Mark Rosenberg

President, Florida International
University

COMMISSION ON ACCESS, 
DIVERSITY & EXCELLENCE

Term Ends 2019

Eric Barron

President, Pennsylvania
State University

COMMISSION ON
ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT

Term Ends 2019

Chad Wootton

Associate Vice President for
External Affairs, Texas A&M
University

COMMISSION ON
ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT

Term Ends 2019

Noelle Cockett

President, Utah State
University

COMMISSION ON FOOD, 
ENVIRONMENT, &
RENEWABLE RESOURCES

Term Ends 2020

Orlando McMeans

Vice President for Research
and Public Service

CFERR-BOARD ON
AGRICULTURE ASSEMBLY

Terms Ends 2019

Tim Sands

President,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University

COMMISSION ON
INFORMATION,
MEASUREMENT, &
ANALYSIS

Term Ends 2020

Jonathan Pruitt

Vice Chancellor for Finance
and Operations, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

CIMA-COMMITTEE ON
BUSINESS AFFAIRS

Term Ends 2020

Waded Cruzado

President, Montana State
University

COMMISSION ON
INTERNATIONAL
INITIATIVES

Term Ends 2020

Harris Pastides

President, University of 
South Carolina

COMMISSION ON SCIENCE
& MATHEMATICS
TEACHING IMPERATIVE

Term Ends 2019

At-Large Members

Rita Cheng

President, Northern Arizona
University

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Terms Ends 2019

Vistasp Karbhari

President, University of
Texas at Arlington

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2021

Harold Martin

Chancellor, North Carolina
A&T State University

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2019

Kirk Schulz

President, Washington State
University

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2019

Samuel Stanley

President, Stony Brook
University, SUNY

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2021

Joseph Steinmetz

Chancellor, University of
Arkansas

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2020