David Crafts
Northern California Executive Committee Co-Chair, Region VI
Dean of Enrollment Services & Special Programs/Title IX Coordinator
College of San Mateo
Phone
650-574-6640
Email
[email protected]
(They/He)
David Crafts (they/them) is a fierce advocate, compassionate educator, and unapologetically joyful presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, where they live with their partner Jason and three mischievous rescue cats. A queer, first-generation, low-income college graduate, David has spent over 25 years championing equity, access, and community within higher education and the nonprofit sector.
Currently serving as the Dean of Enrollment Services & Support Programs and Title IX Coordinator at College of San Mateo, David brings a student-centered lens to institutional leadership. Their career includes impactful service to students at Wharton, Stanford University, Pacific Oaks College, and University of the Pacific, as well as formative roles in Michigan, Ohio, and Florida.
Beyond their professional roles, David is a Commissioner on the LGBTQIA+ Commission of San Mateo County and a co-organizer of the High School Pride Prom, empowering youth to celebrate their identities. As an Aspirant-Nun with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, David embodies a tradition of irreverent wit and sacred service—offering outreach and ministry to those on society’s margins, while joyfully confronting the forces of bigotry and shame.
A former high school and college cheerleader, David now gives back as a volunteer with the Cheer For Life Foundation, helping fund critical services for at-risk members of the LGBTQ+ community and beyond.
Their academic journey includes degrees from Grand Valley State University and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, along with specialized certifications in sexual assault investigation, crisis management, and human resources.
In every space they enter, David Crafts hopes to infuses strategy with soul, laughter with liberation, and systems with compassion—lifting others as they continue to lead.
“We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.”
— Bayard Rustin