Cynthia Teniente-Matson

Cynthia Teniente-Matson
Teniente-Matson at the King Library's 20th Anniversary in 2023
32nd President of San Jose State University
Incumbent
Assumed office January 16th, 2023
Preceded by	Stephen Perez
2nd President of Texas A&M University–San Antonio
In office 2014–2022
Preceded by	Maria Hernandez Ferrier
Succeeded by	Linda Schott
Personal details
Born	1965 (age 58–59) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Education	University of Alaska Fairbanks (BA) University of Alaska Anchorage (MBA) Fresno State University (EdD)
Profession	University Administrator
Website	Office of the President
Academic background
Thesis	A leadership competency study of higher education chief business officers (2013)
Doctoral advisor	Sharon Brown Welty
Academic work
Discipline	Education
Institutions	University of Alaska Anchorage California State University, Fresno Texas A&M University–San Antonio San Jose State University

Cynthia Teniente-Matson (born 1965) is the 32nd and current president of San José State University and the former president of Texas A&M University–San Antonio. Born in San Antonio, Teniente-Matson spent her adolescence in California, studied at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and studied and worked at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She then returned to California to work at California State University, Fresno, where she would later earn her doctorate before returning to San Antonio to accept a position as TAMU–San Antonio's president. As president, she has overseen the university's growth into a four-year college with its first freshman class in 2016.