Ruben Armiñana (born May 15, 1947) is a political scientist who served as the sixth president of Sonoma State University from 1992 to 2016.

degree in Latin American economics and political science from the University of Texas at Austin.

From 1972 to 1978 he worked as administrative analyst and organizational development and training consultant for the City of New Orleans.

[10] Sonoma State University was accepted as the California member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC).

[12] Faculty charged the spiraling cost of the Green Music Center was taking money from academic programs.

But after Armiñana visited the famed Tanglewood concert hall in Massachusetts in 1996, he was inspired to think on a larger scale.

At one point about $55 million had been raised through private donations, including a $12 million donation from Joan and Sandy Weill, announced in March 2011, that provided the funds to complete the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall for the fall 2012 opening.

The campus planned to use taxpayer funds to cover the $934,054 it is estimated to cost each year to operate the center.