Ken Yeager is a professor of Political Science at San Jose State University and formerly served as a Board Chair to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for over a decade. Ken also served as : trustee of the San Jose Evergreen Community College District, San Jose City Council, Caltrain Joint Powers Authority Board, Valley Transportation Authority, and Health and Hospital Committee to name a few.

Ken has a BA in political science, MA in sociology (SJSU), as well as, a Phd in Education from Stanford University