Wynetka Ann Reynolds is a zoologist and university administrator who has served as provost of the Ohio State University (1979β1982), chancellor of the California State University (CSU) system (1982β1990), chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY) (1990β1997), and president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1997β2002). She is the only person to have headed two of the three largest systems of higher education in the United States. The universities she has led account for 6 of the top 10 U.S. schools in upward mobility for their students.