Regent Maria Anguiano

Maria Anguiano is Vice Chair of the Board of Regents. As a first-generation college graduate, Maria Anguiano has dedicated her career to improving access to education for all learners. She is a globally recognized executive and board member at the intersection of technology, education, finance, and social impact. With a proven track record of scaling organizations, managing complex operations and driving innovation, Maria has dedicated her career to creating opportunities and improving outcomes for learners and communities worldwide.

In her prior role, as executive vice president of Arizona State University’s Learning Enterprise, Maria launched and scaled a premier lifelong learning model that engaged over 1 million learners in 140+ countries. Ms. Anguiano also served as Vice Chancellor of Planning & Budget at UC Riverside where she managed an $800 million budget and oversaw campus-wide strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, institutional research, and capital asset strategies. During her years at UC Riverside, she most notably led the redesign of the campus budget model, successfully negotiated the campus’ first design-build contract for a major research facility, guided a Physical Master Plan Study, and initiated their organizational excellence efforts. Most importantly, she led groundbreaking work on enhancing cost transparency within higher education. She has also spent time at the University of California Office of the President, working on the system’s most pressing financial and strategic initiatives.

Ms. Anguiano has served as the chief financial officer for the ed-tech startup Minerva Project where she expanded access to the highest quality yet affordable education to students through an integrated, technology-enhanced curriculum focused on helping them succeed in a rapidly-changing, complex global environment. She has held a senior advisory role at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and finance roles at Barclays Capital and Deloitte.

She grew up in National City and currently resides in San Diego. Ms. Anguiano also serves on the board of the James Irvine Foundation and the KIPP Foundation - organizations that advance access to opportunities to education and economic mobility for people from all backgrounds. She holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA in Economics-Accounting and Spanish from Claremont McKenna College.

Ms. Anguiano was appointed as a Regent in June 2017 by Governor Brown to a term expiring in 2028.