Judy Sakaki

Dr. Judy K. Sakaki became Sonoma State University's seventh president on July 1, 2016. Sonoma State is one of 23 campuses within the California State University, the largest public university system in the country. She is the first Japanese-American woman in the nation to lead a four-year college or university. Previously, she served as Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of California-Office of the President; Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of California, Davis; and Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Fresno State. She grew up in Oakland, Calif., and was a first-generation college student. She earned her B.A. in Human Development, her M.S. in Educational Psychology, both from CSU East Bay, and her Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Berkeley.