Board Members

The composition of the Tennessee Board of Regents is set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated 49-8-201. When legislation approved by the General Assembly in 2025 is fully implemented, the Board will have 21 members: 10 public members appointed by the Governor, with one each from the state's nine congressional districts and one at-large member; two at-large public members appointed by the Speaker of the Senate; two at-large public members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; two faculty members appointed by the Governor; one student appointed by the Governor; 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.