DR. Charles B. Reed
Chancellor
California State
University
As chancellor of the California State University, Dr. Charles B. Reed serves as the chief executive officer of the country’s largest senior system of public higher education, providing leadership to some 47,000 faculty and staff and 450,000 students on 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers. The CSU spans the entire state of California, and its budget exceeds $5 billion.
Prior to joining the CSU, Reed was chancellor of the State University System of Florida for 13 years. He began his career in higher education as a graduate assistant at George Washington University, where he later served as a tenured professor in education. Following this, Reed served for a decade in various capacities in the Florida Department of Education. Reed also has served as a consultant to the Virginia Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas A&M Board of Regents as well as chairing the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ National Commission on College and University Tenure.
Although much of his career has been devoted to the academic community, Reed is equally at home in the political realm, having served for six years in the executive office of the Governor of Florida, beginning as education policy coordinator and ending as chief of staff.
Active on several civic and corporate boards, Reed also has written and spoken widely on education, finance, management, governance and the politics of education. He has served internationally and nationally as a consultant, conference leader and keynote speaker on education and related subjects. Most recently, he served as a consultant to the rebuilt Kuwait University.
Reed received a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education, a master’s degree in secondary education, and a doctorate degree in education (with a major in teacher education) from George Washington University.