Introduction Biography for President Dorey Diab
On December 22, 2012 the Board of Trustees named Dr. Dorey Diab as
the fifth President of North Central State College and on February 18,
2013 Dr. Diab relinquished his duties as Provost and Chief Academic
Officer at Stark State College in North Canton, Ohio to assume his new
role as President of North Central State College in Mansfield, Ohio.
President Diab has more than twenty years of higher education
experience in Ohio: eighteen in the technical and community college
system and more than fourteen years in executive and leadership
positions at the administrative and academic levels, with a depth and
breadth of knowledge in technical and non-technical areas. He has actively engaged all college
constituents including students, business and industry, community organizations, and
government entities at the federal, state, and local levels.
President Diab relates well to the wide range of challenges and complexity that students bring
to community colleges as he has mirrored them in his own academic career. As an immigrant to
this country, he matriculated at Cuyahoga Community College and learned English while
mastering his academic studies. He brings strong empathy and passion for students, their
access, and their path to academic and career success through high positive energy and
unwavering commitment to the community college mission.
President Diab earned bachelor and master’s degrees in Engineering from Cleveland State
University, a master’s degree in Business from Kent State University, and a Ph.D. in Leadership
in Higher Education from the University of Nebraska.