University of California Student Regents
Student Regents rotate in on the Board of Regents of the University of California via a two-stage process. The first stage is non-voting, and the second stage is voting. There is only one student regent (plus one "student regent-designate" ). The University of California Student Association Board of Directors, the Council of Student Body Presidents, and the Regents’ Special Committee to Select a Student Regent are all involved in the annual selection of the Student Regent. They participate in a process where three finalists are selected. The Regents may reject the list of finalists. When the finalist list is finalized, the Regents vote to select the student regent.
The current Student Regent is:
* Sadia Saifudden, UC Berkeley undergraduate student
The current Student Regent-Designate is:
* Abraham "Avi" Oved (designate), UC Los Angeles undergraduate student
Notable voting activity
During June 2013, UC Student Regent Jonathan Stein was a member of the Regents committee that selected Janet Napolitano to be nominated and presented to the full Board of Regents for a confirmation vote.
Previous student regents
- Carol Mock, 1975–1976, UC Santa Barbara, senior, political science
- Daryn Peeples, 1976–1977, UC Berkeley, senior, English
- Michael S. Salerno, 1977–1978, UC Davis, graduate, law
- Renee Turkell, 1978–1979, UC Los Angeles, senior, English
- Hector C. Lozano, 1979–1980, UC Davis, senior, sociology
- Leslie K. Lurie, 1980–1981, UC Los Angeles, junior, political science/communications
- David A. Neuman, 1981–1982, UC Los Angeles, junior, communications studies
- Linda Rae Sabo, 1982–1983, UC San Diego, senior, philosophy
- Richard Anderson, 1983–1984, UC Los Angeles, graduate, psychology
- Fred N. Gaines, 1984–1985, UC Berkeley, graduate, law
- Janice C. Eberly, 1985–1986, UC Davis, junior, agricultural economics
- David B. Hoffman, 1986–1987, UC Los Angeles, sophomore, political science
- Jacquelyn Ross, 1987–1988, UC Davis, senior, applied behavioral science
- Deborah Thorpe, 1988–1989, UC Davis, junior, chemistry
- Guillermo Rodriguez, 1989–1990, UC Berkeley, junior, sociology/communications
- Jenny Doh, 1990–1991, UC Irvine, senior, political science
- Diana Darnell, 1991–1992, UC San Francisco, graduate, anatomy
- Alex Wong, 1992–1993, UC Berkeley, graduate, law
- Darby Morrisroe, 1993–1994, UC Davis, senior, political science
- Terrence Wooten, 1994–1995, UC Riverside, senior, biology
- Edward Gomez, 1995–1996, UC Riverside, graduate, history
- Jess Bravin, 1996–1997, UC Berkeley, graduate, law
- Kathryn McClymond, 1997–1998, UC Santa Barbara, graduate, religious studies
- Max R. Espinoza, 1998–1999, UC Los Angeles, senior, political science/Chicano studies
- Michelle K. Pannor, 1999–2000, UC Berkeley, senior, conservation resources
- Justin W. Fong, 2000–2001, UC Los Angeles, graduate, public policy
- Tracy M. Davis, 2001–2002, UC Los Angeles, graduate, higher education and organizational change
- Dexter Ligot-Gordon, 2002–2003, UC Berkeley, graduate
- Matthew Murray, 2003–2004, UC Berkeley, junior, architecture
- Jodi Anderson, 2004–2005, UC Los Angeles, graduate, higher education
- Adam Rosenthal, 2005–2006, UC Davis, graduate, law
- María Ledesma, 2006–2007, UC Los Angeles, graduate, higher education
- Benjamin Allen, 2007–2008, UC Berkeley, graduate, law
- D’Artagnan Scorza, 2008–2009, UC Los Angeles, graduate, education studies
- Jesse Bernal, 2009–2010, UC Santa Barbara, graduate, education studies
- Jesse Cheng, 2010-May 2011, UC Irvine, undergraduate
- Alfredo Mireles Jr., May 2011 – 2012, UC San Francisco, graduate
- Jonathan Stein, 2012–2013, UC Berkeley, graduate, master's/law student
- Cinthia Flores, 2013–2014, UC Irvine, graduate, law student
- Sadia Saifuddin (current), 2014–2015, UC Berkeley, undergraduate
- Abraham "Avi" Oved (pending), 2015–2016, UC Los Angeles, undergraduate
Totals (as of July 2014):
UC Berkeley, 11 student regents (Peeples, Gaines, Rodriguez, Wong, Bravin, Pannor, Ligot-Gordon, Murray, Allen, Stein, Saifuddin)
UC Los Angeles, 11 student regents (Turkell, Lurie, Neuman, Anderson, Hoffman, Espinoza, Fong, Davis, Anderson, Ledesma, Scorza)
UC Davis, 7 student regents (Salerno, Lozano, Eberly, Ross, Thorpe, Morrisroe, Rosenthal)
UC Irvine, 3 student regents (Doh, Cheng, Flores)
UC Santa Barbara, 3 student regents (Mock, McClymond, Bernal)
UC Riverside, 2 student regents (Wooten, Gomez)
UC San Francisco, 2 student regents (Darnell, Mireles)
UC San Diego, 1 student regents (Sabo)
UC Merced, 0 student regents
UC Santa Cruz, 0 student regents