Leadership
Leadership
Our leadership team brings a wide array of experience and higher education knowledge to our System and their respective areas of expertise. A culture of radical cooperation runs throughout our organization, with System-wide leaders meeting weekly to share best practices, work through challenges, and explore strategic opportunities for enhancement.
Michael Horowitz, Ph.D.
Chancellor, The Community Solution Education System
As the founding president of The Community Solution Education System, Michael Horowitz, Ph.D., has more than 30 years of experience in higher education in roles that include faculty member, program director, and dean. Prior to founding The Community Solution, Dr. Horowitz served as president of The Chicago School for nearly a decade. Under his direction, The Chicago School grew from a single-program, single-campus institution with 215 students, to a prominent multi-campus leader in graduate psychology and behavioral sciences education, with more than 2,500 students educated annually. Inspired by this success, he envisioned a community model that could provide not just stability but sustained growth—where universities collaborate, gain resources, and share expertise.
In 2009, he founded The Community Solution Education System and continues to lead our community of nonprofit colleges and universities in the shared mission of preparing innovative, engaged, purposeful agents of change who serve our global community. Dr. Horowitz holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University and B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University.
System Leadership
Remembering & Honoring
Dr. Leanne Wruck
During her tenure, Leanne worked with our colleges and universities to advance new degree programs, achieve accreditation milestones, and improve student retention and graduation rates. She created a strong community among academic leaders across our System, leading academic assemblies that brought together faculty to discuss new and innovative approaches to teaching. In her most recent role as interim president of Pacific Oaks she successfully led the college to a 10-year reaffirmation of its accreditation with WASC Senior College and University Commission. Her contributions to our community were profound, and she will be deeply missed. To celebrate her profound contributions, we have established the Dr. Leanne Wruck Scholarship Fund to continue her mission of fostering academic innovation and student achievement.