USM BOARD OF REGENTS
STANDING COMMITTEES AND WORKGROUPS

2025-2026

Committee on Advancement
(staff: Marianne Horrigan - Interim)

Geoff Gonella (chair)
Yvette Lewis (vice chair)
Tom McMillen
Dhruvak Mirani
Steven Sibel
Michele Speaks
Linda Gooden (ex officio)

Committee on Audit
(staff: Dave Mosca)

Tom McMillen (chair)
Robert Hur (vice chair)
Kevin Atticks
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)
Steven Sibel (vice chair)
Geoff Gonella
Anwer Hasan
Tom McMillen
Dhruvak Mirani
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
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
Steven Sibel