Clifford Young

Clifford Young joined the faculty of CSUSB in 1989 as an Associate Professor of Public Administration, receiving tenure in 1992. He served in several impactful roles, ranging from Department Chair for Public Administration to principal investigator for the Innovation Policy Analysis Project. Young was selected as a 1995-1996 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and also served as a fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Minority Serving Institutions/National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education Leadership Program. In 1999, he was appointed executive assistant to former CSUSB President Albert Karnig where he worked on several key projects instrumental to the growth of the university. Young joined the West Valley Water District Board of Directors in 2013, serving as Board President between 2015-2018 and Division 3 Board Director from 2019-2022.