USM BOARD OF REGENTS STANDING COMMITTEES AND WORKGROUPS 2026-2027 Committee on Advancement(staff: Timothy Minor)Geoff Gonella (chair) Yvette Lewis (vice chair) Tom McMillen Rayne Rivera-Forbes Linda Gooden (ex officio) Committee on Audit (staff: Jessica Clark)Tom McMillen (chair) Michele Speaks (vice chair) Kevin Atticks Tisha Edwards Anwer Hasan Yvette Lewis Lulia Mehari Alicia Ritchie Bill Wood Linda Gooden (ex officio) Committee on Education Policy & Student Life and Safety (staff: Jenny Owens)Andy Smarick (chair) Michelle Gourdine (vice chair) Harry Coker, Jr. Anwer Hasan Ike Leggett Yvette Lewis Lulia Mehari Don Mohler Rayne Rivera-Forbes Dana Stebbins Bill Wood Linda Gooden (ex officio) Committee on Finance (staff: Colleen Auberger)Ellen Fish (chair) Geoff Gonella (vice chair) Sunny Bajaj Anwer Hasan Tom McMillen Michele Speaks Bill Wood Linda Gooden (ex officio) Committee on Governance & Compensation (staff: Denise Wilkerson)Ike Leggett (chair) Yvette Lewis (vice chair) Michelle Gourdine Andy Smarick Dana Stebbins Bill Wood Linda Gooden (ex officio) Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics and Student-Athlete Health and Welfare (staff: Roger Ward)Geoff Gonella (chair) Sunny Bajaj Sherri Blount Tisha Edwards Michelle Gourdine Tom McMillen Don Mohler Alicia Ritchie Rayne Rivera-Forbes Bill Wood Linda Gooden (ex officio) Committee on Research & Economic Development (staff: Michele Masucci)Bill Wood (chair) Harry Coker, Jr. (vice chair) Sherri Blount Ellen Fish Anwer Hasan Michele Speaks Linda Gooden (ex officio) Enrollment Workgroup(staff: Colleen Auberger and Jenny Owens)Ellen Fish (chair) Andy Smarick (vice chair) Geoff Gonella Anwer Hasan Bill Wood Linda Gooden (ex officio) USM Strategic Communications Workgroup(staff: Michael Sandler)Geoff Gonella (chair) Ellen Fish Michele Speaks Linda Gooden (ex officio) USM Policy Workgroup(staff: Allison Boyle and Denise Wilkerson)Dana Stebbins (chair) Sherri Blount Geoff Gonella Lulia Mehari Rayne Rivera-Forbes Andy Smarick Linda Gooden (ex officio)
