Chief Executive Officer
Center for Public Safety Excellence
Reston, Virginia
Preet Bassi has served as CEO of the Center for Public Safety Excellence since 2014 and oversees work across all fire department accreditation, credentialing, and education programs with a focus on the organization’s strategic direction. Prior to CPSE, she was the Director of Finance and Administration for the International Accreditation Service and managed their Fire and Life Safety and Building Department Accreditation Programs. She has experience at both the local and state government levels, having worked for the City of Anaheim, California, and the California State Assembly.
Preet chairs the NFPA 1022 Technical Committee, the new standard for fire service analysts, and the Congressional Fire Services Institute’s National Advisory Committee. She also serves on the Board for the American Society of Association Executives. Preet holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and dual bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science from the University of California Davis. She is credentialed as a Certified Association Executive through the American Society of Association Executives. In 2019, she was part of the inaugural cohort for the University of Pennsylvania’s Executive Program in Social Innovation Design and completed Cornell’s Diversity and Inclusion eCertificate Program in 2020.
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