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Forum Members
Provost or chief academic officer represents each member
Each member appoints an official representative to the Forum. From the pool of each state’s representatives, one is selected to serve on the 16-member Executive Committee.
*Executive Committee Member
Alaska
Official Representative | Member |
Denise Runge* | University of Alaska Anchorage |
Sana Efird | Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education |
Anupma Prakash | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Maren Haavig | University of Alaska Southeast |
Paul Layer | University of Alaska System |
Arizona
Official Representative | Member |
John Georgas* | Northern Arizona University |
Gail Burd | University of Arizona |
California
Official Representative |
Member |
Amir Dabirian | California State University, Fullerton |
Karyn Scissum Gunn | California State University, Long Beach |
Meera Komarraju | California State University, Northridge |
Elizabeth Simmons | University of California, San Diego |
Colorado
Official Representative | Member |
Marie Mora* | Metropolitan State University of Denver |
Mary Pedersen | Colorado State University |
Chad Kinney | Colorado State University – Pueblo |
Guam
Official Representative |
Member |
Anita Borja Enriquez* | University of Guam |
Hawai'i
Official Representative | Member |
Debora Halbert* | University of Hawai’i System |
Keiki Kawai’ae’a | University of Hawai’i at Hilo |
Laura Lyons | University of Hawai’i – Mānoa |
Harald Barkhoff | University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu |
Idaho
Official Representative | Member |
John Buckwalter | Boise State University |
TJ Bliss | Idaho State Board of Education |
Valerie Martin Conley | Idaho State University |
Fred Chilson | Lewis-Clark State College |
Torrey Lawrence* | University of Idaho |
Montana
Official Representative | Member |
Robert Mokwa | Montana State University, Bozeman |
Adrea Lawrence | University of Montana |
Nosa Egiebor | Montana Technical University |
Sep Eskandari | Montana State University Billings |
TBD* | Montana University System |
Nevada
Official Representative | Member |
Renée Davis | Nevada System of Higher Education |
Dana Ryan | Western Nevada College |
David Shintani | University of Nevada, Reno |
Kate Hausbeck-Korgan* | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Vickie Shields | Nevada State College |
New Mexico
Official Representative | Member |
Jamie Laurenz | Eastern New Mexico University |
Roxanne Gonzales | New Mexico Highlands University |
James Holloway* | University of New Mexico |
Jack Crocker | Western New Mexico University |
Alan Shoho | New Mexico State University |
Ivan Lopez-Hurtado | Northern New Mexico State College |
North Dakota
Official Representative | Member |
Lisa Johnson | North Dakota University System |
Margaret Dahlberg | Valley City State University |
Laurie Geller | Minot State University |
Eric Link* | University of North Dakota |
Oregon
Official Representative | Member |
Susan Jeffords | Portland State University |
Edward Feser | Oregon State University |
Veronica Dujon* | State of Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission |
Matt Seimears | Eastern Oregon University |
Joanna Mott | Oregon Institute of Technology |
Rob Winningham | Western Oregon University |
South Dakota
Official Representative | Member |
Jon Kilpinen | Black Hills State University |
Michael Wanous | Northern State University |
Dennis Hedge | South Dakota State University |
Pam Carriveau* | South Dakota Board of Regents |
Kurt Hackemer | University of South Dakota |
Lance Roberts | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
Utah
Official Representative | Member |
Michael Lacourse | Utah Technical University |
Mitzi Montoya | University of Utah |
Julia Hartley | Utah System of Higher Education |
David Connelly* | Utah Valley University |
Washington
Official Representative | Member |
Jonathan Anderson | Eastern Washington University |
David McAvity | Evergreen State College |
Renny Christopher* | Washington State University |
Michelle DenBeste | Central Washington University |
Wyoming
Official Representative | Member |
Kevin Carman* | University of Wyoming |