Board of Regents | President and UH Officers | Community College Chancellors
Board of Regents
The governing body of the University of Hawaiʻi System is composed of 12 regents, nominated by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature. They serve for staggered terms, without compensation.

Benjamin Asa Kudo
Chair
At-Large Seat
Term ends 2022

Jan Naoe Sullivan
Vice Chair
Honolulu County
Term ends 2021

Wayne Higaki
Vice Chair
Hawaiʻi County
Term ends 2021

Michael McEnerney
Honolulu County
Term ends 2020

Ernest Wilson
Maui County
Term ends 2020

Kelli K.K. Acopan
Student Regent
Term ends 2020

Michelle Tagorda
Honolulu County
Term ends 2021

Simeon Acoba
Honolulu County
Term ends 2022

Robert Frank Westerman
Kauaʻi County
Term ends 2022

Eugene Bal III
Maui County
Term ends 2023

Randolph G. Moore
At-Large Seat
Term ends 2023

Alapaki Nahale-a
Hawaiʻi County
Term ends 2023
President and UH Officers
The UH System is headed by the university president.

David Lassner
President

Donald Straney
VP for Academic Planning and Policy

Jan Gouveia
VP for Administration

Kalbert Young
VP for Budget and
Finance/CFO

Erika Lacro
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

Tim Dolan
VP for Advancement

Michael Bruno
UH Mānoa Provost

Bonnie D. Irwin
UH Hilo Chancellor

Maenette Benham
UH West Oʻahu Chancellor
UH Community College Chancellors
Chief executives of the seven UH community college campuses.

Rachel Solemsaas
Hawaiʻi

Karen Lee
Honolulu

Louise Pagotto
Kapiʻolani

Helen Cox
Kauaʻi

Carlos Peñaloza
Leeward

Lui Hokoana
Maui

Ardis Eschenberg
Windward
Advisor
Special Advisor to the President on Hawaiian Affairs