President, L.A. Valley College
Gribbons has been president of Los Angeles Valley College since August 2019. Valley College has more than 18,000 students. Prior to arriving at Valley College, Gribbons had 19 years of leadership experience at College of the Canyons, including four years serving as Deputy Chancellor. From 1996 to 1999, he was senior researcher and project director at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Evaluation where his work coordinated large-scale education reforms to benefit underserved students. During this time, he was also a consultant to the U.S. Department of Education. Gribbons has co-authored more than 520 research reports during the past 19 years. He has taught at California State University, Los Angeles and College of the Canyons.