Dr. John Maduko is the inaugural President of Connecticut State Community College (CT State). He assumed office in June 2022, following a nationwide search and unanimous vote by the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) Board of Regents for Higher Education. As president, Maduko is responsible for the unified $500 million statewide community college that is the largest institution of higher education in Connecticut, the largest community college in New England, and one of the largest community colleges in the country, serving nearly 70,000 students annually across 23 locations statewide.
CT State is a comprehensive and open-enrollment college with a mission and values of student success and advancing opportunities for the residents and communities of Connecticut. In June 2023, Maduko led the final approval and consolidation of Connecticut's now former 12 independently accredited community colleges. Among CT State’s early distinctions, the College is Connecticut's largest healthcare, manufacturing, and workforce development program provider, which leads to strong employment, career, and in-state retention outcomes. CT State attracts the most diverse student body of all Connecticut higher education institutions, which spans adult learners, first-generation college students, and a majority of BIPOC student makeup.
Dr. Maduko is focused on leading CT State as a student-centered, mission-driven, equity-minded, and data-informed higher-education practitioner committed to an equity-by-design methodology to inspire the college community to be aware of students' inequalities, especially when it comes to closing the opportunity-equity gap among minoritized, low-income, first-generation, and international college students.
Before his appointment at CT State, Dr. Maduko was the vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State), Minnesota's fifth-largest community college, and a member of the 33 institutions and 380,000 students Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (Minnesota State). He has served in various leadership roles, from chief academic officer to vice president to vice chancellor to dean to professor, for 2-year and 4-year institutions in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, and Georgia.
His many recognitions include being named a 2018 Thomas Lakin Fellow and 2021 Aspen Institute Rising Presidential Fellow, committed to student success reformation and equitable post-graduate outcomes. Maduko was named 2024 NAACP – Connecticut 100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut and the Hartford Business Journal 2025 Power 50.
Widely involved in professional, academic, and community organizations, Dr. Maduko serves on the College Board - Community College Advisory Panel, the ADL Connecticut - Regional Board of Directors, the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) - Advisory Committee of Presidents, the Connecticut Presidents’ Council, Governor Lamont’s Workforce Council, the Greater Hartford Urban League, Connecticut’s Office of Manufacturing Cabinet, and the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges (NCSDCC).
Dr. Maduko earned his M.D. in allopathic medicine from St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine and a bachelor’s degree in biology from California State Polytechnic University Pomona, one of only three polytechnic universities in California.
Dr. Maduko and his wife, Amanda, are the proud parents of Giovanni, Giuliana, and Luca.
