About John B. King Jr.
John B. King Jr. is the 15th Chancellor of the State University of New York, the largest comprehensive system of public higher education in the United States. As Chancellor, King and the SUNY Board of Trustees have established four pillars to guide SUNY's progress: student success; research and scholarship; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and economic development and upward mobility. As part of SUNY’s commitment to student success, Chancellor King has championed a System-wide Civics and Service Agenda, which includes the launch of the Empire State Service Corps to provide paid community service opportunities to hundreds of SUNY students each year. Prior to his appointment as Chancellor, King served as president of The Education Trust and as the 10th United States Secretary of Education under President Barack Obama, and as New York’s first Black and Hispanic state education commissioner.