Since our founding at UC Davis in 2016, Wheelhouse has worked to strengthen leadership and practice in the California Community Colleges (CCCs) through leadership and network development and actionable research communicated effectively to decision-maker audiences. Download a PDF of our full 2023 Impact Report, Picking up Steam.

By supporting current and aspiring CEOs with timely information and creating spaces where they can tackle challenges and and learn with their peers, we work to improve the nation’s largest higher education system and improve experience and outcomes for its nearly two million students. 

Our story, told in the timeline below, is one of partnership, persistence and collaboration – people joining forces to support one of the nation’s most important engines of opportunity, equity and innovation. Download a PDF of the timeline.