St. John’s University recently added four new members to its
Board of Trustees. They include Rev. Gregory P. Cozzubbo, C.M.,
William J. Janetschek, Jr. ’84CBA, Lewis Rice, Jr. ’74SVC and
Patricia C. Skarulis ’66C, ’68G. The Board of Trustees is the
official governing body of the University.
Kevin F. Reed ’75C was added to the Board of Governors, a select
group that advises the Board of Trustees and the University
President on strategic issues relating to St. John’s.
Fr. Cozzubbo is currently Assistant Provincial of the Eastern
Province of the Congregation of the Mission. Since his ordination
in 1984 he has served the Vincentian community in many different
ways, including as Vocation Director and Pastor of St. Vincent de
Paul parish in Philadelphia. Fr. Cozzubbo embodies the Biblical
exhortation to “visit those in prison” through his service as a
Chaplain in the Prison Ministry Program of the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia and Chaplain within the Philadelphia Prison System. He
formerly served as a member of the University’s Board of
Governors.
William J. Janetschek, Jr. graduated with a B.S. in Business
Administration cum laude from the College of Business
Administration in 1984. He currently serves as Chief Financial
Officer and Partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Company. He
continues to embrace the Vincentian values he learned as a child,
and is particularly committed to providing educational
opportunities directly to young people from financially burdened
families. In 2009, a grateful University presented him with the
Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award and in 2011 he received the
prestigious Spirit of Service Award. He is a member of both The
Founders Society and The Loughlin Society.
Lewis Rice, Jr. earned his B.S. in Criminal Justice from St.
Vincent’s College, now the College of Professional Studies, in 1974
and presently serves as Vice President of Global Security and
Trademark Protection at Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Earlier in his
career, he was a Special Agent in the United States Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA), retiring in January 2001 as
Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office. He has
embodied the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul in numerous ways,
including service as a Trustee of Hale House. In 2009, St. John’s
recognized his service to the community by honoring him with the
Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award, and two years later he became
a member of the University’s Board of Governors.
Patricia C. Skarulis earned her B.A. in Mathematics from St. John’s
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1966 and her M.A. in
Mathematics from what was then the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences in 1968. She is currently Vice President and Chief
Information Officer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in
New York City. She has participated in a wide variety of community
initiatives, including serving as Vice Chair of the Board of
Directors of Find Aid for the Aged, Inc. In 2006 she was elected to
the University’s Board of Governors and was awarded the Pietas
Medal in recognition of her extraordinary loyalty and fidelity to
St. John’s.
Kevin F. Reed graduated from St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences in 1975 with a B.A. in Government and Politics. Prior to
his retirement, he served as Managing Director at Salomon Smith
Barney, Inc., a global stock brokerage, investment banking and
asset management services company. An enthusiastic fan of Red Storm
athletics, he is a long-standing member of the Red White Club and
also supports the University as a member of The Loughlin
Society.
We welcome our new Board members and wish them well as they work to
further the mission, values and programs of St. John’s