Dr. Cathy Meyer-Looze is an Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership program and Unit Head for Educational Leadership and Counseling at Grand Valley State University teaching courses in both the Master’s and Specialist degree programs. Dr. Meyer-Looze has been an administrator of all levels in PK-12 public education including serving as a Professional Development Director. She has a passion for understanding students today and how they learn in order to help them best prepare for the world they will live in tomorrow. She is also a strong advocate for distributing the leadership to empower all learners. Wanting to grow her wings in community services and leadership, she is a proud graduate of both Leadership Grand Traverse in Traverse City, Michigan and Leadership Little Traverse in Petoskey, Michigan. She is co-facilitator and program developer for Leadership Grand Traverse which is a community leadership development program. Cathy is married to Kelly Looze, and they happily follow their active daughter, Tacey, in all of her academic and athletic pursuits.

• Educational Leadership in both the Master's and Specialist degree programs

• EdD in Educational Leadership (Eastern Michigan University)
• MA in Educational Leadership (Central Michigan University)
• BA in Elementary Education (Saginaw Valley State University)

• Unit Head (2019 - present), Educational Leadership and Counseling
• Mi-ACE Senior Leadership Shadow Program (2025-2026, GVSU and Kellogg Community College
• Institutional Representative for Mi-ACE (2022 - 2025), GVSU
• Vice President (2017-2020), Michigan Council of Professors of Educational Leadership
• Instructional Rounds Co-facilitator (2017) with Dr. Rick Vandermolen for GVSU Charter School Office
• Delta Kappa Gamma, Phi Chapter (2017-present)
• Vice President, Traverse City West Senior High Athletic Boosters (2017-2020)
• Program Coordinator and Facilitator, Leadership Grand Traverse (2016-present), Traverse Connect
• Program Coordinator (2016-2019) for Master’s and Specialist Educational Leadership degree program
• Collaboration for Effective Educator Development Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) (2015-2017)
• GVSU Faculty Teaching and Learning Advisory Council (2014-2019)
• Board of Directors (2013-2020), Learning Forward Michigan

Observational practices such as Instructional Rounds, PK-12 systems reform, putting theory into practice, building leadership capacity, effective collaborative partnerships between PK-12 and higher education, improving instructional practice, higher education leadership development, and sustainable change.