Chancellor Cillay

David Cillay (he/him)

Chancellor, WSU Global Campus

Interim Chancellor, WSU Pullman

pullman.chancellor@wsu.edu

David Cillay is the Interim Chancellor of the Washington State University Pullman Campus, the Chancellor of WSU’s Global Campus, and the Vice President of WSU’s Academic Outreach and Innovation (AOI).  Cillay oversees WSU’s Global Campus, Learn365, Professional Education, and Learning Innovations.  Cillay is responsible for online and external credit program implementation at locations away from WSU’s physical campuses.

Cillay is internationally known as an expert in the field of eLearning.  He has been published in journals and textbooks and has presented at national and international conferences regarding online education, learning design, change leadership, and academic technology.  He also instructed in and managed a graduate program in instructional design. Cillay serves on the board of directors for the University Professional and Continuing Education Association.  He has served on the board of directors for the Online Learning Consortium, as the founding chair of the online learning network for the University Professional and Continuing Education Association, as a member of the Western Coop for Educational Technology steering committee, and on the board of directors for the American Distance Education Consortium. Cillay held faculty appointments at WSU and the University of Idaho.

Cillay started at the Center for Distance and Professional Education in 2003 as the Director of Instructional Development and Technology and has been responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of online courses/programs scheduled for delivery through CDPE.  Under his leadership CDPE evolved into the Global Campus—the sixth campus in the WSU system.