Iowa Board of Regents

The Iowa Board of Regents is the 9-member governing body overseeing the three public universities in the state of Iowa: the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa.

Composition

The governor of Iowa appoints regents to six-year terms, which are subject to Iowa Senate confirmation by a two-thirds vote. Terms begin May 1 and end April 30.

The board has nine members. Under state law, one of the regents must be a student of one of the three public universities, and no more than five members can be of the same political affiliation or gender.^[1]

The current members of the Board of Regents are as follows:

Name	Current city	Occupation	Political affiliation	Term ends
Michael Richards (board president)	West Des Moines	Physician and Businessman	Republican[2]	2027
Sherry Bates (president pro tem)	Scranton	Retired social worker	Independent[3]	2029
David Barker	Iowa City	Real estate owner and developer	Republican	2025
Robert Cramer	Adel	Construction business owner	Republican	2029
Abby Crow	Tiffin	UI student	Independent	2027
Nancy Dunkel	Dubuque	Retired banker and former Iowa House member	Democrat[4]	2029
Jim Lindenmayer	Ottumwa	Former community college president	Independent	2025
JC Risewick	Johnston	Construction business owner	Republican	2025
Greta Rouse	Emmetsburg	Comms Director (for Branstad, then Reynolds)[5]	Republican	2027