Laney College

Welcome to the Office of the President

Frank Chong, Ed.D., President

Frank Chong has served as president of Laney College, the flagship of the Peralta Community College District, since July, 2006. 

Prior to coming to Laney, Dr. Chong served as president and chief executive officer of Mission Community College, located in Santa Clara, and formerly served as the Dean of Student Affairs at City College of San Francisco.  From 1987-1991, Chong was special assistant to the Speaker of the California State Assembly, Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Chong received a B.A. degree in Social Welfare and Asian American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was also a teaching assistant in the Asian American Studies Department.  He earned a Masters degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and attended the Institute of Educational Management at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.  He earned a Doctorate in Educational Administration, Leadership and Technology from Dowling College.

Dr. Chong is a former elected public official, having been elected to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1998. He served as Vice President of the Board of Education in 2000, and was also an appointed member of the San Francisco Children and Families Commission and of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.

Chong is an accomplished keynote speaker and has guest lectured at City College of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Frank Chong, Ed.D.

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