Michael Creed Maxey

Michael C. Maxey is Roanoke's 11th president. He took office on July 1, 2007 after being unanimously elected president by Roanoke's Board of Trustees in May. He has been a part of the Roanoke College community for 22 years and a member of the president's cabinet for 17 years. Since 1992, he has been vice president for college relations and dean of admissions and financial aid. Maxey first worked as director of planned giving, then as director of capital resources before moving to the admissions office in 1989. From 1990 to 1992, he served as vice president for resource development and admissions services. Prior to joining Roanoke College, Maxey worked in academic affairs in the College of Liberal Arts at University of New Hampshire and in student affairs at Averett College and Wake Forest University.

Maxey holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from Wake Forest University and a master of arts in education, counselor education, from Wake Forest. He also earned a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in counselor education at University of New Hampshire. He attended the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University. He is a native of Bassett, Va.

Roanoke College received a record number of applications nine times during Maxey's tenure in the admissions office. During the same time, the size of the freshman class expanded 36 percent, and racial and ethnic diversity of incoming classes increased from one percent to 12 percent.

Maxey has overseen the college's student retention initiative and supervised the campus' offices for community programs and public relations. Maxey co-chaired the strategic planning process in 1992 and served on the steering committee for the strategic plan in 2003.

While in the resource development office, he supervised the completion of the Sesquicentennial Campaign, raising $81 million - surpassing the $75 million goal.

In 2005, Roanoke College students recognized him with the Unsung Hero award. The First Virginia chapter of National Society of Fund Raising Executives named him the Outstanding Fund Raising Executive in 1992. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society.

Maxey is the treasurer for the Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling and a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling and the Virginia Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers. From 1998 to 2003, Maxey served on the NCAA Southeastern Regional Postgraduate Scholarship Selection Committee.

Maxey is a member of College Lutheran Church, where he is a trustee, former council member and past council president. He is a member of the board of directors of the United Way of the Roanoke Valley, the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Roanoke Valley Business Council and the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership. He serves on the Regional Comprehensive Development Strategy committee of the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission. He is a former member of the board of Lewis Gale Medical Foundation, Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge, Salem YMCA and Salem Historical Society, where he is a past president. He served on the Salem/Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors from 2004 to 2006. Maxey was a member of the Salem City Schools long range planning committee in 2002.

He and his wife, Terri, have three sons: Michael, 19; Stuart, 17, and Jack, 12. Terri Maxey is a former financial aid administrator. The family lives in Salem.

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