Vanya Quiñones, president of CSU Monterey Bay, has announced she will step down in June to become the next president of Cal Poly Pomona. During her tenure, she led CSUMB through a nearly 30 percent enrollment increase following years of decline. Quiñones will assume the CPP presidency on July 1, becoming the university’s eighth — and first Latina — president.

This article was originally published by Inland Valley Daily Bulletin on March 11, 2026. 

View additional coverage of Quiñones' appointment:

• “Vanya Quiñones Named President of Cal Poly Pomona” — CSU News, March 11, 2026
• “Cal Poly Pomona Names First Latina President” — ABC Los Angeles, March 11, 2026
• “CSUMB President Vanya Quiñones to step down, take top job at Cal Poly Pomona” — KSBW Action News 8 (Salinas, Calif.), March 11, 2026
• “CSUMB president Quiñones appointed as the next president of Cal Poly Pomona.” — Monterey County Now, March 11, 2026