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
Dr. Jolene Koester, Interim Chancellor
Appointed Members
(term ends during the year shown)
Larry L. Adamson (2022)
Diana Aguilar-Cruz (Student Trustee 2024)
Diego Arambula (2028)
Jack B. Clarke, Jr. (2027)
Adam Day (2023)
Douglas Faigin (2025)
Jean Picker Firstenberg (2026)
Wenda Fong, Vice Chair (2024)
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie (2030)
Lillian Kimbell, Chair (2024)
Maria Linares (Student Trustee 2023)
Julia L. Lopez (2028)
John "Jack" McGrory (2023)
Anna Ortiz-Morfit (2025)
Yammilette Rodriguez (2029)
Romey Sabalius (faculty trustee) (2023)
Lateefah Simon (2027)
Christopher J. Steinhauser (2026)
Jose Antonio Vargas (2030)
Administrative Leaders
Jolene Koester, Interim Chancellor
Sylvia A. Alva, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs
Andrew Jones, Executive Vice Chancellor and General Counsel
Steve Relyea, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer
Vacant, Interim Vice Chancellor, University Relations and Advancement
Vlad Marinescu, Vice Chancellor and Chief Audit Officer
Leora D. Freedman, Acting Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Campus Presidents
| Bakersfield | Lynnette Zelezny | 2018 |
| Channel Islands | Richard D. Yao
| 2022
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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
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Pomona
| Soraya M. Coley
| 2015
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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
| Stephen Perez (Interim)
| 2016
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| 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.