John B. King Jr. is the 15th Chancellor of the State University of New York. As Chancellor, King established four pillars of work for his vision of SUNY: student success; diversity, equity, and inclusion; research and scholarship; and economic growth and upward mobility. Before being appointed SUNY Chancellor, King served as president of The Education Trust, a national civil rights nonprofit. Prior to this, King served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education.His service in Washington, D.C. followed King’s tenure as New York State’s first African American and first Puerto Rican Education Commissioner. Chancellor King holds a Bachelor of Arts in government from Harvard University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, as well as both a Master of Arts in the teaching of social studies and a doctorate in education from Teachers College at Columbia University. You can follow Chancellor King on Twitter at @JohnBKing.