Regina Peruggi

Regina Peruggi

Regina S. Peruggi was the President of Kingsborough Community College from 2005 to 2014. She was the first woman to hold that position in the college’s 40-year history. Prior to that, she was president of Marymount Manhattan College. She is the second cousin and ex-wife of former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani.

About Regina Peruggi in brief

Summary Regina PeruggiRegina S. Peruggi was the President of Kingsborough Community College from 2005 to 2014. She was the first woman to hold that position in the college’s 40-year history. Prior to that, she was president of Marymount Manhattan College and led the Central Park Conservancy. She is the second cousin and ex-wife of former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. The Giuliani-Peruggi marriage legally ended in two ways: a civil divorce was issued by the end of 1982, while a Roman Catholic church annulment of the marriage was granted in 1983.

She has served on the board of directors of the GreenPoint Foundation, the American Red Cross of Greater New York, the Silver Shield Foundation, and the Center for Redirection Through Education. In 2006 she was honored as a 2006 New York State Senate Woman of Distinction. In 2009 she was the Chairperson Emerita and Chairperson of the Commissioners of the Women’s Commission For Refugee Women and Children.