Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership Board Select Dr. Gayle Hytrek as Presidential Sponsor

Dr. Gayle Hytrek has served as President of Moraine Park Technical College since July of 2004.  Moraine Park has three campuses and serves over 23,000 students annually.  In her tenure she has overseen the construction of additions to three of the campuses to accommodate the expanding need for health care programming, a state-of-the-art culinary arts center and restaurant, new library and student life facilities, and the doubling of online course and degree offerings.  Realizing that a college can accomplish more through strong partnerships, Moraine Park actively seeks to develop collaborations with business and industry, and other public and private colleges.

Dr. Hytrek holds master’s and doctorate’s degrees from the University of Nebraska.  Her doctoral thesis was on the “Mentoring of Women in Higher Education Administration.”  Always an advocate for the advancement of women and girls, Dr. Hytrek is a member and past president of the Fond du Lac Women’s Fund Board, and is active in the Wisconsin Women’s Fund organization.  As a presenter at the 2006 Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) conference, and co-presenter with Dr. Josie Baltadano at the 2008 conference, she has encouraged women to move into leadership roles.  Dr. Hytrek is also the regional liaison for Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin on the ACE Network Executive Board.