• James Johnsen senior vice president of administration, Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks
     
  • Diane M. Barrans executive director, Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, Juneau
     
  • Susan Anderson president/CEO, The CIRI Foundation, Anchorage
     

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

  • Michael Kirst president, State Board of Education, Sacramento
     
  • Dianne Harrison president, California State University, Monterey Bay
     
  • Christopher Cabaldon principal, Capitol Impact LLC, and mayor, City of West Sacramento
     

  • Dene Kay Thomas president, Fort Lewis College, Durango
     
  • Joseph Garcia (immediate past chair, WICHE Commission), Colorado Lieutenant Governor; executive director, Colorado Department of Higher Education, Denver
     
  • D. Rico Munn partner, Baker & Hostetler, Denver
     

  • Roy Ogawa attorney, Ogawa, Lau, Nakamura & Jew, Attorneys At Law, Honolulu
     
  • Doris Ching Emeritus Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Hawai`i System, Honolulu
     
  • Steven Wheelwright president, Brigham Young University Hawaii, Laie
     

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

  • Clayton Christian chair, Montana Board of Regents, and CEO, Stewart Title of Missoula, Missoula
     
  • Kim Gillan state senator, Billings
     
  • Sheila Stearns commissioner of higher education, Montana University System, Helena
     

  • Carl Shaff educational consultant, Reno
     
  • Joseph Hardy state senator, Boulder City
     
  • Victor Redding vice chancellor of finance, Nevada System of Higher Education, Reno
     

  • Patricia Anaya Sullivan assistant dean, College of Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
     
  • José Garcia cabinet secretary of higher education, New Mexico Higher Education Department, Santa Fe
     
  • Susanna Murphy lecturer, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Organizational Learning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
     

  • Duaine Espegard member, State Board of Higher Education, Grand Forks
     
  • Bill Goetz chancellor, North Dakota University System, Bismarck
     
  • David E. Nething state senator, Jamestown
     

  • Camille Preus commissioner, Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, Salem
     
  • Tim Nesbitt former deputy chief of staff, Office of the Governor, Portland
     
  • Ryan Deckert president, Oregon Business Association, Portland
     

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

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

  • Don Bennett executive director, Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia
     
  • Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney state representative, Seattle
     
  • Jeanne Kohl-Welles state senator, Seattle
     

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