South Coast community college district gets new chancellor

The Ventura County Community College District has a new chancellor.
Ventura College

Rick MacLennan will take over as head of the Ventura County Community College District in July.

A new chancellor has been picked for a college district serving more than 30,000 students on the South Coast.

After a months-long selection process, Ventura County Community College District trustees picked Rick MacLennan to be the district’s new chancellor.

He has more than 30 years experience in higher education.

MacLennan was President of Garrett College in Delaware for six years, and after that headed North Idaho College for five years. He’ll take over as head of the district in Ventura County in July.

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Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.