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.
Lee Putnam
Chair
Honolulu County
Term ends 2019
Jeffrey Portnoy
Vice Chair
Honolulu County
Term ends 2019
Wayne Higaki
Vice Chair
Hawai‘i County
Term ends 2021
Stanford Yuen
Honolulu County
Term ends 2019
Michael McEnerney
Honolulu County
Term ends 2020
Ernest Wilson
Maui County
Term ends 2020
Kelli K.K. Acopan
Student Regent
Term ends 2020
Jan Naoe Sullivan
Honolulu County
Term ends 2021
Michelle Tagorda
Honolulu County
Term ends 2021
Simeon Acoba
Honolulu County
Term ends 2022
Benjamin Asa Kudo
At-Large Seat
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 Senior Management
The senior management for 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
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
Karen Lee
Honolulu
Louise Pagotto
Kapiʻolani
Helen Cox
Kauaʻi
Suzette Robinson
Leeward
Lui Hokoana
Maui
Ardis Eschenberg
Windward
Advisor
Special Advisor to the President on Hawaiian Affairs
