As the Executive Director of Major Gifts, Pete serves on the Advancement Leadership Team and works directly with deans of the Haub School of Business and the School of Health Professions, which includes the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He is responsible for building donor relationships that will impact the students and strategic priorities of these schools and the University as a whole. Since joining St. Joseph’s in 2017, Pete has been proud to help many alumni and friends of St. Joseph’s impact the lives of our students in areas such as scholarship, capital improvements, athletic enhancements, and program development.
Prior to joining Saint Joseph’s, Pete served as Advancement Director at Cabrini University. Preceding this position, he led successful annual fund and corporate relations campaigns at Delaware Law School of Widener University. Before his work in higher education, he served in marketing and communication roles at Salesianum School in Wilmington, DE and the Woodlynde School in Strafford, PA.
A proud product of Jesuit education, he is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s Prep and has a BA from The University of Scranton. He also holds an MBA from Wilmington University. He recently earned his EdD as part of the Interdisciplinary Doctor of Education Leadership (IDEPEL) Program here at St. Joseph’s University. His dissertation was titled: Blending the Family: An Examination of Alumni Donor Behavior at a Merged University.
He has presented professionally at CASE conferences and the Jesuit Advancement Association.
