Sierra College

Brian Haley, is retiring.   Brian started his California Community College career in 1990 at Butte College when he became Director of Library, Tutoring, and Media services. After six years at Butte, where the live TV class program was greatly expanded and a campus instructional network was developed, Brian moved to Sierra College as Dean of the new Library/LRC building in October of 1996. During the next eighteen years, he was a collaborative mediation trainer for new staff at the annual Granlibakken retreats at Lake Tahoe, EEO person for many hiring committees, and President of the Management Senate. He was chosen Manager of the Year in 1998 and 2002. Brian was also the Dean over the Skill Development Department and the Basic Skills Committee as well as Distance Learning, the Library, and the Tutoring, Testing, and Writing  Centers. From 2002 through 2007, Brian was the President of the Learning Resources Association of the California Community Colleges. For many years, he was the library representative on the Distance Education Technical Advisory Committee. He served on many accreditation teams with his last visit occurring in 2012.
Brian plays the flute and loves to read, two activities he plans to pursue in retirement. He has four children and three grandchildren. With his wife Ada, Brian will travel the United States in the coming years. He feels fortunate to have been able to work at Sierra College and throughout the state on various CCC committees with people who share his passion for libraries, education, and collaboration.