
USM BOARD OF REGENTS
STANDING COMMITTEES AND WORKGROUPS
2025-2026
Committee on Advancement
(staff: Timothy Minor)
Geoff Gonella (chair)
Yvette Lewis (vice chair)
Tom McMillen
Dhruvak Mirani
Michele Speaks
Linda Gooden (ex officio)
Committee on Audit
(staff: Dave Mosca)
Tom McMillen (chair)
Robert Hur (vice chair)
Kevin Atticks
Tisha Edwards
Anwer Hasan
Yvette Lewis
Dana Stebbins
Bill Wood
Linda Gooden (ex officio)
Committee on Education Policy & Student Life and Safety
(staff: Alison Wrynn)
Michelle Gourdine (chair)
Andy Smarick (vice chair)
Harry Coker, Jr.
Anwer Hasan
Ike Leggett
Yvette Lewis
Dhruvak Mirani
Rayne Rivera-Forbes
Dana Stebbins
Bill Wood
Linda Gooden (ex officio)
Committee on Finance
(staff: Ellen Herbst)
Ellen Fish (chair)
Geoff Gonella
Anwer Hasan
Tom McMillen
Dhruvak Mirani
Michele Speaks
Bill Wood
Linda Gooden (ex officio)
Committee on Governance & Compensation
(staff: Denise Wilkerson)
Ike Leggett (chair)
Yvette Lewis (vice chair)
Michelle Gourdine
Robert Hur
Andy Smarick
Bill Wood
Linda Gooden (ex officio)
Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics and Student-Athlete Health and Welfare
(staff: Ellen Herbst)
Geoff Gonella (chair)
Tom McMillen (vice chair)
Sherri Blount
Tisha Edwards
Michelle Gourdine
Dhruvak Mirani
Rayne Rivera-Forbes
Bill Wood
Linda Gooden (ex officio)
Committee on Research & Economic Development
(staff: Michele Masucci)
Bill Wood (chair)
Harry Coker, Jr. (vice chair)
Sherri Blount
Ellen Fish
Anwer Hasan
Robert Hur
Dhruvak Mirani
Michele Speaks
Linda Gooden (ex officio)
Enrollment Workgroup
(staff: Ellen Herbst and Alison Wrynn)
Ellen Fish (chair)
Andy Smarick (vice chair)
Geoff Gonella
Linda Gooden
Anwer Hasan
Bill Wood
USM Strategic Communications Workgroup
(staff: Michael Sandler)
Geoff Gonella (chair)
Hugh Breslin
Ellen Fish
Linda Gooden
USM Policy Workgroup
(staff: Allison Boyle and Denise Wilkerson)
Dana Stebbins (chair)
Sherri Blount
Geoff Gonella
Dhruvak Mirani
Andy Smarick
Linda Gooden (ex officio)