Gov. Rick Perry appointed three new regents and a new student regent to the UNT System Board of Regents.

Perry's appointments were Milton Lee, a retired CEO of San Antonio-based CPS Energy and engineer; James R. "Rusty" Reid ('85), certified insurance counselor and CEO and chair of the board of Higginbotham & Associates; and Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, former co-founder of Whitley Penn CPAs and Professional Consultants.

UNT regents serve six-year terms. Gwyn Shea, former Texas Secretary of State and representative, was reappointed to a new term. Her civic work includes serving as a member of the Baylor Health Care System Board of Trustees.

Rudy Reynoso was among 10 Texas students Perry appointed to one-year terms on their system boards. A senior double-major in communications and Spanish, he addresses student issues at UNT's flagship campus in Denton, UNT Dallas and the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

As part of board changes, Regent G. Brint Ryan ('88, '88 M.S.) was named board chair. Ryan, appointed to the board in 2009, is chair and chief executive officer of Ryan LLC, leading international tax services firm in Dallas. He has earned numerous UNT alumni awards for outstanding service to the university.

 

Regent Donald Potts ('63) was named the new vice chair. He has served as a regent since 2011 and is founder of Capital Institutional Services and an institutional broker and dealer.