Lynn Kearney

Lynn Kearney was appointed on February 8, 2021, to fill a vacancy on the RVC Board of Trustees. She previously served on the RVC Board of Trustees from 2013 to 2019, including as Board Chairperson from 2018-2019. Kearney is a retired educator from Harlem Consolidated School District 122 and taught middle school science in the local area for 35 years. Prior to retiring from teaching in 2012, she had served as the President and then Co-President of the Harlem Federation of Teachers Local #540 of the IFT for 25 years. She also currently serves as a Vice President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers IFT-AFT AFL-CIO, a role she has held for the last 20 years. In the community, Kearney has served on the board of Rockford Sexual Assault Counseling, as Chair of the Preschool Board for Christ United Methodist Church, and in years past served on the advisory board of the Regional Office of Education. She is a graduate of Rock Valley College and Northern Illinois University.