In February, 2007 Neal King was appointed as President of Antioch University Los Angeles, which celebrates its 35th Anniversary this fall. Previously the campus had been partnered with its sister campus in Santa Barbara and had been known collectively as Antioch University Southern California. When AULA was established as a independent campus in early 2007, President King’s appointment made him the first President of Antioch University Los Angeles. Born and raised in Southern California, President King’s inauguration marks his homecoming to the greater Los Angeles region.

A psychologist by training, he was awarded both his M.A. and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, and was in private practice in Northern California for fourteen years. During his prestigious career he has served in a variety of faculty and administrative positions in non-profit, public and private for-profit and state settings. President King was the founding director of the Doctorate in Psychology program at John F. Kennedy University in San Francisco, the founding Orange County, California campus President of the University of Sarasota, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at a small art and design college in Colorado. President King joined Antioch University in the fall of 2004 as Antioch New England’s Academic Dean and nine months later was appointed interim President. Additionally, President King currently serves on three of the six regional accrediting bodies for Higher Education in the United States.

Both at Antioch New England and at Antioch University Los Angeles, President King has created a vision that emphasizes collaboration, transparency, academic quality, shared governance, and open communication with the campus community. Antioch is an institution of conscience and purpose with “a mission and core value system that resonate strongly” with President King’s own commitment to social justice and academic excellence.

The entire AULA community joins President King during this inaugural celebration to pay tribute to Antioch University’s guiding values of conscience, social justice and service to the surrounding community.