About the Board
The Utah Board of Higher Education is the governing body for the Utah System of Higher Education. The Utah Legislature grants it the power to control, manage, and supervise USHE. The Board’s major responsibilities include selecting and evaluating institutional presidents, setting policy, reviewing programs and degrees, approving institutional missions, and submitting a unified higher education budget request to the Governor and State Legislature.
The Utah Board of Higher Education is comprised of 18 Utah citizens, all appointed by the Governor There are two student Board members, one from a public college or university and one from a technical college.:
Sixteen of the members are appointed to six-year staggered terms while the student Board members are appointed to a one-year term.

Board Members

Harris H. Simmons
Chair

Nina Barnes
Vice Chair

Jesselie Barlow Anderson
Regent

Lisa-Michele Church
Regent

Wilford Clyde
Regent

Sanchaita Datta
Regent

Alan E. Hall
Regent

Marlin K. Jensen
Regent

Ronald W. Jibson
Regent

Patricia Jones
Regent

Steven J. Lund
Regent

Crystal Maggelet
Regent

Sheva Mozafari
Student Regent

Cristina Ortega
Regent

Robert W. Prince, DDS
Regent

Mark Stoddard
Regent

Thomas Wright
Regent