PRESIDENT JOE SCHAFFER

Laramie County Community College

Dr. Joe Schaffer is the President of Laramie County Community College (Cheyenne, WY). Prior to joining LCCC, Dr. Schaffer spent nearly a decade at Montana State University-Great Falls, serving last as the campus Dean and Chief Executive Officer.  He has also worked in non-profit, municipal, and private industry, including owning and operating a successful design and internet consulting company. 

Dr. Schaffer has earned degrees from Bemidji State University (MN), Montana Tech, and two, including his Doctorate in Educational Leadership, from The University of Montana.  He is active both locally and nationally, having served on commissions, executive boards and committees of national associations and on the boards of various community and business organizations. 

Dr. Schaffer is an avid outdoorsman and has a deep passion for the great outdoors.   At home, women rule his world, or at least that is what his lovely wife Brooke and daughters Samantha (17) and Lia (14) tell him.