Zina Haywood

2006; First Term Completed October 2009

Zina Haywood, Executive Vice President/Provost Academic and Campus Affairs, Gateway Technical College, has over 25 years of experience in Higher Education Administration from working at The University of Michigan, Oakland University, Milwaukee Area Technical College and Gateway Technical College. 

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 is currently a doctoral student at Walden University in Education-Community College Leadership.   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 Wisconsin Area Chamber of Commerce, the 21st Century Preparatory School in Racine and the Racine County Workforce Development Board.  She is a board member of the Jane Cremer foundation, the Racine County United Way and is a Board member of the Racine OIC.

She has presented at various state, regional and national conferences.  In March of 2003, she gave testimony before the U.S. Department of Education in Kansas City, MO, Financial Aid Works.  Selected presentations include The American Community College Trustees (ACCT) Conference, San Diego, Connecting for Achievement and Persistence, and the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, Austin, TX, Improved Recruitment and Retention Through Technology.  Ms. Haywood is also featured in the University of Michigan’s Women of Color Task Force video, “Women of Color:  A Success Story.”

Zina is very active in her church where she is an organist and hospitality president.  She is a licensed missionary for her international church, The Church of God in Christ, Inc.

Zina has received various honors and awards.  Most recently, the 2005 Gateway Association of Career and Technical Education award for Excellence in Administration and the Racine/Kenosha Interdenominational Fellowship 2006 Living Legend Award.