
A Letter from Our Board Chair on CEO’s Retirement
Update March 15, 2017: For more information about the search for the next President and CEO of College Futures Foundation, visit our Job Opportunities page. Dear friends and colleagues, Julia Lopez, our President & CEO of College Futures Foundation, has decided she Read more >

Julia Lopez to Retire as President and CEO of College Futures Foundation
SAN FRANCISCO / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — After eight years as President & CEO of College Futures Foundation, Julia I. Lopez has announced that she will retire at the end of June 2017. Since Lopez stepped into the role of President & CEO in Read more >

Announcing My Retirement: A Letter from College Futures CEO Julia Lopez
After eight wonderful, stimulating, and professionally very satisfying years as President & CEO of College Futures Foundation (previously known as College Access Foundation of California), I will be retiring effective June 30, 2017. This was a difficult decision because I feel so engaged Read more >

Kendall Guthrie Joins College Futures Foundation as Chief Learning Officer
SAN FRANCISCO / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — College Futures Foundation announced the appointment of Kendall Guthrie as Chief Learning Officer. As a member of senior management, she will head College Futures’ Learning & Evaluation Department and advance the Foundation’s strategy and program planning and Read more >

Shawn Whalen Joins College Futures Staff as Senior Program Officer
SAN FRANCISCO / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — College Futures Foundation announced the appointment of Shawn Whalen as Senior Program Officer. Shawn brings extensive experience in higher education as both a faculty member and university administrator to the lead role he will play in strategy Read more >

Orville Jackson Joins College Futures Staff as Senior Policy & Research Officer
SAN FRANCISCO / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — College Futures Foundation announced the appointment of Orville Jackson as Senior Policy & Research Officer. An education researcher with more than 10 years of experience using research, data, and analytical tools to drive positive changes for students, Read more >

Lenny Mendonca and Willa Seldon Join College Futures Foundation Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — College Futures Foundation—formerly College Access Foundation of California—announced the appointment of Lenny Mendonca, director emeritus of McKinsey & Company, and Willa Seldon, a partner at The Bridgespan Group, to its board of directors. Mendonca and Seldon will help oversee Read more >

Higher Education Policy Expert Jane Wellman Joins College Futures Foundation as Senior Advisor
SAN FRANCISCO / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — College Futures Foundation—formerly College Access Foundation of California—announced the appointment of Jane Wellman as senior advisor to the foundation. Wellman joined the staff in January. An independent policy analyst, Wellman is an expert in state and federal policy for Read more >

Brighter Vision Behind the College Futures Foundation Name and Look
SAN FRANCISCO / PRNewswire-USNewswire / — College Access Foundation of California is pleased to announce that it is now College Futures Foundation. The foundation has changed its name to better reflect its current and future work as well as its vision for a thriving California. Read more >

College Futures Foundation Shares Brighter Vision Behind New Name and Look
College Access Foundation of California is excited to share that we are now College Futures Foundation. We have changed our name to better reflect our current and future work as well as our vision for a thriving California. Although our mission remains the Read more >