Claire Oliveros, Ph.D., was selected as Riverside City College’s 13th president. Oliveros, previously vice president of Institutional Equity & Research and Planning at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, holds a bachelor of arts in Speech Communication from Western Oregon University; master of science in Educational Policy, Foundations and Administrative Studies from Portland State University; and a doctorate in Education from Oregon State University.

A first-generation college student and a Filipino American who was raised in the Pacific Northwest, Oliveros has sought out leadership positions that centered on diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, access and student success. She is also a community activist. She was the founding chair of the Portland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines and served as a board member of the Multnomah County Commission on Children, Families and Community. She received the award for Outstanding Administrator by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, and was honored as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the United States by the Filipina Women's Network.