Mark Potter, Ph.D.

Dr. Mark Potter - Biography

Dr. Mark Potter is Provost and Chief Academic Officer at City Colleges of Chicago. In service to the seven City Colleges (Truman, Wilbur Wright, Malcolm X, Harold Washington, Kennedy-King, Olive-Harvey, and Richard J Daley), he leads efforts to advance quality academic experiences and high-value student outcomes in both credit programs and adult education. Dr. Potter began his career as a history professor at the University of Wyoming, and prior to his current position he was Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has a successful record of leading teams across academic affairs, student success, enrollment, and information technology to research, design, and implement innovative solutions for engaged learning, student success, and retention.

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Dr. Potter is driven by the educational mission of expanding opportunity to traditionally under-represented populations. His devotion as an academic leader is grounded in a commitment to the open-access sector where the work of providing a pathway to educational attainment has the greatest potential to impact lives and communities. In advancing the mission of City Colleges of Chicago, Dr. Potter is able to focus his leadership on pathways to and through college so that all of Chicago’s residents can benefit from inclusive economic growth.