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
Norma Doctor Sparks
Kauaʻi 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
