Bruce Matsui founded Claremont Graduate University’s Urban Leadership PhD program in 1999. He was also the director and co-founder of the Institute at Indian Hill, a research non-profit at CGU.
Prior to coming to CGU, he was the deputy superintendent of Pasadena Unified School District and the director of the California School Leadership program for the California Department of Education under Superintendent of Schools Bill Honig.
Matsui has served as a consultant to the Hawaii Educational School System, the Jackson State University School Administrator Program, and numerous school districts in California.