The Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Board announced the next leader of the state’s largest higher education system, naming Layla Merrifield president.
Merrifield 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.
Merrifield 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.
Merrifield succeeds Dr. Morna K. Foy, who announced her retirement this spring after leading WTCS for 12 years. Merrifield will begin her new position on Sept. 9.
