Mary Ann Villareal

Wave Staff and Wire Reports

CARSON — Mary Ann Villarreal, a former consultant in the California State University Chancellor’s Office, has been named the interim president of Cal State Dominguez Hills, effective at the beginning of next year.

Villarreal, who is currently the vice president for institutional excellence at the American Association of Colleges and Universities, will replace current university President Thomas A. Parham, who is retiring at the end of the month.

“I am thrilled Dr. Villarreal has agreed to return to the CSU to serve as interim president of CSU Dominguez Hills,” CSU Chancellor Mildred García said in a statement. “She is equity-minded, student-focused and a champion of strategic innovation. I have every confidence that she will be a principle

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