Meet The President
Dr. Patricia A. “Patty” Pfeiffer began her career at Wayne Community College in November 1994 as a nursing instructor. She rose to Nursing Department chair, dean of the Allied Health and Public Services Division, chief of staff and vice president of institutional effectiveness, then vice president of academic and student services.
She took on the role of interim president of the college starting on June 24, 2021 and will continue to Dec. 31, 2021. She becomes the college’s ninth executive on Jan. 1, 2022.
Pfeiffer has been recognized in her various roles at the college. She received WCC’s top award for faculty members, the George E. Wilson Excellence in Teaching Award in 2007 and was also a finalist for the NC State Board of Community College’s Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2015, the college’s unit of the Association of Educational Office Professionals (AEOP) and the North Carolina District 12 AEOP presented Pfeiffer with their Administrator of the Year Awards.
Prior to employment with the college, Pfeiffer worked as a labor and delivery nurse.
Before attending college, Pfeiffer served in the United States Army as a parachute rigger and airborne paratrooper for six years. Her first duty station was Fort Lewis, Washington where she supported the 2nd and 75th Infantry Ranger Battalion. In addition, she was stationed in Taegu, Korea, and Fort Bragg, NC.
Pfeiffer earned her doctorate in higher education and adult learning from Walden University. She also holds a master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University, a master’s degree in nursing education from East Carolina University, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from East Carolina University, and an associate degree in nursing from Wayne Community College.
Pfeiffer is married to Tim, and they have two adult daughters, three grandchildren, and one son-in-law.
Wayne Community College has had nine executives. Dr. Pfeffer is the sixth president of Wayne Community College.
- Industrial Education Center Director Kenneth T. Marshall – Sept. 1, 1957-June 30, 1961 (Plonk was asst dir)
- IEC Director Hal K. Plonk (briefly interim then appointed) – July 1, 1961-July 31, 1962
- IEC Director then Wayne Technical Institute President Horace B. Monroe – Aug. 1, 1962-Aug. 15, 1966
- WTI then Wayne Community College President Clyde A. Erwin, Jr. – July 15, 1966-Oct. 13?, 1986
- President George Herman Porter – (interim Oct. 14, 1986-July 31, 1987) August 1, 1987-June 30, 1992
- President Edward H. Wilson, Jr. – July 1, 1992-June 30, 2007
- President Kay H. Albertson – July 1, 2007-Aug. 1, 2016
- President Thomas A. Walker, Jr. – Sept. 1, 2016-July 23, 2021
- President Patty A. Pfeiffer – (interim June 24, 2021-Dec. 31, 2021) Jan. 1, 2022-