Rebecca S. Lake

Rebecca is Harper College Dean of Workforce and Economic Development. The department houses four large federal grants, the Harper Job Placement Resource Center, the Small Business Development Center, and the Office of Apprenticeships. She is an ApprenticeshipUSA Leader and is director of Harper’s strategic apprenticeship initiatives. Before coming to Harper, Rebecca wrote and taught in the Community College Leadership (CCL) doctoral program at National Louis University, serving as program director for 10 years. She spent the first half of her professional life in health planning, hospital and health care administration, and nursing before moving into community college teaching and administration. Rebecca has held community college positions of faculty, assistant dean, career and technology (CTE) dean, and academic vice-president.