
Vickie Cook
Biography
Dr. Vickie Cook is the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment and Retention Management and Research Professor of Education at the University of Illinois Springfield. Vickie previously served as Associate Provost of Online, Professional, and Engaged Learning at UIS and was the Associate Vice President of Innovation and Technology at Greenville College and as Dean of the School of Education/Director of Online Learning at Greenville College. Prior to joining Greenville College, Dr. Cook has held teaching positions in the areas of Educational research,technology, and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) for the Educational Leadership program. Dr. Cook's research agenda focuses on exploring leadership in a world of AI. In her early career in higher education, Vickie held a variety of positions at Kaskaskia Community College including Dean of Continuing Education and University Alliance. Dr. Cook has served as a long time member of Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education serving on the Executive Board, previously served as a board member of UPCEA, currently serves on the OLC board, and has received recognition as a President's Executive Leadership Fellow for the Univeresity of Illinois, and an Online Leadership Consortium Fellow.