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2025-2026 Catalog & Student Handbook

TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS/CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS/AT-LARGE SERVICE TERM

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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, Governor of the State of Tennessee Ex-Officio Regent
Emily J. Reynolds, Vice Chair 5th Congressional District (2010–2016; 2016–2021; 2021–2027)
Lizzette Reynolds, Commissioner of Education Ex-Officio Regent
Charles Hatcher, Commissioner of Agriculture Ex-Officio Regent
Steven Gentile, Executive Director at Tennessee Higher Education Commission Ex-Officio Regent, Non-Voting
Thomas A. H. White  At-Large, East Tennessee (2017–2022; 2022–2028)
Mark George At-Large, West Tennessee (2020–2026)
Jeremy Harrell At-Large, Middle Tennessee (2024–2030)
Miles A. Burdine 1st Congressional District (2017–2019; 2019–2025)
Danni Varlan 2nd Congressional District (2010–2013; 2013–2019; 2019–2025)
Barry Stevenson 3rd Congressional District (2024–2029)
(Vacant) 4th Congressional District
Deanne DeWitt 6th Congressional District (2024–2030)
Todd Kaestner 7th Congressional District (2023–2028)
Kyle Spurgeon 8th Congressional District (2023–2026)
Nisha Powers 9th Congressional District (2018–2024; 2024–2030)
Ross Roberts Faculty Regent, Voting (2023–2025)
Angela Richardson Faculty Regent, Non-Voting (2024–2026)
(TBD) Student Regent (2025–2026)