Responsibility for the CSU is vested in a 25-member Board of Trustees, the majority of whom are appointed by the governor to eight-year terms. Faculty, alumni and two student trustees serve two-year terms. The trustees appoint the chancellor, who is the university’s chief executive officer, and the presidents, who are the chief executive officers of their respective campuses and report to the chancellor. The trustees, chancellor and presidents develop university-wide policies.
Board of Trustees
Ex Officio Members
Governor Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis
Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
CSU Chancellor Joseph I. Castro, Ph.D.
Appointed Members
(term ends during the year shown)
Silas Abrego (2021)
Larry L. Adamson (2022)
Diego Arambula (2028)
Jane W. Carney (2022)
Jack B. Clarke, Jr. (2027)
Adam Day (2023)
Douglas Faigin (2025)
Debra S. Farar (2022)
Jean Picker Firstenberg (2026)
Wenda Fong, Vice Chair (2024)
Maryana Khames (student trustee) (2021)
Lillian Kimbell, Chair (2024)
John "Jack" McGrory (2023)
Anna Ortiz-Morfit (2025)
Krystal Raynes (student trustee) (2022)
Romey Sabalius (faculty trustee) (2021)
Lateefah Simon (2027)
Christopher J. Steinhauser (2026)
Peter J. Taylor (2021)
Administrative Leaders
Joseph I. Castro, Chancellor
Andrew Jones, Executive Vice Chancellor and General Counsel
Steve Relyea, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer
Sylvia A. Alva, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs
Larry Salinas, Interim Vice Chancellor, University Relations and Advancement
Vlad Marinescu, Vice Chancellor and Chief Audit Officer
Evelyn Nazario, Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
Campus Presidents
| Bakersfield | Lynnette Zelezny | 2018 |
| Channel Islands | Richard D. Yao (Interim)
| 2021
|
Chico
| Gayle E. Hutchinson
| 2016 |
Dominguez Hills
| Thomas A. Parham | 2018 |
| East Bay | Cathy A. Sandeen
| 2020
|
Fresno
| Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval
| 2021
|
| Fullerton | Framroze Virjee
| 2019
|
Humboldt
| Tom Jackson, Jr.
| 2019
|
Long Beach
| Jane Close Conoley
| 2014 |
Los Angeles
| William A. Covino
| 2013 |
Maritime Academy
| Thomas A. Cropper
| 2012 |
Monterey Bay
| Eduardo M. Ochoa
| 2013 |
Northridge
| Erika D. Beck
| 2020
|
Pomona
| Soraya M. Coley
| 2015
|
Sacramento
| Robert S. Nelsen | 2015
|
San Bernardino
| Tomás D. Morales | 2012
|
San Diego
| Adela de la Torre | 2018
|
San Francisco
| Lynn Mahoney
| 2019
|
San José
| Mary A. Papazian | 2016
|
| San Luis Obispo | Jeffrey D. Armstrong
| 2011
|
San Marcos
| Ellen J. Neufeldt
| 2019
|
Sonoma
| Judy K. Sakaki
| 2016 |
Stanislaus
| Ellen N. Junn | 2016
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Leadership is current as of March 2021. For a current list and links to the biographies of trustees, administrative officers and campus presidents, visit calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/leadership.