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Leslie Schilling was appointed in 2005 by Gov. Schwarzenegger and will serve as a Regent until March of 2013. She is Founder and Director of Union Square Investments Company, a commercial real estate investment and management firm. Ms. Schilling is also a Commissioner of the Asian Art Museum, and is co-founder of Toys for the Tenderloin. She received her bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from UC Berkeley and her master’s degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management.

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The UC Regents appointed Yudof as the 19th UC president in March 2008. Prior to working at the UC, he served as dean of the law school at the University of Texas at Austin, chancellor of the University of Texas System, and as president of the University of Minnesota. According to The Minnesota Daily, University of Minnesota’s newspaper, within the first two years of Yudof’s stint, UM’s tuition increased as much as 16 percent in one year.

At the September meeting, regents ignored a proposal from Yudof that would have mandated annual tuition increases of 8 to 16 percent for the next four years. The plan was intended to tackle the $1.5 billion UC budget gap.

The UC provides the president with housing, an allowance for an automobile and a salary of $591,084, according to the UC Newsroom. In 2010, The New York Times and The Bay Citizen ran articles on his housing expenses, which were paid by the UC, eliciting criticism due to the UC budget cuts.

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Monica Lozano was appointed to the Board of Regents by Gov. Gray Davis in 2001. Lozano holds memberships to the compensation, finance and governance committees. She is the chairperson of the finance committee, the same committee that approved “Report F” (Commission on the Future Dec. 1, 2010) that increased student fees by 32 percent over two school terms. Lozano chairs the Walt Disney board of supervisors. She has been a director of Bank of America Corporation since 2005, as well as a director of the Weingart Foundation. In March of 2013 Lozano’s 12-year term will end.

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Richard Blum is an investment banker and the husband of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Appointed in March of 2002, Mr. Blum will serve as a UC regent until March of 2014. Graduating from UC Berkeley, Mr. Blum has earned a B.A. in Business Administration and an MBA, with both degrees coming from the Haas School of Business. Mr. Blum is also the Chairman and President of Blum Capital, an equity investment management firm. He is also the founder and Chairman of the American Himalayan Foundation.

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Appointed in 2005 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eddie Island is a retired attorney and executive who will serve until 2012. Island was the presiding vice president for McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, leading law, intellectual property and governmental affairs departments throughout his tenure. Previously Island worked with Pacific Enterprises Corporation, and was a member and treasurer of the California Science Center Board. He earned a juris doctorate degree from Harvard Law School. Island now holds office in the UC regents’ educational policy, finance, governance and health services committees. He voted against the 9.6 percent fee increase (voted 14-4) approved by the Board of Regents in July.

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First appointed by Gov. Davis in 1999, Lansing replaced former Chairman Russel Gould in June. Lansing is widely recognized for her lasting stronghold in the film industry, including Presidency at Paramount Pictures. Her career recently broadened to include professional philanthropy (such as her own charity, The Sherry Lansing Foundation) and corporate involvement.  Lansing is director for RealID, Inc., Dole Foods, Inc., and Qualcomm, Inc. Investigative reporter Peter Byrne singled out that “Documents released by the UC Treasurer show that, after Ms. Lansing joined the Qualcomm board, UC quadrupled its investment in Qualcomm to $397 million.” Lansing said she did not instruct the Investment Committee to buy such stock.

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Hadi Makarechian was appointed in October of 2008 by Gov. Schwarzenegger, and will serve until March of 2020. Mr. Makarechian is Chairman of Makar Properties Board of Directors and Banning Lewis Ranch Management Company. He received his B.S. In Civil Engineering and his B.A. in Economics from the State University of New York. In 2008, Mr. Makarechian retired as chief executive holder and chairman of the board of directors of Capital Holdings Inc., a company he founded in 1991.

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The University of California Regents will be meeting Nov. 15-17 in San Francisco. This week and next week we are running profiles on the UC’s top decision makers. Read more…