Eduardo Ochoa

Eduardo M. Ochoa is president emeritus of Cal State University–Monterey Bay. He worked for over 30 years as a faculty member and administrator at campuses in the Cal State system, including Fresno State, Cal State–Los Angeles, Cal Poly–Pomona and Sonoma State University. From 2010 to 2012, he was Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education in the Obama administration, acting as the chief advisor on higher-education matters to the Secretary of Education and heading the Office of Postsecondary Education, which administers most of the Department of Education’s higher education programs. A native of Argentina, Ochoa has a BA in physics and philosophy from Reed College, a MS in nuclear science and engineering from Columbia University, and a PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research.