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Board of Regents

Officers

Mickey L. Long, Chair
Larry K. Anders, Vice Chair
Ben W. Lock, Secretary
Christina Martinez, Assistant Secretary to the Board of Regents

Regents

Term Expires January 31, 2015
John B. Walker.......................Houston
Mickey L. Long........................Midland
Nancy Neal............................Lubbock

Term Expires January 31, 2017
Larry K. Anders.........................Dallas
Debbie Montford..............San Antonio
John Steinmetz.....................Arlington

Term Expires January 31, 2019
John Esparza...........................Austin
L. Frederick “Rick” Francis......El Paso
Tim Lancaster.........................Abilene

Student Regent

Term Expires May 31, 2013
Suzanne Taylor....................Arlington
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Administrative Officers

Date following rank indicates year of appointment to Texas Tech.

Office of the Chancellor

Kent R. Hance, J.D. Chancellor

Kent R. Hance, Chancellor, Professor of Law, 2006. B.B.A., Texas Tech, 1965; J.D., Texas, 1968.

Jim Brunjes, Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer, 1991. B.A., Texas A&M, 1969; M.Stat., 1972.

John Huffaker, Vice Chancellor and General Counsel, 2012. B.S., Texas Tech, 1970; J.D., 1974.

Joseph Rallo, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, 2012. B.A.,Lafayette Coll.,1971; J.D., Western New England, 1976; M.A., Syracuse; 1978; Ph.D.,1980.

John Michael Sanders, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, 1969. B.A., Abilene Christian, 1966; J.D., Texas Tech, 1970.

Kelly Overley, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, 2003. B.A., Texas Tech, 1992; M.Ed., Texas (El Paso), 1997; Ed.D., 2006.

Michael S. Molina, Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Construction, 2010. B. Arch., Texas Tech, 1991.

Jodey C. Arrington, Vice Chancellor for Research, Commercialization and Federal Relations, 2007. B.S., Texas Tech, 1994; M.A., M.P. A., 1997.

John Opperman, Vice Chancellor for Policy and Planning, 2002. B.A., Texas Tech, 1977; M.P. A., Texas, 1982; Ph.D., 1994.

Russell H. Thomasson, Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Chancellor, 2007. B.B.A., Texas Tech, 1998; J.D., Texas, 2001.

Robert Giovannetti, Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications and Marketing, 2011. B.A., Texas Tech, 1992.

Kay Rhodes, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer, 1980. B.A., Baylor, 1976.

Kimberly F. Turner, Chief Audit Executive, 1997. B.B.A., Texas Tech, 1990; M.S., 1990.

Ben W. Lock, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor and Secretary of the Board of Regents, 1996. B.B.A., Texas, 1981; M.B.A., 1984.

Pat Campbell, Advisor to the Board of Regents, 1981. B.S., Texas Tech, 1968; J.D., 1971.

Christina Martinez, Assistant Secretary to the Board of Regents, 1996. B.B.A., Texas Tech, 2001.

Office of the President

 

M. Duane Nellis, Ph.D. President

M. Duane Nellis, President, 2013. B.S., Montana State, 1976; M.S., Oregon State, 1977; Ph.D., 1980.

Robert Smith, Provost and Senior Vice President, Professor of Chemistry, 2009. B.S., St. John’s, 1963; M.S., Michigan, 1964; Ph.D., 1968.

Kyle Clark, Vice President for Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer, 2000. B.B.A., Texas Tech, 2004; M.B.A., 2006.

Michael San Francisco, Interim Vice President for Research, Professor of Biological Sciences, 1990. B.S., U. of Agricultural Sciences (India), 1977; M.A., Massachusetts (Boston), 1980; Ph.D., 1984.

Juan S. Muñoz, Senior Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement; Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, 2004. B.A.,
California (Santa Barbara), 1990; M.A., California (Los Angeles),
1994; Ph.D., 2000.

 

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