County College of Morris Vice President Vivyen Ray honored by ROI-NJ
Featured as an Influencer on ROI-NJ's People of Color 2024 List
RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP, NJ (Morris County) — County College of Morris (CCM) has announced that Vivyen Ray, SHRM-SCP, vice president of Human Resources and Labor Relations, has been named to ROI-NJ’s Influencers: People of Color 2024 list. ROI-NJ, a highly respected business publication in the state, released the 2024 list to showcase and celebrate the depth of talent among workforce leaders of color in the Garden State.
Ray is recognized alongside an impressive list of CEOs, presidents, vice presidents and global leaders of industry, education, healthcare and other organizations, as well as entrepreneurs, advisors, civil rights leaders, commissioners and state senators. She is the only honoree employed by a community college.
“Vivyen Ray is a tremendous asset to CCM and we take great pride in having her on our senior leadership team,” said Dr. Anthony Iacono, president of CCM. “Her outstanding contributions to the college and the community are exemplary and she is very deserving of this recognition by ROI.”
Ray has spent over 30 years working in higher education and for corporations in America as a senior administrator in human resources, labor relations, training and development, organizational development, coaching, instruction and talent development. She has served as an instructor at Essex County College, NJ as well as the University of Mount Saint Vincent, NY, teaching courses in human resources, business management, entrepreneurship, organizational development, strategic planning and public speaking.
Ray’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in Personnel and Labor Relations from the University of Baltimore, a master’s degree in Human Resource Education from Fordham University and is in all but dissertation (ABD) status from the University of Phoenix.
She is a graduate of Corporate Coach University. She holds 25 certifications from organizations like ATIXA, SHRM, NABITA, the Center for Creative Leadership, Franklin Covey, Eagle’s Flight, the Blanchard Institute, plus additional certificates in public employee relations and negotiations, arbitration and conflict resolution from Rutgers Law School.
Ray is a Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), a Certified Workplace Mediator with the Mediation Training Institute/Eckerd College and certified by the Center for Creative Leadership to administer 360-degree feedback assessments.
Ray spent 22 years as an Army Reservist, retiring as a Sergeant First Class. She ran a small satellite Civil Affairs school at Fort Dix, NJ, training non-commissioned officers and soldiers to prepare for post-battle and environmental disasters across the world. She is a Trustee and member of the Joint Board at Metropolitan Baptist Church, Newark NJ.
“I am honored to be recognized by ROI-NJ alongside other leaders in the state,” said Vivyen Ray, vice president of Human Resources and Labor Relations at CCM. “I truly love what I do each day here at CCM.”
