Chancellor Kenyon S. Chan

Kenyon S. Chan, Ph.D., began his tenure as Chancellor of the University of Washington Bothell in July 2007.
Prior to this appointment, Chan was Dean of the College and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Occidental College. While at Occidental he had the distinction of serving as Interim President for an academic year during a time of institutional transition. Among his many accomplishments as Interim President, Chan raised a record sum of over $21.1 million, worked to strengthen trustee and alumni relations, restructured and renovated the student affairs division and student government, and initiated campus climate and diversity renewal strategies to improve relationships among students, faculty, staff, and administration. Learn More...
Vice Chancellors

Susan Jeffords
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Dr. Susan Jeffords joined the University of Washington Bothell in September of 2007 as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Previously she held the position of Vice Provost for Global Affairs for University of Washington Seattle. Jeffords served as a faculty member of the English Department before becoming Chair of the Women Studies Department in 1992.
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Marilyn Cox
Vice Chancellor for Administration and Planning
Marilyn Cox joined the University of Washington Bothell in May 2008 as Vice Chancellor for Administration and Planning. She has over twenty years of experience in higher education planning, budgeting, personnel management and project development. She comes to UW Bothell from UW Seattle where she was the Assistant Vice Provost for Capital Planning.
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Richard Penny
Vice Chancellor for Advancement and External Relations
Dr. Richard Penny joined the University of Washington Bothell in June 2008 as Vice Chancellor for Advancement and External Relations. Penny brings over twelve years of experience in advancement at the director level with additional background in marketing and government affairs.
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Assistant Vice Chancellors and Program Directors
- Sandeep Krishnamurthy, Director, Business
- Mike Stiber, Interim Director, Computing Software Systems
- Bradley Portin, Director, Education
- Bruce Burgett, Director, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
- Mary Baroni, Director, Nursing
- Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Director, Center for University Studies (CUSP) On leave: 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholar
- Andrea Kovalesky, Acting Director, Center for University Studies (CUSP)
- Sarah Leadley, Acting Associate Dean of University Libraries and Acting Director, UW Bothell Library
- Hung Dang, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Betsy Tippens, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technologies
- Carolyn Brennan, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research
Advisory Board 2009-2010
- George Northcroft, Chair, Business Relations Economic Development, King County Executive Office
- Bill Abbott, CBRE
- David Brooks, Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett
- William Christopher, Cascadia Community College
- Sally Gray, Camp Korey
- John Kinsella, Environmental Resource Mgmt.
- Bob Leach, D.A. Davidson Company
- Jud Marquardt, LMN Architects
- Holli Martinez, The Martinez Foundation
- Euan Menzies, Vertafore, Inc.
- Jim Pinkelman, Microsoft
- Bill Ptacek, King County Library System
UW Board of Regents
Regents hold their offices for a term of six years. At the end of their term, they continue to serve until their successor is appointed, they resign or they are officially reappointed. The Student Regent serves a one-year term from July 1 through June 30.
- Stanley H. Barer, Chair
- Herb Simon, Vice Chair
- Kristianne Blake
- Jeffrey H. Brotman
- Craig W. Cole
- William H. Gates
- Sally Jewell
- Frederick C. Kiga
- Ben Golden (Student Regent)
- Constance L. Proctor
UW Officers
- Mark A. Emmert, President
- Phyllis M. Wise, Provost and Executive Vice President