Eloy Ortiz Oakley

Eloy Ortiz Oakley is president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation. Previously, he was chancellor of the California Community Colleges, from 2016 to 2022. In this role, his work included the establishment of the California College Promise, the design and implementation of the Vision for Success, the elimination of standardized testing, the reform of remedial education, the adoption of a student-centered funding formula, and the design and launch of California’s first public fully online competency-based education college. He also served as senior advisor to US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, where he supported the development and communication of President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda for Higher Education and the America’s College Promise proposal. Previously having served on the PPIC Higher Education Center Advisory Council, he is a  current member of the PPIC Statewide Leadership Council and also serves on the boards of MDRC, Western Governors University, Alliant International University, the Board of Trustees for the University of California, Irvine, is a Regent Emeritus of the University of California Board of Regents, and commissioner for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Commission on Opportunities Beyond High School. He served in the US Army and earned both his MBA and bachelor’s degrees from the University of California, Irvine.