Georgina (Gina) A. Kranitz is currently serving as the interim President of Paradise Valley Community college (PVCC), one of the Maricopa Community Colleges in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to this post, she was Dean of Administrative and Student Services from 1992-1999. she also served as the Director of Business Services at South Mountain Community College from 1980-1992 and at the Maricopa Community Colleges District Business Office from 1975-1980.

Dr. Kranitz is a member of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and currently serves (1999-2000) as Chairman of the Board of Directors. She served as President of the Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO) in 1994-1995. Dr. Kranitz has completed the NACUBO Executive Leadership Institute and participated in a summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration sponsored by Higher Education Resource Services and Bryn Mawr College. She is also a member of the American Association of Women in Community Colleges.

Civic memberships include the North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, South Mountain Small Business Association, the Board of Directors for the south Mountain YMCA, the arizona Women's Political Caucus and the League of Women Voters. She was selected as one of the top ten women in higher education in the state of Arizona in 1999 by the Arizona Women's Magazine and is a memberof Women at the Top (WATT), a professional women's group in Phoenix.

Dr. Kranitz has a bachelor of arts degree from Grand Valley State University, a Masters of Education from Arizona State University, and a doctor of Education from Nova Southeastern University.

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