BYRON CHUNG
PRESIDENT, THE ART INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA – INLAND EMPIRE 

A veteran of more than a dozen years in education administration, Byron Chung is the president of The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire.

Chung received a bachelor’s degree in communications with a major in advertising from California State University in Fullerton in 1990. He began his career in education when he joined the admissions staff of DeVry University, located in Pomona, Calif., in 1994. Chung was later promoted to the position of the university’s national admissions training manager in Chicago, where he was involved in the training of admissions representatives for all of DeVry’s campuses in North America. In 1997, Chung returned to Pomona as DeVry’s director of admissions. In this role, he implemented the school’s recruitment program, developed and executed advertising and marketing strategies, and initiated efforts for student enrollment and retention.

In January 2003, Chung joined the staff of The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles located in Santa Monica, as the school’s director of admissions. In this position, Chung served as chief sales and marketing executive and as a member of the school’s executive committee. While overseeing an admissions staff of 20 professionals, Chung established departmental goals and budgets. Under his leadership in the admissions area, the school saw an enrollment increase of 30% over two years. In February 2005, his success at the school led to a promotion to Vice President, Admissions Specialist for Education Management Corporation, the parent company of The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles. In this position, Chung supported all admissions and marketing functions of several of EDMC’s schools in its western region.