Eduardo M. Ochoa

Eduardo M. Ochoa is an Argentinean-American economist and academic administrator who served as the president of California State University, Monterey Bay, from 2012 to 2022. Ochoa was the assistant secretary of education for postsecondary education during the Obama administration from 2010 to 2012.

Eduardo Ochoa
Ochoa in 2016
4th President of California State University, Monterey
In office July 2012 – July 2022
Preceded by	Dianne F. Harrison
Succeeded by	Vanya Quiñones
Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary Education
In office 2010–2012
President	Barack Obama
Personal details
Born	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma mater	Reed College (BS) Columbia University (MS) The New School (PhD)

Early life and education

Ochoa was born and raised in Buenos Aires. His family moved to Portland, Oregon, while he was in high school. He graduated from Reed College with a bachelor's degree in physics. Ochoa earned a Master of Science in nuclear science from Columbia University. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy in economics at The New School.

Career

Ochoa taught at California State University, Fresno, and California State University, Los Angeles, as a full professor and chair of the economics and statistics department. He was the acting dean of the School of Business and Economics. In 1997, Ochoa began a six-year period as the dean of the Cal Poly Pomona College of Business Administration. He was later the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Sonoma State University for seven years. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the U.S. assistant secretary for postsecondary education in the Obama administration. In 2012, he became the president of California State University, Monterey Bay.

Personal life

Ochoa is married and has two sons.