Board Members
The composition of the Tennessee Board of Regents is set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated 49-8-201. The board consists of 19 members: 12 lay citizens appointed for six-year terms by the governor, with one each from the state's nine congressional districts and three grand divisions; two faculty members from among the system institutions appointed by the governor for a two-year term; one student from among the system institutions appointed by the governor for a one-year term; and four ex-officio members--the Governor of Tennessee, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the Executive Director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, who is a non-voting member.
Bill Lee
Ex-Officio Regent
Governor of the State of Tennessee
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Emily J. Reynolds, Vice Chair
5th Congressional District
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Lizzette Reynolds
Ex-Officio Regent
Commissioner of Education
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Charles Hatcher
Ex-Officio Regent
Commissioner of Agriculture
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Steven Gentile
Ex-Officio Regent
Interim Executive Director at Tennessee Higher Education Commission
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Thomas A. H. White
At-Large, East
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Mark George
At-Large, West
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Miles A. Burdine
1st Congressional District
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Danni B. Varlan
2nd Congressional District
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Vacant
3rd Congressional District
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Mark Gill
At-Large, Middle
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Shane Hooper
4th Congressional District
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MaryLou Apple
6th Congressional District
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Todd Kaestner
7th Congressional District
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Kyle Spurgeon
8th Congressional District
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Nisha Powers
9th Congressional District
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Vanessa Pilkinton
Faculty Regent
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Ross Roberts
Faculty Regent (Non-Voting)
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Layah Garton
Student Regent
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