Berenecea Eanes

Berenecea Johnson Eanes is an American social worker and academic administrator serving as the president of York College, City University of New York since 2019. She is the incoming president of California State University, Los Angeles.

Life
Eanes earned a B.S. in public health from Dillard University in 1988. She completed a M.S.W. from Boston University in 1991. In 2000, she earned a Ph.D. in social work from Clark Atlanta University. Her dissertation was titled, An Analysis of Attitudes towards Marriage among African American Male College Students: A Test of Four Perspectives.

Eanes was vice president for student affairs at John Jay College of Criminal Justice from 2006 to 2012. From 2012 to 2019, she later served as the vice president for student affairs at California State University, Fullerton. On September 2, 2019, Eanes was appointed interim president of York College, City University of New York. She was named president on June 1, 2020. In September 2023, she was named the incoming president of California State University, Los Angeles. She assumes the role on January 8, 2024, succeeding interim Leroy Morishita. She is the first female president of the university.