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  • Susan Anderson
    president/CEO
    The CIRI Foundation
    Anchorage
     
  • Diane M. Barrans
    executive director
    Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
    Juneau
     
  • James Johnsen
    senior vice president
    Alaska Communications
    Anchorage
     

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  • Leah Bornstein (chair, WICHE commission)
    president
    Coconino Community College
    Flagstaff
     
  • Chris Bustamante
    president
    Rio Salado College
    Tempe
     
  • Eileen Klein
    president
    Arizona Board of Regents
    Phoenix
     

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  • Christopher Cabaldon
    principal, Capitol Impact LLC, and mayor
    City of West Sacramento
     
  • Dianne Harrison (vice chair, WICHE Commission)
    president
    California State University
    Northridge
     
  • Michael Kirst
    president
    State Board of Education
    Sacramento
     

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  • Joseph Garcia
    Colorado Lieutenant Governor; executive director
    Colorado Department of Higher Education
    Denver
     
  • Loretta Martinez
    general counsel and secretary to the board of trustees
    Metropolitan State University of Denver
    Denver
     
  • Dene Kay Thomas
    president
    Fort Lewis College
    Durango
     

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  • Francisco Hernandez
    vice chancellor for students
    University of Hawai’i at Manoa
    Honolulu
     
  • Carol Mon Lee
    attorney, retired associate dean, University of Hawai’i Richardson School of Law, and former member
    Hawai'i State Board of Education
    Honolulu
     
  • Steven Wheelwright
    president
    Brigham Young University Hawaii
    Laie
     

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  • Duane Nellis
    president
    University of Idaho
    Moscow
     
  • Michael Rush
    executive director
    Idaho State Board of Education
    Boise
     
  • Mack Shirley
    former state representative
    Rexburg
     

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  • Clayton Christian
    commissioner of higher education
    Montana University System
    Helena
     
  • Kim Gillan
    former state senator
    Billings
     
  • Sheila Stearns
    commissioner of higher education emerita
    Montana University System
    Helena
     

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  • Vance Farrow
    industry specialist, healthcare, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
    Las Vegas
     
  • Joseph Hardy
    state senator
    Boulder City
     
  • Vic Redding
    vice chancellor for finance & administration
    Nevada System of Higher Education
    Reno
     

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  • José Garcia
    cabinet secretary of higher education
    New Mexico Higher Education Department
    Santa Fe
     
  • Mark Moores
    state senator
    Albuquerque
     
  • Patricia Anaya Sullivan
    assistant dean
    College of Engineering, New Mexico State University
    Las Cruces
     

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  • Duaine Espegard
    president
    State Board of Higher Education
    Grand Forks
     
  • David E. Nething
    former state senator
    Jamestown
     
  • Ham Shirvani
    chancellor
    North Dakota University System
    Bismarck
     

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  • Ryan Deckert
    president
    Oregon Business Association
    Portland
     
  • Hilda Rosselli
    deputy director of college and career readiness
    Oregon Education Investment Board
    Salem
     

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  • Robert Burns
    dean emeritus of Honors College and distinguished professor emeritus of political science
    South Dakota State University
    Brookings
     
  • James O. Hansen
    regent
    South Dakota Board of Regents
    Pierre
     
  • Jack Warner
    executive director
    South Dakota Board of Regents
    Pierre
     

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  • Bonnie J. Beesley (immediate past chair, WICHE commission)
    chair
    Utah Board of Regents
    Salt Lake City
     
  • David Buhler
    commissioner of higher education
    Utah System of Higher Education
    Salt Lake City
     
  • Peter C. Knudson
    state senator
    Brigham City
     

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  • Don Bennett
    executive director
    Washington Student Achievement Council
    Olympia
     
  • Jeanne Kohl-Welles
    state senator
    Seattle
     
  • Larry Seaquist
    state representative
    Gig Harbor
     

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  • Thomas Buchanan (WICHE chair, 2010)
    president
    University of Wyoming
    Laramie
     
  • Sam Krone
    state representative
    Cody
     
  • Karla Leach
    president
    Western Wyoming Community College
    Rock Springs
     

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  • Sharon Hart
    president
    Northern Marianas College
    Saipan
     
  • Jude Hofschneider
    lieutenant governor
    CNMI
    Saipan
     
  • Joshua Sasamoto
    president
    Pacific Development LLC and Marianas HOME
    Saipan