Zina Haywood

2006; First Term Completed October 2009

Zina Haywood, Executive Vice President/Provost, Gateway Technical College, has over 29 years of experience in Higher Education Administration from working at The University of Michigan, Oakland University, Milwaukee Area Technical College and Gateway Technical College. 

As Gateway’s Executive Vice President/Provost, Zina is chief academic officer, responsible for the 60+ academic programs, the college libraries, day to day operations of the Gateway campuses which are in Kenosha, Racine, Burlington and Elkhorn, Wisconsin and the Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success Division which includes Research and Planning, Curriculum, Grant Management, Staff Professional Development and Student Services.

Ms. Haywood has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from The University of Michigan and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Oakland University.  She was in the founding class of Leadership Kenosha in 1998-99.  She participated in the Wisconsin Leadership Development Institute in 1997-98 and the National Institute for Leadership Development in May 2001 – May 2002.  She is also a board member of the Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce, The National Association of Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and the Racine County Workforce Development Board.  She is also a board member of the Jane Cremer foundation, and the Racine OIC.

Zina has received various honors and awards.  The Wisconsin Technical College System Instructional Services Administrators awarded Zina the 2010 Eagle Management Leadership Award.  In February 2008 Ms. Haywood received the Gateway Association of Career and Technical Education award for Excellence in Community Service and went on to receive the state award in the same category. Zina received in 2006 the Living Legends Award from the Racine /Kenosha Ministers Wives Alliance, and  recognition as a Living Legend with the Sistas organization of Kenosha Unified School District.   In 2005 she received the Gateway Association of Career and Technical Education award for Excellence in Administration.