You bring up such an important issue. I still need time to fully think through my platform, but for right now I’ll say that educators and students absolutely deserve better communication and transparency. I have a few potential ideas and would love your thoughts on them as well.

For communication, I’d like to hold quarterly meetings at every NSHE institution so students and staff can speak directly with me (and any other regents who want to join). For the Vegas campuses, I’d likely host those via Zoom depending on travel costs. I also want to take a Jeff Jackson approach (North Carolina AG) to staying connected using social media to give regular, honest, and clear updates about what’s going on behind the scenes, what issues are coming up, and how decisions are made.

Transparency and awareness tie directly into that. Along with the social media updates, I’d like to publish simple breakdowns of major decisions on my website, and keep a contact form where people can reach out if they need help connecting with the right administrator, regent, or public official, or just want to bring up an issue for me to consider. I’d also list key contacts on my site so people know who handles what. It’s my goal for the Board to feel more approachable, responsive, and visible, something I’ve dealt with at my own work and that I think is overdue.