Board of Regents | Executive Management | Chancellors
Board of Regents
The governing body of the University of Hawaiʻi System is composed of 15 regents, nominated by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature. They serve for staggered terms, without compensation.

Jan Naoe Sullivan
Chair
Honolulu County
Term ends 2021

Randolph G. Moore
Vice Chair
At-Large Seat
Term ends 2018

Benjamin Asa Kudo
Vice Chair
At-Large Seat
Term ends 2022

Eugene Bal III
Maui County
Term ends 2018

Brandon Marc Higa
Student Regent
Term ends 2018

Douglas Shinsato
Hawaiʻi County
Term ends 2018

Jeffrey Portnoy
Honolulu County
Term ends 2019

Lee Putnam
Honolulu County
Term ends 2019

Stanford Yuen
Honolulu County
Term ends 2019

Michael McEnerney
Honolulu County
Term ends 2020

Ernest Wilson
Maui County
Term ends 2020

Wayne Higaki
Hawai‘i County
Term ends 2021

Michelle Tagorda
Honolulu County
Term ends 2021

Simeon Acoba
Honolulu County
Term ends 2022
President and Senior Management
The senior management for the UH System is headed by the university president.

David Lassner
President and Interim UH Mānoa Chancellor

Donald Straney
VP for Academic Planning and Policy

Jan Gouveia
VP for Administration

Kalbert Young
VP for Budget and
Finance/CFO

John Morton
VP for Community Colleges

Garret Yoshimi
VP for Information Technology/CIO

Carrie K. S. Okinaga
VP for Legal Affairs/University
General Counsel

Vassilis L. Syrmos
VP for Research and Innovation
Chancellors
Chief executives of the UH System’s three university and seven community college campuses.

Marcia Sakai
Hilo

Maenette Benham
West Oʻahu

Rachel Solemsaas
Hawaiʻi

Erika Lacro
Honolulu

Louise Pagotto
Kapiʻolani

Helen Cox
Kauaʻi

Manuel Cabral
Leeward

Lui Hokoana
Maui

Douglas Dykstra
Windward
Advisor
Special Advisor to the President on Hawaiian Affairs