UH System Board of Regents and UH Administration

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University of Houston System Board of Regents

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University of Houston Administration

President: Renu Khator, Ph.D., Purdue University

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost: Paula Myrick Short, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel: Dona H. Cornell, J.D., University of Texas at Austin

Vice President for University Advancement: Eloise Dunn Stuhr, B.A., Vanderbilt University

Vice President for University Marketing, Communication and Media Relations: Richie C. Hunter, M.B.A., Lamar University

Acting​ Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer: Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Ph.D., Princeton University

Vice President for Community Relations and Institutional Access: Elwyn C. Lee, J.D., Yale University

Interim Vice President for Administration and Finance: Jim McShan, B.B.A.,Texas State University 

Vice President for Governmental and Community Relations: Jason Smith, B.A., University of Houston

Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services: J. Richard Walker, Ed.D, University of Miami

Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and Director of Athletics: Hunter Yurachek, M.S., University of Richmond

University of Houston Academic Deans

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design: Patricia Belton Oliver, University of California, at Los Angeles

C. T. Bauer College of Business: Latha Ramchand, Ph.D., Northwestern University

College of Education: Robert H. McPherson, Ph.D., University of Houston

Cullen College of Engineering: Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., Lehigh University

The Honors College: William Monroe, Ph.D., University of Chicago

Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management: Dennis Reynolds, Ph.D., Cornell University

UH Law Center: Leonard M. Baynes, J.D., Columbia Law School, Columbia University

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (Interim): Steven G. Craig, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: Dan E. Wells, Ph.D., Indiana University

College of Optometry: Earl L. Smith, III, O.D., Ph.D., University of Houston

College of Pharmacy: F. Lamar Pritchard, Ph.D., University of Georgia

Graduate College of Social Work: Alan J. Dettlaff, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

College of Technology (Interim): Neil Eldin, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

Dean of Libraries: Lisa German, M.S.L.I.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign