Parkland Trustees Name New VP of Administrative Services, CFO

At its regular meeting Wednesday, the Parkland College Board of Trustees named Amie Loyd as the new Vice President for Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer, beginning June 9.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — At its regular meeting Wednesday, the Parkland College Board of Trustees named Amie Loyd as the new Vice President for Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer, beginning June 9. 

Loyd has nearly 20 years of administrative experience in higher education, most recently serving as the Director of Finance and Administration in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In this role, she oversaw all administrative functions for CITL, including the business office and financial reporting, information technology, facilities and operations, as well as supervising the Instructional Support and Training and Project Management teams and serving as the CITL liaison to the shared services HR office. 

In her new role as Vice President for Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer, Loyd will provide executive leadership for Parkland College's business operations, campus technologies, human resources, and physical plant. Christopher Randles has served in the role since 2009. The board approved an amended contract for Randles to spend his final year at the college as Senior Vice President for Administrative Services to support the leadership transition in this key area, effective through June 30, 2026. 

Trustees also voted on employment contracts for two other college administrators, renewing three-year contracts for Nancy A. Sutton, vice president for academic services, and Michael Trame, vice president for student services, effective through June 30, 2028. 

In other business, the board approved the following: 

• the purchase of:
  • annual software contractual/maintenance renewals, $1,831,972.63 
  • instructional, office computer, and technology infrastructure hardware, not to exceed $2,600,000
  • SPARK repository from Elsevier, Maryland Heights, Mo., $58,905 
  • CARLI Learning Commons Database Collection from University of Illinois System, Urbana, Ill., $68,349.27 
  • database subscription from Infobase Learning, New York, N.Y., $26,934.76 
  • chemistry lab student benches and cabinets from Scott Laboratory Solutions LLC, Knoxville, Tenn., $62,102 
• the filing of grant applications:
  • FY25 Congressionally Directed Spending Request (Sen. Durbin) —Dental Clinic Expansion (resubmitted application)  
  • FY25 Congressionally Directed Spending Request (Sen. Duckworth)— Aviation (resubmitted application)  
  • Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO): Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program (“CEJA”) — East Central Illinois Hub (ECIH) — Year 2 Renewal   
  • Illinois Community College Board (ICCB): FY25 Noncredit Strategies at Work Grant (Supplemental Funding)  
  • Jobs for the Future (JFF): Industry Intermediary Incentive Funding
• personnel appointments and modifications:
  • Alex Kollmann, Director, Assessment Center
  • Joshua Ingalsbe, Associate Director, Campus Technologies
  • Toby Fountain, Instructor, Collision Repair Faculty, Applied Sciences
  • Hobert Roberts, Instructor, Collision Repair Faculty, Applied Sciences
  • Benjamin Magers, Instructor, HVAC/Electrical, Applied Sciences
  • Amanda Good, Specialist, Accessibility Services
  • Adam Schmidt, Admissions Advisor, Admissions & Records
  • Alex Warrick, Coordinator, Activities & Conduct Officer, Student Life
  • Doyoon Lee, Coordinator, Technical, Student Life
  • Mukosa Nsokoshi, Advisor/Academic Coordinator, TRiO
  • Ryan Scott, Public Safety Officer, Public Safety