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Greg Schuckman

Administrator in Charge
​​​Federal Relations​​​
The California State University

Greg Schuckman has worked in higher education advocacy, governance, and policymaking at the national, state, and local levels for more than 30 years, and now works for the CSU in Washington, DC, serving as Administrator in Charge of the Office of Federal Relations.

Prior to coming to the CSU, Greg was the registered federal lobbyist for the University of Central Florida, one of the largest public universities in the nation, for more than 20 years, serving as Assistant Vice President for Federal Relations. For the past six years, Greg has also served as a gubernatorially appointed Commissioner from Maryland to the Education Commission of the States, the nation's only interstate compact on education.

A former community college trustee and gubernatorially appointed commissioner on two different state higher education coordinating boards, Greg has served on 24 public and nonprofit boards and commissions—most of which focused on higher education—throughout his career. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida, a Master of Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, completed doctoral studies (toward the Ed.D.) at the University of Florida, and is a graduate of the flagship Political Leadership Program at the University of Virginia. He also graduated from the FBI Citizens Academy at Quantico, Virginia, in 2009.

Greg is the recipient of the Commander's Award for Public Service from the United States Army in support of Operation Noble Eagle, the Army's rescue and relief operation at the Pentagon following the attack on September 11, 2001; is a 2017 graduate of the AASCU Millennium Leadership Institute; and was named in 2015 as one of 100 “Opportunity Leaders" by Opportunity Nation, a bipartisan, national campaign comprising more than 300 businesses, educational institutions, nonprofits and civic organizations working together to expand economic mobility for Americans aged 16-24, and to close the opportunity gap in America.