IEBC Team

Ken Sherwood

Chief Executive Officer

  (562) 743-7920

  [email protected]

As CEO of the Institute for Evidence Based Change (IEBC), Ken works directly with IEBC President, Dr. Bola King-Rushing, to develop and manage new initiatives in educational collaboration and student success. Ken is also primarily responsible for external relations and reports directly to the IEBC Board of Directors. 

Ken’s career in Higher Education spans more than 30 years, since he began teaching at California State University, Los Angeles in 1991. During an 18 year tenure at Los Angeles City College, Ken served as the inaugural Ralph Bunche Distinguished Professor of Speech Communication, Academic Senate President, Honors Program Director, Achieving the Dream Coordinator, Accreditation Chair, and Director of Forensics.

At Oxnard College, he served as Dean of Liberal Studies where he co-created the nationally renowned Latino Thought Makers Series; became Vice President of Academic Affairs; and served as Co-Chair of the Curriculum Committee of the Ventura County Leadership Academy, Chair of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission of Ventura County, and on the Board of Directors of Teatro de las Americas.

He has also served as Vice President of Student and Academic Affairs at Contra Costa College and continued his service in local, regional and statewide leadership positions, including regional representation on the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association and the California Community College Athletic Association.

Over the years, Ken has been an innovator in transformational college work, including work with IEBC to support faculty and staff in using their data to be more effective.

Ken Sherwood earned his BS in Organizational Communication from Cal Poly Pomona and his MA in Speech Communication from Miami University in Ohio.