Dr. Roger W. Davis is Community College of Beaver County’s ninth president and first African American president. Since taking up his post in 2019, he has successfully led the college to a strategic plan that has transformed the college’s culture of assessment, retention, and diversity, and strengthened CCBC’s core values of Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Students First, and Excellence (RAISE).
As President, he has launched a new mission and strategic plan focused on the student journey and institutional progression; adopted Cengage digital textbooks across 90% of courses and is now a member of their Customer Advisory Network; led the college community through the successful reaffirmation of its Middle States accreditation meeting all standards for the first time in 40 years; earned two Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grants totaling $1.2 million to elevate CCBC’s nationally recognized James M. Johnson School of Aviation Sciences and sustain the iconic Dome, and shaped the region’s $67 million Build Back Better Challenge Grant ensuring CCBC received $1.7 million to uphold Pillar 3 Upskilling: Expanded Pathways to New Economy Careers.
A resident of Rochester, he is an integrated community member, sought after speaker, and influential regional partner.
Dr. Davis earned a doctoral degree in Urban Educational Leadership from Morgan State University, a Master of Science degree in Adult Education with Honors from Coppin State College, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
