VP Barney earned several associate degrees from Broward, a bachelor's degree from Barry University and a master's degree in library and information studies from Florida State University.

She traveled to Asia with a team to deploy and implement transparent student support services at the Center for American Education. The purpose of the visit was to prepare the Center for accreditation by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The program went through a successful accreditation process, and provides students the option to complete their general education classes in Singapore, and then transfer to a U.S. university or college to complete a bachelor's degree. In 2010 she was selected to serve on the SACS on-site visiting team for Midland College in Texas.

VP Barney is leading an effort to integrate planning, budgeting, assessment and evaluation by creating an online effectiveness framework that will be used to institutionalize continuous improvement at the college. VP Barney serves as an executive committee member and vice chair of the Florida Community College Software Consortium. She is a member of the iCoast CIO Council and OneBroward Board of Directors. She is also a founding member of the SAS Community College Customer Advisory Council(CCCAC) where she promotes Broward's strategy on institutional intelligence nationally. Under Barney's leadership, Broward recently received the Software-AG Innovation and Excellence award and was named one of the top ten Digital Community Colleges according to the Center for Digital Education. She has been named a Distinguished Alumna of the college, and continues to pursue her passion for enhancing teaching and learning through the use of technology.