Lynnette Zelezny

Dr. Lynnette Zelezny is president emerita of CSU Bakersfield, where she served as president from 2018-2023, and serves on the PPIC PPIC Higher Education Center Advisory Council. Prior to her presidency at CSU Bakersfield, she served for 30 years at Fresno State in numerous roles including provost and vice president of academic affairs. As provost she changed the face of the faculty, making hires that addressed diversity and the gender gap. She also served at Fresno State as: associate provost, dean and associate vice president for the Division of Continuing and Global Education, associate dean for the Craig School of Business, and chair of the psychology department, where she was also a lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor. Among her many accomplishments are an American Council of Education Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholarship, a nomination for the US Professor of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and a National Institute of Mental Health grant. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from Humboldt State, a PhD in applied social psychology from Claremont Graduate University, and an MBA from the Craig School of Business at Fresno State.