George Conant
Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations @California State University, Office of the Chancellor
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WORK HISTORY
Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations @California State University, Office of the Chancellor
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science, Political Science and International Relations
ABOUT GEORGE CONANT
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations for the California State University (CSU), the nation’s largest and most diverse comprehensive system of senior higher education, with 23 campuses, students, and faculty and staff. Managed teams of CSU staff to forward the goals objectives of the CSU and its students.• Nine years experience as key higher education staffer on the House Committee charged directly with formulation and oversight of federal education policy. • Twenty-one years of experience in education policy-making including Higher Education and No Child Left Behind Acts.• Gained enactment of legislation governing the distribution of approximately $90 billion per year in federal student loan and grant aid directly impacting for-profit and non-profit institutions of higher education and 8 million students.• Direct line of communication to numerous House and Senate members and staff of both parties including the Senate HELP and Appropriations Committees, and members of the California Congressional Delegation on key committees in the House such as the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Rules Committee, the Ways and Means Committee, and the Appropriations Committee. • Proven track record of bipartisan coalition building on Members’ initiatives.
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