June 4, 2004

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

Regents Name Anthony Chair and Derby Vice Chair

ELKO, Nev. – The Nevada Board of Regents today unanimously re-elected Dr. Stavros Anthony to serve as chair and elected Dr. Jill Derby to serve as vice chair of the 13-member governing body.

Regents Anthony and Derby will begin their one-year terms starting July 1. The Board's current vice chair Marcia Bandera will complete her term June 30.

Anthony was elected to the Board of Regents in 2002 and will be serving his second term as chair.

A native of Detroit, Anthony is a 24-year veteran of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department where he currently serves as captain of Metro’s Vice/Narcotics unit. 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 Derby was elected to the Board of Regents in 1988 and previously served three terms as chair. She currently chairs the Academic, Research and Student Affairs Committee, and is a member of the Investment Committee and ad hoc Executive Evaluation and Compensation Committee.

Derby holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in anthropology from the University of California, Davis. She earned her B.A. in anthropology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a B.S. in dental hygiene from the University of California, San Francisco.

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 nearly 98,000 students.

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