Post University in Waterbury has hired a for-profit educator as its next president.
Ronald W. Ogrodnik succeeds Kenneth Zirkle, who resigned in August to care for his ailing parents.
Ogrodnik most recently was interim president for DeVry University campuses in California
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He arrives as Post is aggressively building its online curriculum to attract more students.
In 2001, Ogrodnik was recruited as senior vice president of human resources for Education Management Corp., which during his tenure grew to 76 campuses, 11,000 employees and more than 70,000 students.
He also served as the president of Argosy University in Florida where he added new programs, expanded U.S. and international enrollment.Â
Ogrodnik also has worked as a consulting psychologist and owned a successful business.
