New Chancellor Selected for California State University System
Jessica Blake
July 13, 2023
Mildred García, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, will be the next CSU chancellor.
The California State University Board of Trustees has appointed Mildred García, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and an experienced higher ed administrator, as the next chancellor of the system.
Her selection was announced Wednesday at the board’s monthly meeting.
“It was a daunting task” to identify an individual who embodies the ideal qualities needed to lead the nation’s “most diverse” and “most consequential” university system, Wenda Fong, chair of the CSU Board of Trustees, said at the meeting. “It requires a leader of both principle and compassion, one with a demonstrated commitment to our mission and core values, and one with a heart for the diverse and talented students. I have every confidence that … we have identified exactly that leader.”
