Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Robert Jones

Chancellor,
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign

CHAIR

Waded Cruzado

President,
Montana State University

CHAIR-ELECT

Michael Drake

President, The Ohio State 
University

PAST-CHAIR

Rebecca Blank

Chancellor, University
of Wisconsin-Madison

CHAIR, COUNCIL OF
PRESIDENTS

Gary May

Chancellor,
University of California, Davis

SECRETARY, COUNCIL OF
PRESIDENTS

Council Representatives 

Makola Abdullah

President,
Virginia State University

COUNCIL OF 1890
UNIVERSITIES

Term Ends 2021

Monica Rao

Virginia Commonwealth
University

COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS'
& CHANCELLORS'
SPOUSES/PARTNERS

Term Ends 2020

Joseph Glover

Provost and Senior Vice 
President, University of
Florida

COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS

Term Ends 2020

Gina Daly

Director, Federal Government
Relations, University of
California, Berkeley

COUNCIL ON
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Term Ends 2020

Sarah Nusser

Vice President for
Research, Iowa State
University

COUNCIL ON RESEARCH

Term Ends 2020

Dana Topousis

Chief Marketing and
Communications Officer,
University of California, Davis

COUNCIL ON STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS

Term Ends 2021

Denise Maybank

Vice President and Associate
Provost for Student Affairs
and Services

COUNCIL ON STUDENT
AFFAIRS

Term Ends 2021

Commission Representatives

Michael Rao

President, Virginia
Commonwealth University

COALITION OF URBAN
SERVING UNIVERSITIES

Term Ends 2021

Havidán Rodríguez

President, University at 
Albany, SUNY

COMMISSION ON ACCESS, 
DIVERSITY & EXCELLENCE

Term Ends 2022

Patrick Gallagher

President, University of
Pittsburgh

COMMISSION ON
ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT

Term Ends 2021

Chad Wootton

Associate Vice President for
External Affairs

COMMISSION ON
ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT

Term Ends 2020

Noelle Cockett

President, Utah State
University

COMMISSION ON FOOD, 
ENVIRONMENT, &
RENEWABLE RESOURCES

Term Ends 2020

Orlando McMeans

Dean of the College of
Agricultural, Family and
Consumer Sciences,
Southern University

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

At-Large Members

Mun Choi

President, University of
Missouri System
 

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Terms Ends 2022

Susan Cole

President, Montclair State
University

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2022

Martin Meehan

University of Massachusetts
System

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2022

Samuel Stanley

President, Michigan State
University

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2021

Joseph Steinmetz

Chancellor, University of
Arkansas

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2020

Robert Nelsen

President,California State
University, Sacramento 

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Term Ends 2022