USM BOARD OF REGENTS
STANDING COMMITTEES AND WORKGROUPS

2024-2025

Committee on Advancement
(staff: Leonard Raley)

Hugh Breslin (chair)
Geoff J. Gonella (vice chair)
Dhruvak Mirani
Louis Pope
Linda R. Gooden (ex officio)

Committee on Audit
(staff: Dave Mosca)

Louis Pope (chair)
Charles T. (Tom) McMillen (vice chair)
Kevin Atticks
Anwer Hasan
Robert Hur
Yvette Lewis
William T. "Bill" Wood
Linda R. Gooden (ex officio)


Committee on Education Policy & Student Life and Safety
(staff: Alison Wrynn)

Michelle A. Gourdine, M.D. (chair)
Andy Smarick (vice chair)
Harry Coker, Jr.
Anwer Hasan
Isiah (Ike) Leggett
Yvette Lewis
Dhruvak Mirani
Yehuda Neuberger
Josiah Parker
William T. "Bill" Wood
Linda R. Gooden (ex officio)

Committee on Finance
(staff: Ellen Herbst)

Ellen Fish (chair)
Steven Sibel (vice chair)
Geoff J. Gonella
Anwer Hasan
Dhruvak Mirani
Louis Pope
William T. "Bill" Wood
Linda R. Gooden (ex officio)


Committee on Governance & Compensation
(staff: Denise Wilkerson)

Isiah (Ike) Leggett (chair)
Yvette Lewis (vice chair)
Michelle A. Gourdine, M.D.
Robert Hur
Charles T. (Tom) McMillen
Andy Smarick
William T. "Bill" Wood
Linda R. Gooden (ex officio)

Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics and Student-Athlete Health and Welfare
(staff: Ellen Herbst)

Geoff J. Gonella (chair)
Charles T. (Tom) McMillen (vice chair)
Hugh Breslin
Michelle A. Gourdine, M.D.
Josiah Parker
William T. "Bill" Wood
Linda R. Gooden (ex officio)


Committee on Research & Economic Development
(staff: Michele Masucci)

William T. "Bill" Wood (chair)
Yehuda Neuberger (vice chair)
Harry Coker, Jr.
Ellen Fish
Anwer Hasan
Robert Hur
Josiah Parker
Linda R. Gooden (ex officio)


USM Strategic Communications Workgroup
(staff: Michael Sandler)

Geoff J. Gonella (chair)
Hugh Breslin
Ellen Fish
Linda R. Gooden
Steven Sibel

Enrollment Workgroup
(staff: Ellen Herbst and Alison Wrynn)

Ellen Fish (chair)
Hugh Breslin
Geoff J. Gonella
Linda R. Gooden
Anwer Hasan
Charles T. (Tom) McMillen
William T. "Bill" Wood