Seamus Carey

Seamus Carey, Ph.D., an American philosopher and academic, is the 9th President of Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.[1] Prior to his appointment at Iona, he served as the 26th President of Transylvania University, the first university in the state of Kentucky, from 2014-2019. Carey also served as Dean of Arts & Sciences at Sacred Heart University. He earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fordham University in 1996 after earning an M.A. from the same university and his B.A. from Vassar College in 1987. Carey attended Harvard's Management Development Program as well as the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA), a yearlong program cosponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI). At Sacred Heart, he supervised 121 full-time faculty, 18 department chairs and eight graduate program directors. As part of his development efforts, Carey oversaw the expansion of Sacred Heart's campus in Dingle, Ireland.

Since assuming the role of Iona College president in 2019,[2] Carey has overseen the launch of Iona College’s Nursing program[3] as well two new undergraduate programs in entrepreneurship, the BA in Entrepreneurial Leadership and the BBA in Entrepreneurship.[4] He has officiated the grand reopening of the newly renovated LaPenta School of Business[5] as well as the opening of the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.[6] Additionally, Carey played a key role in the hiring of Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino, a two-time NCAA tournament champion.[7]