Weatherly
MADISON, Wis.—The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Thursday elected Regent Kyle M. Weatherly to a one-year term as President. Weatherly, a graduate of UW-Madison and previously Regent Vice President, succeeds Amy B. Bogost, who has served as President since June 2024. Regents also elected Regent Ashok Rai as Vice President.
Each June, the Board elects a President and Vice President. Weatherly has served on the Board since May 2020. Rai has served since May 2021.
Among other duties, the Board President designates Board committee membership, signs all diplomas and contracts issued by the Board, and speaks on behalf of the Board with the Governor and legislative groups.
“I owe so much of what I have achieved to my family and to the Universities of Wisconsin,” Weatherly said. “As Regent President, my priority will be to help ensure that students in every corner of our state have access to the opportunity, excellence, and upward mobility that public higher education can provide.”
Rai
Weatherly is the President of Alta Medical. Prior to starting Alta Medical, he was the founding CEO at Frontdesk and the President of Solaris Medical. Weatherly earned an MPA in Public Management and BA in Political Science and History from UW-Madison. Between degrees, he worked for Habitat for Humanity, first in South Los Angeles and later in Madison.
“As I step into this role, let me be clear about where my focus will be: on the students, and on the people who teach them,” Rai said. “Everything else we do as a board is in service of those two.”
Rai is the President and CEO of Prevea Health, a role he began in 2009. He is a Venture Partner at Titletown Tech in Green Bay, and he has served in numerous community roles in Northeast Wisconsin. He earned an undergraduate degree from UW-Milwaukee and completed his medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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