June 19, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Suzanne Ernst (702) 889-8426

Regents Name Anthony Chair, Bandera Vice Chair

Regents Anthony and Bandera will begin their one-year terms starting July 1. The Board's current chair Douglas Seastrand and vice chair Thalia Dondero will complete their terms June 30.

Anthony was elected to the Board of Regents in 2002 and is currently a member of the Board’s Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee, Finance and Planning Committee, as well as the ad hoc Committee on Estate Tax.

A native of Detroit, Anthony is a 22-year veteran of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department where he currently serves as captain of Metro’s Northeast Area Command. He earned a B.S. in criminal justice from Wayne State University and holds an M.A. in political science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as well as a Ph.D. in sociology. Anthony is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.

Regent Bandera was appointed to the Board of Regents in 2002 and is a member of the Board’s Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee, Finance and Planning Committee, as well as the Executive Compensation and Evaluation Committee.

Bandera is currently an education consultant, having previously served as the superintendent of the Elko County School District. She earned a B.A. in nursing, as well as an M.S. in educational administration-educational leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno.

The Nevada Board of Regents is the elected, 13-member governing body for the University and Community College System of Nevada. Comprising two doctoral granting universities, a state college, four comprehensive community colleges and one environmental research institute, the UCCSN 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 93,000 students.

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