Starting her second term as chair, Dr. Derby has served on the Board of Regents since 1989. A native of Lovelock, she has served as chair of the Academic Affairs Committee as well as the UNLV Presidential Search Committee.

She has also served for many years as Chair of the Status of Women and Campus Environment Committees. Dr. Derby is a cultural anthropologist with an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis and a B.A. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has worked as a lecturer, consultant and faculty member of three colleges: Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada and Western Nevada Community College.

Elected to the Board in 1996, Tom Wiesner has been active in the Audit, Finance & Planning, Investment and ad hoc TMCC Search Committees. Regent Wiesner is the owner- operator of the Big Dog's Hospitality Group in Las Vegas as well as the owner of the Wiesner Investment Company. He is currently the Republican National Committeeman for Nevada. He earned a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he played fullback from 1958-1960. He was later drafted by the Baltimore Colts.

The terms for chair and vice chair are one year.

Comprised of two doctoral-granting universities, four comprehensive community colleges and one environmental research institution, the University and Community College System of Nevada serves the educational and job training needs of the nation's fastest growing state. As Nevada's only system of higher education, the UCCSN provides educational opportunities to more than 78,000 students.