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

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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

Official Representative	Member
John Georgas*	Northern Arizona University
Gail Burd	University of Arizona

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

Official Representative	Member
Marie Mora*	Metropolitan State University of Denver
Mary Pedersen	Colorado State University
Chad Kinney	Colorado State University – Pueblo

Official Representative	Member
Anita Borja Enriquez*	University of Guam

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official Representative	Member
Jonathan Anderson	Eastern Washington University
David McAvity	Evergreen State College
Renny Christopher*	Washington State University
Michelle DenBeste	Central Washington University

Official Representative	Member
Kevin Carman*	University of Wyoming