Soraya M. Coley

Soraya M. Coley (born November 25, 1950) is an American academic and university administrator who is the sixth president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). Prior to this appointment in January 2015, Coley was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at California State University, Bakersfield. Coley is the first Cal Poly female president. She holds a A.B., Sociology, The Lincoln University, an M.A., Social Planning and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College, and a Ph.D., Social Planning and Policy, Bryn Mawr College.

In 2022, a whistleblower lawsuit alleged that Coley interfered with police work and the legal process multiple times on the Cal Poly Pomona campus. Among the most notable of these alleged occurrences were a series of blockages that slowed investigation into an embezzlement of over a million dollars and the premature closure of a 2021 sexual assault case.