Prior to her current role as provost of Oakland University, Dr. Rios-Ellis served the California State University system for over 25 years, holding faculty and leadership positions with the Long Beach and Monterey Bay campuses.
Katherine Kantardjieff was named provost at California State University, Monterey Bay. Jenn Capps has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Humboldt State University in Arcata and Carolyn Thomas has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Fullerton.
She was the former assistant to the president and provost for Chicano affairs at Stanford University and served as dean and associate vice president for student affairs at California State University-Monterey Bay.