The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Board today announced the next leader of Wisconsin’s largest higher education System.
Layla Merrifield has been named the next president of Wisconsin’s largest higher education system. Layla has been the executive director of the Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association, an organization representing the trustees of the 16 Wisconsin technical colleges’ district boards, since 2015. Prior to that she served as a fiscal analyst for the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, a nonpartisan service agency of the Wisconsin Legislature, then as a Wisconsin Technical College System policy advisor. Layla has a bachelor’s degree in politics from Hendrix College and is pursuing a Master of Education degree, an articulated pathway to Doctor of Education. She is currently the chair of the Community College Association Executives.
“I am pleased to announce that Layla Merrifield will be joining WTCS to lead us through the next era of technical and accessible education in the state,” said S. Mark Tyler, WTCS Board Chair. “Layla has been a fierce advocate for Wisconsin’s technical colleges for many years, and her knowledge of WTCS, our colleges and Wisconsin’s legislature makes her the perfect candidate to fill this role.”
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