Since 2012, Dr. Ganther has been serving as associate vice chancellor for student affairs at Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona. Earlier she was the executive director of the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. She will become president of Bucks County Community College on Julu 1.
Maria Harper-Marnick, a native of the Dominican Republic, will lead the community college system in Arizona that includes 10 campuses and serves more than 265,000 students annually. Since 2010, she had been serving as executive vice president and provost for the community college system.
Based in Tempe, Arizona, and serving the Phoenix metropolitan area, the Maricopa Community College District is the largest in the United States. A group of former and current students and faculty have made allegations of sexual harassment.