Dr. Busch serves as Vice President of Instruction and Guided Pathways at Pima Community College (an Hispanic-serving Institution) in Tucson, Arizona and as the State Team Lead for Complete College Arizona Consortium. He comes to Arizona having successfully led Complete College America Game Changers in Ohio over the last several years. He is a Content Expert for the CCA Game Changers and serves as a consultant on matters of student success, higher education, and implementation of the CCA Game Changers with The Busch Professional Group, LLC. He has spoken at state and national conferences on guided pathways and, in particular, has developed a successful model of collaborative intrusive advising for transfer students progressing along their academic maps and bridging a seamless journey from community colleges to baccalaureate institutions. In addition to serving as Pima Community College's lead for implementing guided pathways, he is also responsible for the college's dual enrollment. Again, Dr. Busch has focused on building seamless pathways utilizing the Game Changers beginning in high schools and shepherding the students on to the community college and ultimately into their four-year college or university program of choice. Prior to arriving at Pima Community College, he served as Dean of Liberal Arts and the Honors College where he also led articulation and transfer at North Central State College, Mansfield, Ohio, and as Dean of Arts and Sciences at Washington State Community College, Marietta, Ohio. He was a member of the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Board of Governors, the founding Director of the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Honors College, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Philosophy, and Coordinator of International Education. He currently serves as a Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission and holds a Master of Science Degree from West Virginia University, School of Medicine, and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership and Administration with a focus on student success from West Virginia University.

His interest in community college student success is quite personal. He was a first-generation, low-income community college student hailing from the heart of Appalachia. As a high school student, he was told he "came from the wrong side of the track" and, because of his pedigree, "he was not college material" and his only hope was "to be an encyclopedia salesman." His life changed the day he was welcomed by caring advisors at the local community college who told him "yes .. you can go to college!" Determination prevailed and he realized his piece of the American Dream by successfully completing a college education and owning and operating a business in the private sector for nearly twenty years. Today, he is committed to paying it forward to students like himself and raise educational attainment through improving access and success for all students.