苏珊·鲁尼主席,埃德.D., J.D., MBA
Dr. Susan Looney took office as the sixth president of 雷丁区社区学院 in Reading, 七月一日PA, 2018. 她是机会的光辉榜样, 访问, excellence and hope offered by the community college can change lives.
16岁时,苏珊从高中辍学, choosing to continue her family’s equestrian legacy with a career in harness horse racing. 熟练的赛车手, Susan holds the record for being the youngest driver to win a race at the Meadowlands and was the first female driver to win a race at Garden State Park. She also represented the United States in the World Women’s Harness Races in Canada and Switzerland. Then a serious racing accident changed her focus and the course of her life. She retired from racing and entered Brookdale Community College in New Jersey to first complete her GED, 然后攻读副学士学位. Susan was selected as the Outstanding 业务 Student, 1991年以最优等成绩毕业, and ultimately was elected the Graduate Student Trustee for the Brookdale Community College’s Board of Trustees in 1991-92.
Dr. Looney completed her Bachelor of Science in 业务 Administration and her MBA at Monmouth University in New Jersey. She obtained her Juris Doctorate at Widener University School of Law in Delaware, 并获得了教育学博士学位, specializing in Higher Education Leadership at Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
Susan never lost her passion for the community college environment and in 1998 accepted an appointment as associate professor in the business department at Mohave Community College in Kingman, AZ. As the advisor to the college’s honor society, she was honored with Phi Theta Kappa’s Paragon Award.
In 2002, Susan returned to her home state of Delaware as professor of business at Delaware Technical Community College. In 2006, she was elevated to the role of assistant campus director where she oversaw strategic planning, 营销和筹款.
从2011年到2014年,布隆伯格博士. Looney served as business coordinator and interim vice president for academic affairs at Colorado Mountain College. 2014年秋天, she became dean of instruction at her current institution, 雷丁区社区学院. 2015年夏天, an appointment by the president and the board of trustees, to the senior vice president of academic affairs/provost soon followed. In the spring of 2018, following an extensive nationwide search, Dr. Looney was named the sixth president of 雷丁区社区学院.
Dr. Looney maintains strong ties to the community and strives to enhance the college’s partnerships with area organizations and nonprofits. She is the chair of the Reading Hospital Board of Trustees, and serves on the boards of Berks Latino 员工发展, Executive Committee of the United Way of Berks County, 伯克联盟, the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance and the Greater Berks Development Fund. 在全国范围内, she is a board member of the American Association of Community Colleges, and is a member of the Executive Committee for the Middle States Commission 中国澳门博彩官网高等教育.