Portland State University Board of Trustees
On November 21, 2013 the Board of Trustees of Portland State University was confirmed by the Oregon State Senate. Effective July 1, 2014, Portland State University is an independent public university governed by the Board. The Board is composed of 14 trustees, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Oregon State Senate, and the President of the University (who serves as a non-voting trustee). Trustees, other than the student, faculty, and non-faculty staff trustees, serve four-year terms, except that half of the inaugural trustees were appointed to two-year terms in order to stagger trustee terms going forward. The student, faculty and non-faculty staff trustees serve two-year terms. The Board elects its own Chair and Vice Chair, pursuant to the bylaws adopted by the Board.
Trustees Pete Nickerson and Rick Miller have been elected to serve as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, for officer terms ending June 30, 2019.
The Secretary to the Board is appointed by the President, with the consent of the Board, and is not a trustee. The term of office of each trustee expires on June 30 of the year indicated below.
| Swati Adarkar, vice-chair, Academic and Student Affairs Committee |
2017 |
| Erica Bestpitch, non-faculty staff trustee |
2017 |
| Gale Castillo |
2019 |
| Sho Dozono |
2017 |
Maria Carolina Gonzalez-Prats, student trustee
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2016 |
| Maude Hines, faculty trustee |
2017 |
| Thomas J. Imeson, vice-chair, Executive and Audit Committee |
2017 |
| Margaret D. Kirkpatrick, chair, Academic and Student Affairs Committee |
2017 |
| Irving Levin |
2017 |
| Rick Miller (Karl R. Miller, Jr.), vice-chair of the board; chair, Finance and Administration Committee |
2019 |
| Pete Nickerson, chair of the board; chair, Executive and Audit Committee |
2019 |
Lindsay Stewart
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2019 |
| Peter W. Stott |
2019 |
| Christine Vernier, vice-chair, Finance and Administration Committee |
2017 |
| Wim Wiewel, President of the University; ex officio, non-voting trustee |
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| David Reese, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board |
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