is governed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee. After the passage of the UT FOCUS Act in 2018, the board is made up of 12 trustees. These trustees include one ex officio voting member, the Commissioner of Agriculture, 10 voting members appointed by the Governor, and a single non-voting student member appointed by the board as a whole. One of the board's committees includes a single faculty representative. Both the Student Trustee and faculty representative rotate each year between the four main campuses. Administration The university system is administered by a president. Beginning in 1970, presidents served the University of Tennessee system. Prior to that, the president served the Knoxville flagship campus. Presidents and interim presidents of the University of Tennessee system, the University of Tennessee, and its predecessor schools are as follows: Randy Boyd, 2019–present (interim) Joseph A. DiPietro, named UT System President on October 23, 2010; served until November 2018 John D. Petersen, named the system's 23rd President on July 1, 2004; resigned February 18, 2009 John W. Shumaker, 2002–2003 Emerson H. Fly, 2001–2002 J. Wade Gilley, 1999–2001 Joseph E. Johnson, 1991–1999; also served as interim president in 2003–2004 Lamar Alexander, 1988–1991 Edward J. Boling, 1970–1988 Andrew D. Holt, 1959–1970; President of the UT System 1968–1970 C. E. Brehm, 1946–1959 James Dickason Hoskins, 1934–1946 Harcourt A. Morgan, 1919–1934 Brown Ayres, 1904–1919 Charles W. Dabney, 1887–1904 Thomas William Humes, (East Tennessee University), 1865–1879; President of UT 1879–1883 J. J. Ridley (East Tennessee University), 1860–1862 William D. Carnes (East Tennessee University), 1858–1860 George Cooke (East Tennessee University), 1853–1857 W. B. Reese (East Tennessee University), 1850–1853 Joseph Estabrook, (East Tennessee College), 1834–1840; President of East Tennessee University 1840–1850 James H. Piper (East Tennessee College), 1833–1834 Charles Coffin (East Tennessee College), 1827–1832 David Sherman (East Tennessee College), 1820–1825 Samuel Carrick, (Blount College), 1794–1807; President of East Tennessee College 1807–1809 Each of the five campuses is administered by a chancellor. Administrators on each campus report to their respective chancellors, who in turn report to the president. The only exceptions are the athletic directors of the Knoxville campus, who report directly to the president and not the Knoxville chancellor. See also Tennessee Board of Regents, the other public higher education authority in the state List of state universities in the United States References External links T