Breakfast Plenary 2023

  • Father Peter Donohue, OSA, PhD

    President, Villanova University The Reverend Peter Donohue has served as Villanova University’s 32nd president since June 1, 2006. Under his leadership, the University has charted a course of significant transformation that includes developing and initiating two ambitious ten-year strategic plans, enhancing the intellectual and scholarly climate, dramatically expanding student opportunities, initiating a vibrant physical campus…

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  • Gregory Dell’Omo, PhD

    President, Rider University Gregory G. Dell’Omo has served as president of Rider University since Aug. 1, 2015. Under his leadership, Rider has instituted a new strategic plan designed to ensure the University’s continued growth and provide successive generations of Rider students a highly transformative and affordable college education. He has also instituted a number of…

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  • Merodie Hancock, PhD

    Thomas Edison University, President Merodie Hancock serves as the fourth president of Thomas Edison State University, having assumed office March 5, 2018. She is a nationally recognized leader in the administration and delivery of innovative education programs for adult students. Academic access and success are the backbone of Hancock’s educational philosophy. Decades of meaningful engagement…

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  • Kurt Schmoke, JD

    University of Baltimore, President Kurt Schmoke was appointed the eighth president of the University of Baltimore in July, 2014. Mr. Schmoke earned his BA in History from Yale University. While at Yale, he co-founded a child care center that has been in continuous operation as the Calvin Hill Day Care Center and Kindergarten since 1970.…

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  • Gianna Durso-Finley, PhD

    The Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, Executive Director Gianna Durso-Finley came to the Newcombe Foundation in December of 2016. Prior to that, she was a Professor of Sociology and Assistant Dean for the Honors Program at Mercer County (NJ) Community College, where she had been employed since 2001. She also served MCCC as Director of Institutional…

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