(KNZA)--Highland Community College has hired a new vice president of finance and operations.

The college announced in a release that Andrew Gutschenritter will assume the role starting June 1st.

Gutschenritter has been at Independence Community College since 2021 working in several roles within the business office, mostly recently as controller.

Gutschenritter grew up in Neodesha and graduated from Neodesha High School in 2009. After high school, he attended Ottawa University obtaining his undergraduate degree in biology. He continued his education at Pittsburg State University pursing a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting degree. He graduated from Pittsburg State University in May 2016.

He and his wife, Alexa, have two children. They currently live in Chanute and look forward to joining the Highland community.