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James B. Milliken

University of California System
Area
Leadership, Policy, and Communications
Specialty
Educational and Academic Leadership
Elected
2023

James B. Milliken became University of California’s 22nd president on August 1, 2025. 

President Milliken oversees UC’s world-renowned system of 10 campuses, six academic health centers, three affiliated national laboratories, more than 290,000 students and 230,000 faculty and staff. 

President Milliken has more than 30 years of experience serving in leadership roles at large institutions. Most recently, he served as chancellor of the University of Texas System (UT) from 2018-2025, where he also held the Lee Hage and Joseph D. Jamail Regents Chair in Higher Education Leadership. 

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the boards of directors of the American Council on Education and the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute. He previously served on the board of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Business-Higher Education Forum, and the Council on Competitiveness.

Prior to joining the UT System, Milliken served as chancellor of The City University of New York (CUNY), president of the University of Nebraska, and senior vice president of the University of North Carolina.

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