Dr. Pamela J. Haney became the sixth president of Moraine Valley Community College on July 1, 2023. She previously served as vice president for Academic Affairs, a position she assumed in 2012. Her leadership at Moraine Valley is committed to ensuring student success and accessibility, advancing innovation, engaging our communities and supporting the mission of the college.
Under Haney’s leadership, Moraine Valley was awarded numerous grants from the National Science Foundation to create pathways for students to study cybersecurity and cyber intelligence. Additionally, she oversaw the Title III-Strengthening Institutions Program Grant for its Increasing Access to Career Pathways Initiative by the Department of Education, which led to the renovation of our Education Center at Blue Island and four new health care programs.
In leading Academic Affairs, Haney had oversight of eight academic subdivisions, one Student Development subdivision and the college’s Education Center at Blue Island and the Southwest Education Center in Tinley Park. She previously served as dean of Science, Business, and Computer Technology; dean of Liberal Arts; and dean of Academic Services.
Prior to coming to Moraine Valley in 2001, Haney served as program administrator and assistant professor of Communication Arts at Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio. Haney also taught as an assistant professor of Speech Communication at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, she worked at the University of Nevada-Reno, where she served as the university’s ombudsman for faculty and staff. In this role, she worked impartially to seek resolution of problems in accordance with the Nevada System of Higher Education codes and policies. She served as an independent and confidential resource for employees.
The scope of Haney’s career includes service and leadership in numerous roles. She serves on the Board of Directors for Women Employed, a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Chicago. She is also a participant on the Illinois Board of Higher Education and Illinois Community College Board Equity Plan Advisory Committee. She previously served as the regional representative for the National Council of Instructional Administrators, an affiliate council in the American Association of Community Colleges, and chair of the Southwest Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium Council of Chief Academic Officers in Illinois. She also was a member of the Board of Directors for Peace Village in Palos Park, Illinois.
Haney was recognized by Bowling Green State University in Ohio as the Graduate College Alumni of the Year in 2018. She was the recipient of the 2016 John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award from the League for Innovation in the Community College and the college’s 2016 Dr. Vernon O. Crawley Leadership Award. She is a graduate of The Thomas Lakin Institute for Mentored Leadership and League for Innovation in the Community College Executive Leadership Institute.
Haney holds a doctorate in Interpersonal Communication from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a master’s degree in Speech Communication and a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication—both from Norfolk State University in Virginia.
