2024 Inauguration Video
2024 Inauguration Photos
On October 4, 2024, the Saint Peter’s University community united to celebrate a momentous occasion – the inauguration of Hubert Benitez, D.D.S., Ph.D., as the institution’s 23rd president and the University’s first Hispanic president.
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inauguration committee members
| Virginia Bender ’78, Special Assistant to the President for Institutional Planning/Chief of Staff | Maureen Pergola ’94, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees |
| Angeline Boyer ’15, Executive Director of Communications | Eileen L. Poiani, HA ’17, Special Assistant to the President |
| Joseph Costantino, SJ, Superior, Saint Peter’s Jesuit Community | Claudia Pope-Bayne ’16, ’22, Assistant Vice President for Alumni and Donor Engagement |
| Anna DePaula, Assistant Vice President of Campus Services and Facilities | Jan Reimer ’97, ’00, Director of Student Involvement |
| Carmel Galasso ’79, Regent; St. Aedan’s Volunteer | Marquis James, Student – Class of 2025 |
| Glenda Guerrero ’20, Assistant Professor, Data Science Institute | Anajai Brown, Student – Class of 2025 |
| John Hammett, Interim Dean of CASE | Evony Jones, Student – Class of 2025 |
| Brittany Hanson, Associate Professor of Psychology | Rachel Leal, Student – Class of 2025 |
| Devin Heyward, Co-chair, Associate Professor of Sociology/Urban Studies and Director of DEI | Scott Torre, Director of Campus Safety |
| Joseph Hill, Director of University Music | Maria Trinidad-Rivera ’99, Executive Administrative Assistant, President’s Office |
| James Miracky, SJ, Vice President for Mission Integration and Ministry | Edgar Valdez, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Director, Male Resource Center |
| Christina Mortellaro, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs and Assessment |