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Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Gary May
Chancellor,
University of California, Davis
CHAIR
Makola Abdullah
President,
Virginia State University
CHAIR-ELECT
Waded Cruzado
President,
Montana State University
PAST-CHAIR
Joan Ferrini-Mundy
President, University of
Maine
SECRETARY, COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS
Joan Gabel
Joan Gabel
President,
University of Minnesota
SECRETARY, COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS

Council Representatives

Dr. Paul Jones
Paul Jones
President,
Fort Valley State University
COUNCIL OF 1890
UNIVERSITIES
Term Ends 2023
Appointment
Coming Soon
COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS’
& CHANCELLORS’
SPOUSES/PARTNERS
Jonathan Wickert
Senior Vice President
and Provost,
Iowa State University
COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS
Term Ends 2023
Samuel Caldwell
Chief Diversity Officer &
Associate Vice President
Diversity and Inclusion, 
University at Albany,
SUNY 
COUNCIL ON DIVERSITY,
EQUITY, & INCLUSION
Term Ends 2023
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Kristen Adams
Director, Federal Relations, Cornell University
COUNCIL ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Term Ends 2023
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Lynne Chronister
Vice President for
Research and Econmomic Development
University of South Alabama
COUNCIL ON RESEARCH
Term Ends 2023
Cinnamon Blair
Chief Marketing and
Communications Officer,
University of New Mexico
COUNCIL ON STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
Term Ends 2023
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Martino Harmon
Vice President for
Student Life, University of Michigan
COUNCIL ON STUDENT AFFAIRS
Term Ends 2025

Commission Representatives

Michael Amiridis
President,
University of South Carolina
COALITION OF URBAN SERVING UNIVERSITIES
Term Ends 2025
Joan Gabel
President,
University of Minnesota
COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Term Ends 2023
Sharon Paynter
Assistant Vice Chancellor for
Community Engagement,
East Carolina University
COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Term Ends 2023
Noelle Cockett
President, Utah State
University
COMMISSION ON FOOD, ENVIRONMENT, & RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Term Ends 2023
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J. Ernest Minton
Dean, College of Agriculture and Director, K-State Research and Extension, Kansas
State University
CFERR-BOARD ON AGRICULTURE ASSEMBLY
Term Ends 2024
Lisa Freeman
President,
Northern Illinois University
COMMISSION ON INFORMATION, MEASUREMENT, & ANALYSIS
Term Ends 2023
Jonathan Pruitt, M.P.A.
Jonathan Pruitt
Executive Vice Chancellor
for Business Administration, 
University of Texas System
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Term Ends 2023
Taylor Eighmy
Taylor Eighmy
President, University of Texas San Antonio
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES
Term Ends 2024

At-Large Members

Michelle Marks
Michelle Marks
Chancellor, 
University of Colorado Denver
AT-LARGE MEMBER
Term Ends 2024
Santa Ono
President,
University of Michigan
AT-LARGE MEMBER
Term Ends 2023
Darryll Pines
Darryll Pines
President,
University of Maryland
AT-LARGE MEMBER
Term Ends 2025
Brian Sandoval
President, University of Nevada, Reno
AT-LARGE MEMBER
Term Ends 2024
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Garnett Stokes
President, University of New Mexico
AT-LARGE MEMBER
Term Ends 2025