As Kankakee Community College’s President and CEO, Dr. Michael Boyd uses high energy, strengths-based leadership strategies to connect students with family-sustaining career pathways. Firmly committed to community, Boyd’s service includes the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County, United Way, Kiwanis, and the Kankakee Grundy Livingston Workforce Board. Boyd has served as a peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission, chairperson of the Manteno Chamber of Commerce, president of the Illinois Council of Chief Academic Officers, and president of the Illinois Council of Community College Administrators. He joined KCC’s staff in 2014 as vice president for instructional and student success, the college’s chief academic officer. Before arriving at KCC, he worked at Illinois Central College, most recently as associate dean of English, humanities, and language studies. He served as ICC’s Six Sigma Black Belt. As a professor of English and Humanities, Boyd was awarded the ICC Thomas K. Thomas Endowed Teaching Chair in 2007. Boyd also has been a high school English teacher and football coach. He has three degrees from Illinois State University: a bachelor’s degree in English education, a master’s degree in English studies and a doctorate in English studies.