Jamienne S. Studley is the president and CEO of the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), a regional accrediting agency serving a diverse membership of public and private higher education institutions throughout California, Hawaii, and the Pacific, as well as a limited number of institutions outside the U.S. Studley served under President Barack Obama as the deputy under secretary for the U.S. Department of Education from September 2013 to January 2016.
In 2017, Studley was named the new president[2] and CEO of the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), a role she has held since January 2018.
Studley's nonprofit leadership experience includes CEO and now President Emerita of Public Advocates Inc. and executive director of the National Association for Law Placement.
Her past civic and volunteer activities have included chair of the San Francisco Ethics Commission and Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund; co-chair, California Civil Rights Coalition; co-founder, Washington Area Women's Foundation and Collectors of Wood Art, and board member, SF Education Fund, Mills College, American Craft Council, and Museum of Craft and Design (SF).
Studley is a graduate of Barnard College (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Law School.