"I was raised by a single mother who raised me to not ever perceive that there were obstacles. Her upbringing was such that being a woman was not viewed as a limitation. I could have been a city manager somewhere else, but it would not have been as fulfilling." "For me it was just about fulfilling my career goals and being able to give back to my city. "I realized it was empowering for a lot of people and I'm glad I can do that," she acknowledged. While some may consider her a trailblazer, Bunting sees it differently. It's even more special when you can help to make the community that raised you even stronger and better for the next generation," she said, noting it's rare for those in her position to serve in their hometown.
She became Hampton city manager in 2009 and is the first woman to hold the position since the city established the job in the1950s. Mary Bunting is doing what she loves in a place she loves.įor the city she calls home it's significant. Mary Bunting: City of Hampton's First Woman City Manager She also noted that in the past five years, the VCCS has hired more than 1,000 faculty members less than 10 percent were people of color. "Less than 1% of all individuals who have their doctoral degrees or advanced degrees in community colleges are women," she said. Keisha Samuels, the program head and an assistant professor in Human Services at the College, is doing her dissertation on the struggles African American women face moving into leadership positions at Virginia's community colleges. "It's crazy," she said, noting that study also showed women of all races make up 55% of those who have earned a Ph.D., but women of color hold only 19% of those degrees. colleges by revealed just 5% of the 130 responding colleges have a Black woman president. "We're missing," she said of Black women.Ī recent study of U.S. Thomas Nelson psychology professor Shanda Jenkins, in discussing Black women in leadership positions in higher education, referenced an article by the Chronicle of Higher Education that asked who was missing.
Black Women Hold Three Key Leadership Posts at College
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