The University of Maine System Board of Trustees consists of 16 members, 15 of which are appointed by the Governor and approved by the Maine Legislature.
The Maine Commissioner of Education serves as a member ex officio. Members are appointed for a five-year-term and may be reappointed once. A student member of the Board is appointed for a singe two-year term.
The Chair of the Board is Trish Riley, and the Vice Chair is Lisa Eames.
![](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/04/Board-Memeber.png)
Valerie Landry
Seat 15
Term: 4/27/23 – 5/25/24
![David MacMahon](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/David-MacMahon.png)
Michael Michaud
Seat 14
Term: 5/19/19 – 5/28/28
![Barbara Alexander](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Barbara-Alexander.png)
Barbara Alexander
Seat 8
Term: 5/27/22 – 5/26/27
![Michael Michaud](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Michael-Michaud.png)
John Moore, Jr.
Seat 3
Term: 4/27/23 – 5/26/26
![Kelly Martin](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Kelly-Martin.png)
Kelly Martin
Seat 5
Term: 2/21/17 – 5/26/24
![Patrick Flood](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Patrick-Flood.png)
Patrick Flood
Seat 9
Term: 5/27/22 – 5/26/27
![Roger Katz](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Roger-Katz.png)
Roger Katz
Seat 13
Term: 2/25/21 – 5/26/25
![Donna Loring](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Donna-Loring.png)
Donna Loring
Seat 4
Term: 5/27/22 – 5/26/27
![Emily Cain](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Emily-Cain.png)
Emily
Cain
Seat 2
Term: 6/11/21 – 5/26/26
![John Moore](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/John-Moore.png)
Owen McCarthy
Seat 11
Term: 4/27/23 – 5/26/24
![Patricia Riley](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Patricia-Riley.png)
Trish Riley
– Chair
Seat 12
Term: 6/10/19 – 5/26/28
![Lisa Marchese Eames](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Lisa-Marchese-Eames.png)
Lisa
Eames
Seat 7
Term: 2/21/17 – 5/26/25
![](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/05/pender.jpg)
Pender Makin
Seat 1
Commissioner of Education
![David MacMahon](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/05/David-MacMahon.jpg)
David MacMahon
Seat 6
Term: 5/26/18 – 5/26/28
![Elizabeth Stickler](https://www.maine.edu/board-of-trustees/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2024/03/Elizabeth-Stickler.png)
Elizabeth Stickler
Clerk