Toby Ewing, Ph.D.

Toby Ewing, Ph.D., has served as a consultant to the California State Senate Governance and Finance Committee for the last four years. Ewing also served as Director of the California Research Bureau from 2009 to 2011. From 1999 to 2006, he was a Project Manager with the Little Hoover Commission, an independent body charged with improving government. During his tenure, Ewing was project manager for several reports on state policy issues including mental health and child welfare. Ewing did his undergraduate studies at Grinnell College and received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Syracuse University. Honored as a Fulbright Scholar in the mid-1990s, he facilitated and documented a complex community development initiative in Costa Rica. In February 2015, Dr. Ewing was announced as the new Executive Director of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.