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=== Chancellor === [[File:Csuofficeofthechancellor (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach.]] The chancellor is the chief executive officer of the CSU, and all presidents of the campuses report directly to the chancellor.<ref name="StandingOrders">[https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/6593385/latest/ Standing Orders of the Board of Trustees of the California State University] (as revised through March 21, 2018).</ref> {{clear}} ==== Chancellors ==== The following persons had served as the chancellor of the California State University system:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/leadership/Pages/past-present-leadership.aspx |title=Past & Present Leadership |publisher=California State University}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- !{{abbr|No.|Number}} !Image !Chancellor !Start !End !Notes |- |1 |[[File:Buell G. Gallagher, 1959.jpg|70px]] |[[Buell Gallagher]] |July 1, 1961 |February 13, 1962 |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19610407.1.5&srpos=3&e=------196-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Chancellor+Buell+Gallagher----1961--- |title=Buell Gallagher Is Named To Head State College System |newspaper=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] |volume=105 |number=83 |page=5 |date=April 7, 1961 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, a former Californian and currently president of City College of New York, was named chancellor of the 15 colleges and their 90,000 students by the state college trustees Thursday... Dr. Gallagher will take over his $32,000-a-year post after July 1 when the control of the colleges passes from the state education board to the trustees.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19620214.1.1&srpos=3&e=------196-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Chancellor+Buell+Gallagher+resigns----1962--- |title=State Colleges Chancellor Quits Post |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]] |volume=176 |number=45 |page=1 |date=February 14, 1962 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=Dr. Buell G. Gallagher resigned yesterday as the first chancellor of California State Colleges and last night was reappointed to his old post as president of the City College of New York, which he left seven months ago.}}</ref> |- |2 |[[File:Glenn Dumke.jpg|70px]] |[[Glenn S. Dumke]] |April 5, 1962 |August 31, 1982 |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19620406.1.7&srpos=53&e=------196-en--20--41-byDA-txt-txIN-Chancellor+Glenn+Dumke----1962--- |title=Dumke Named Chancellor Of State College System |newspaper=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] |volume=106 |number=82 |page=7 |date=April 6, 1962 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=Dr. Glenn S. Dumke, 44, a vice chancellor of the California state colleges since 1961, was named chancellor Thursday of the 17 college system. Picked for the $32,000 a year post at a board of trustees meeting at San Fernando Valley State college, the new chancellor succeeds Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, who resigned last February to return to his previous post as president of the City College of New York.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://sacbee.newspapers.com/newspage/622148455/ |title=Dumke's CSU Legacy: Quality Education For The Masses |first=Mike |last=Castro |date=July 6, 1982 |page=8 |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Reynolds takes over as chancellor Sept. 1. Dumke will remain during the transition, probably until mid-September, before retiring.}}</ref> |- |3 | |[[W. Ann Reynolds]] |September 1, 1982 |May 16, 1990 |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-21-mn-1391-story.html |title=Cal State Chief Resigns Under Fire Over Raises : Education: Chancellor W. Ann Reynolds tells an emergency meeting of the trustees in Oakland that she will leave office at end of the year. |first=Larry |last=Gordon |date=April 21, 1990 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-01-mn-131-story.html |title=Reynolds May Go From Cal State to Top Job at CUNY |first=Larry |last=Gordon |date=June 1, 1990 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://sacbee.newspapers.com/newspage/625055988/ |title=CSU chancellor to leave post now |date=May 17, 1990 |page=13 |first=Anne |last=Dudley |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |url-access=subscription |quote=W. Ann Reynolds, embattled chancellor of the California State University system, will leave office immediately instead of October as previously planned. The decision, announced Wednesday at a meeting of the CSU board of trustees, follows intense criticism from the Legislature after Reynolds and other top CSU executives received large, secret raises... To take over the system's top job, the board named Ellis E. McCune, president of CSU Hayward, as acting chancellor, effective immediately.}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |interim | |Ellis E. McCune |May 16, 1990 |July 31, 1991 | |- |4 |[[File:Barry Munitz.jpg|70px]] |[[Barry Munitz]] |August 1, 1991 |December 31, 1998 |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-05-mn-1991-story.html |title=Cal State Turns to Business World to Find Chancellor : Education: Barry Munitz, vice chairman of Pacific Lumber's parent, also headed University of Houston. |first=Larry |last=Gordon |date=April 5, 1991 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> |- |5 |[[File:Charles B. Reed at lobbying day.jpg|70px]] |[[Charles B. Reed]] |January 1, 1998 |December 31, 2012 |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-07-me-40189-story.html |title=Area Boosters Pin Hopes on New CSU Chief |first=Fred |last=Alvarez |date=October 7, 1997 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-dec-29-la-me-calstate-reed-20121230-story.html |title=Cal State Chancellor Charles B. Reed leaves a mixed legacy |first=Carla |last=Rivera |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 29, 2012 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> |- |6 |[[File:Timothy p white.jpg|70px]] |[[Timothy P. White]] |January 1, 2013 |December 31, 2020 |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.presstelegram.com/2012/10/04/cal-state-university-leaders-name-timothy-p-white-as-new-chancellor/ |title=Cal State University leaders name Timothy P. White as new chancellor |first1=Kelly |last1=Puente |first2=Ryan |last2=Hagen |date=October 4, 2012 |newspaper=[[Press-Telegram]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="ucrtoday20121004">{{cite web|last=Lovekin|first=Kris|title=Timothy White to Leave UC Riverside to be Chancellor of 23-Campus California State University System|url=http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/9298|work=UCR Today|publisher=[[University of California, Riverside]]|access-date=October 4, 2012|date=October 4, 2012}}{{dead link|date=May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/community/timothy-p-white-named-new-chancellor-of-csu-system/ |title=Timothy P. White Named New Chancellor of CSU System |first=Marissa |last=Wallace |date=October 9, 2012 |work=CSUN Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-11/cal-state-executives-paid-millions-resign |title=Cal State pays millions to executives after they resign, with little oversight of what they do |first1=Robert J. |last1=Lopez |first2=Colleen |last2=Shalby |date=March 11, 2022 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> |- |7 |[[File:Joseph I. Castro at Penn State STEM workshop.jpg|70px]] |[[Joseph I. Castro]] |January 4, 2021 |February 17, 2022 |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-23|title=Fresno State president, Valley native Joseph Castro selected as next CSU chancellor |url=https://www.kget.com/news/state-news/fresno-state-president-kings-county-native-joseph-castro-selected-as-next-csu-chancellor/|access-date=2020-11-03 |work=[[KGET-TV]] |language=en-US |first=Joseph |last=Luiz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/Dr-Joseph-I-Castro-Resigns-As-CSU-Chancellor.aspx |title=Dr. Joseph I. Castro Resigns as CSU Chancellor |date=February 17, 2022 |work=California State University}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |Acting | |Steve Relyea |February 17, 2022 |April 30, 2022 | |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |interim | |[[Jolene Koester]] |May 1, 2022 |September 30, 2023 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/Interim-CSU-Chancellor-Appointed.aspx |title=Jolene Koester Appointed Interim Chancellor of the CSU |date=March 23, 2022 |work=California State University}}</ref> |- |8 | |[[Mildred García]] |October 1, 2023 |present |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mildred García Appointed 11th CSU Chancellor {{!}} CSU |url=https://www.calstate.edu:443/csu-system/news/Pages/CSU-11th-Chancellor-Appointed-2023.aspx |access-date=2023-07-13 |work=California State University |language=en-US |date=July 12, 2023}}</ref> |- |}
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