Eloy Ortiz Oakley is a well know higher education leader and advisor. He has led several influential organization including College Futures Foundation, the California Community Colleges and Long Beach City College. in 2020 he served as a Senior Advisor to US Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona. He has served on the boards of the University of California Board of Regents, MDRC, The CalChamber, Alliant International University and the University of California, Irvine Board of Trustees. He serves as an advisor to several ed tech companies such as Guild Education, OpenClassrooms, Handshake and Certree. He rants frequently throughout the country on topics such as the future of work, post-secondary systems, equity in higher education and about the failures of the American higher education system.