Bassam M. Deeb, Ph.D.
President
Trocaire College
Bassam M. Deeb, Ph.D. became the 6th President of Trocaire College on July 9, 2012. He became the second lay president in the history of the Mercy College in the Buffalo Niagara region.
Bassam Deeb received his B.A. in Geography and M.Ed. in Student Personnel from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Kent State University, with an emphasis on Governance and Public Accountability. Prior to working at Trocaire College, Dr. Deeb served as Vice President for Student Services and Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs at Niagara County Community College (8 years), served as Vice President for Student Affairs at West Liberty State University in West Virginia (3 years), served as Executive Director for Student Life and for Enrollment Management at Youngstown State University (over 12 years). Bassam started his career at Briar Cliff University, a private Franciscan institution, in Iowa as Director of Advisement and Retention (3 years).
Dr. Deeb has served as officer of a number of professional organizations in higher education in Ohio, West Virginia, and in New York State. Bassam currently serves as an evaluator for the Middle States Commission for Higher Education, and a member of the Board of Trustees at Maria College in Albany, New York.
Locally, Bassam serves on the KeyBank WNY Advisory Board and the WNY Youth Apprenticeship Regional Advisory Committee. In addition, he currently chairs the Presidents’ Council of the Western New York Consortium for Higher Education.