Board of Regents | President and UH Officers | Community College Chancellors
Board of Regents
The governing body of the University of Hawaiʻi System is composed of 11 regents, nominated by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature. They serve for staggered terms, without compensation.
![Gabriel Lee](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/lee-g-sm.jpg)
Gabriel Lee
Interim Chair
Honolulu County
Term ends 2027
![Ernest Wilson](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wilson-s.jpg)
Ernest Wilson
Interim Vice Chair
Maui County
Term ends 2025
![Wayne Higaki](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/higaki-s.jpg)
Wayne Higaki
Hawaiʻi County
Term ends 2026
![William F. Haning III](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/haning-william-sm.jpg)
William F. Haning III
Honolulu County
Term ends 2026
![Diane Paloma](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/paloma-diane-sm.jpg)
Diane Paloma
Honolulu County
Term ends 2026
![Laurie Tochiki](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tochiki-sm.jpg)
Laurie Tochiki
Honolulu County
Term ends 2027
![Laurel Loo](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/loo-laurel-sm.jpg)
Laurel Loo
Kauaʻi County
Term ends 2027
![Neil Abercrombie](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/abercrombie-neil-s.jpg)
Neil Abercrombie
Honolulu County
Term ends 2028
![Lauren Akitake](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/akitake-l-sm.jpg)
Lauren Akitake
Maui County
Term ends 2028
![Abigail Mawae](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/mawae-a-sm.jpg)
Abigail Mawae
Student Regent
Term ends 2024
![Mike Miyahira](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/miyahira-m-sm.jpg)
Mike Miyahira
Hawaiʻi County
Term ends 2028
President and UH Officers
The UH System is headed by the university president.
![David Lassner](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/president-s.jpg)
David Lassner
President
![Debora Halbert](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/halbert-s.jpg)
Debora Halbert
VP for Academic Strategy
![Jan Gouveia](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/admin-s.jpg)
Jan Gouveia
VP for Administration
![Kalbert Young](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cfo_s.jpg)
Kalbert Young
VP for Budget and
Finance/CFO
![Honolulu Community College Chancellor Lacro](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chancellor-honolulu-s.jpg)
Erika Lacro
VP for Community Colleges
![Garret Yoshimi](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cio_s.jpg)
Garret Yoshimi
VP for Information Technology/CIO
![Carrie Okinaga](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/vp_legal_s.jpg)
Carrie K. S. Okinaga
VP for Legal Affairs/University
General Counsel
![Vassilis L. Syrmos](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/syrmos-sm.jpg)
Vassilis L. Syrmos
VP for Research and Innovation
![Tim Dolan](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dolan-sm-2.jpg)
Tim Dolan
VP of Advancement
![Michael Bruno](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bruno-m-s.jpg)
Michael Bruno
UH Mānoa Provost
![Bonnie D. Irwin](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/irwin-sm.jpg)
Bonnie D. Irwin
UH Hilo Chancellor
![Maenette Benham](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/benham-sm.jpg)
Maenette Benham
UH West Oʻahu Chancellor
UH Community College Chancellors
Chief executives of the seven UH community college campuses.
![Susan Kazama](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SusanKazama-sm.jpg)
Susan Kazama
Hawaiʻi
![Karen Lee](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lee-karen-sm.jpg)
Karen Lee
Honolulu
![Misaki Takabayashi, Chancellor, Kapiolani Community College](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/takabayashi-misaki-sm.jpg)
Misaki Takabayashi
Kapiʻolani
![Margaret Sanchez](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sanchez-margaret-sm.jpg)
Margaret Sanchez
Kauaʻi
![Carlos Penaloza](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/penaloza-carlos-sm.jpg)
Carlos Peñaloza
Leeward
![Lui Hokoana](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chancellor-maui-s.jpg)
Lui Hokoana
Maui
![Ardis Eschenberg](https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/eschenberg-a-sm.jpg)
Ardis Eschenberg
Windward
Advisor
Special Advisor to the President on Hawaiian Affairs