HAYLEY HARRIS

HAYLEY HARRIS has been appointed by Ithaca College as its new VP for human and organizational development and planning. Harris has served since 2017 as the human resources director for Cornell University’s Research Division, a division comprising more than 25 research centers and administrative units. She will begin her new position at Ithaca College on May 6. Since joining Cornell in 2008, Harris has served in progressively responsible strategic human-resources roles. Her previous positions at Cornell have included HR business partner roles in administrative human resources and in the College of Engineering and Computing and Information Science. Prior to joining Cornell, she served for eight years in HR positions in the Yale School of Medicine and in the university’s central HR operations. At Ithaca College, Harris will be responsible for developing an innovative, collaborative human and organizational development division focused on best practices in contemporary human resources, and serve as a strategic partner to the college’s senior academic and administrative leadership. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music from Boston University and master’s degree in philosophy from Yale, and also obtained senior professional in human resources (SPHR) certification in 2006.