Robert Jones

Robert Jones is vice president emeritus of California State University, Sacramento. He brings a collaborative and results-oriented perspective to his responsibilities and has served as president. He is also currently a member of the Los Rios Foundation Board. He has a strong interest in workforce development, career education, and the seamless transfer of community college students to California's colleges and universities. His lifelong commitment to California public higher education includes: professor of American government at San Mateo, Lassen, and Shasta Community Colleges; executive dean at California State University, Dominguez Hills; professor of political science and assistant dean of students at California State University, Chico; director of public service for the University of California; and staff to California's Assembly Committee on Education. He has also served as a member of the board of directors for the Community College League of California. He completed undergraduate, graduate, and advanced studies at UC Santa Barbara, Universidad Nacional de Mexico, San Francisco State University, Harvard, and Contra Costa Community College. He has held professional positions with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, Peace Corps, US Office of Economic Opportunity, and the International Association of University Presidents (for which he was treasurer). In the Sacramento Region he has been a trustee for the Sacramento Valley Conservancy and a member of the Capital Public Radio governing board.