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Board Office Contacts

Keri D. Nikolajewski

Interim Chief of Staff

Phone
(702) 889-8426
Email
knikolajewski@nshe.nevada.edu

Winter Lipson

Special Assistant and Coordinator

Phone
(702) 889-8426
Email
wlipson@nshe.nevada.edu

Angela R. Palmer

Special Assistant and Coordinator

Phone
(775) 784-3465
Email
apalmer@nshe.nevada.edu

Juiliana Kennedy

Assistant Coordinator

Phone
(702) 889-8426
Email
jkennedy@nshe.nevada.edu

Current Regents

Board Leadership

Byron Brooks

Chair
District 3 Map of District 3

Clark County

(725) 502-4598
Learn more about Regent Brooks

Joseph C. Arrascada

Vice Chair
District 10 Map of District 10

Washoe County

(775) 420-7783
Learn more about Regent Arrascada

Committees

  • ad hoc Chancellor Search Committee (Chair)
  • Academic, Research and Student Affairs Committee (Chair)
  • Audit, Compliance and Title IX Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee

Regents

Patrick J. Boylan

District 5 Map of District 5

Clark County

(702) 758-6352
Learn more about Regent Boylan

Committees

  • Health Sciences System Committee (Chair)
  • Business, Finance and Facilities Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Security Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Audit, Compliance and Title IX Committee

Susan Brager

District 7 Map of District 7

Clark County

(702) 375-3237
Learn more about Regent Brager

Committees

  • Health Sciences System Committee
  • Investment Committee
  • Security Committee

Heather Brown

District 6 Map of District 6

Clark County

Learn more about Regent Brown

Committees

  • Business, Finance and Facilities Committee
  • Security Committee
  • Workforce Committee

Amy J. Carvalho

District 12 Map of District 12

Clark County

(702) 971-1959
Learn more about Regent Carvalho

Committees

  • Business, Finance and Facilities Committee (Chair)
  • Investment Committee (Chair)
  • Security Committee
  • ad hoc Chancellor Search Committee

Michelee Cruz-Crawford, Ed.D.

District 8 Map of District 8

Clark, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine Counties

Learn more about Regent Cruz-Crawford

Committees

  • Academic, Research and Student Affairs Committee
  • Audit, Compliance and Title IX Committee
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee
  • Investment Committee

Carol Del Carlo

District 9 Map of District 9

Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Storey and Washoe Counties

(775) 846-9909
Learn more about Regent Del Carlo

Committees

  • Workforce Committee (Chair)
  • Academic, Research and Student Affairs Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Health Sciences System Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Audit, Compliance and Title IX Committee

Jeffrey S. Downs

District 11 Map of District 11

Humboldt, Pershing, and Washoe Counties

(775) 386-2663
Learn more about Regent Downs

Committees

  • Business, Finance and Facilities Committee
  • Security Committee
  • Workforce Committee
  • ad hoc Chancellor Search Committee

Stephanie Goodman

District 13 Map of District 13

Clark County

(702) 860-6130
Learn more about Regent Goodman

Committees

  • Academic, Research and Student Affairs Committee
  • Health Sciences System Committee
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee
  • ad hoc Chancellor Search Committee

Donald Sylvantee McMichael Sr.

District 4 Map of District 4

Clark County

(702) 592-2155
Learn more about Regent McMichael Sr.

Committees

  • Security Committee (Chair)
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Academic, Research and Student Affairs Committee
  • Health Sciences System Committee

Laura E. Perkins

District 1 Map of District 1

Clark County

(702) 460-3112
Learn more about Regent Perkins

Committees

  • Audit, Compliance and Title IX Committee (Chair)
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee (Chair)
  • Investment Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Workforce Committee
  • ad hoc Chancellor Search Committee

Lois Tarkanian, PH.D.

District 2 Map of District 2

Clark County

(702) 280-3131
Learn more about Regent Tarkanian

Committees

  • Workforce Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Business, Finance and Facilities Committee
  • Health Sciences System Committee
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee
  • Investment Committee