Harry Zarin has been working as a professor/counselor at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College since 1993. He is a general counselor with a specialty in working with students with disabilities.

Harry has been involved in Chapter activities and served in various leadership roles since 1999. During his tenure at Montgomery College, he has served as the Chapter’s President, Past President, Chief Negotiator, and Governance Liaison. In addition, he has been on many committees during his almost 30-year tenure at Montgomery College, including the Advising Steering Group, the Faculty Council, the Germantown Behavioral Intervention Team, the Banner Coordinating Committee, the Academic Assembly, and many more.

Harry received his bachelor’s degree in psychology and his master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from West Virginia University. He completed a postgraduate Orientation to Deafness Program at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Prior to coming to Montgomery College, Harry worked for a private rehabilitation company as a counselor, for a short time in the Financial Aid Office at American University, for 10 years at Gallaudet University as a job placement counselor and Associate Director of Financial Aid, and as a Job Placement Counselor for a sheltered workshop in Baltimore.

Harry enjoys spending time in the weight room trying to help himself look younger than his actual age, long rides on his motorcycle, and babysitting his granddaughter. His wife, Starr, retired after working for 29 years as an interpreter for the deaf in the Montgomery County Public School System.