governing board a board that manages the affairs of an institution
Adjective
regent -
acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince-regent"
powerful having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"
combining form a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"