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Honorees

Faithful to the Mission

Our honorees are united by pride, purpose, and passion.

2025 Spirit of Service Honorees

  • Steven J. Gartner ’84L
  • Maspeth Federal Savings
  • Pamela G. Shea-Byrnes, D.Min. ’86SVC, ’90G (posthumously)
  • Final honoree TBA

Past Spirit of Service Recipients

  • Christopher R. Concannon '92MBA
  • Donna ’82CBA and Robert Drummond ’82CBA
  • Frank DellaFera '81P
  • Daniel J. Finnegan '84CBA

John R. Bender ’87CBA 

Mary Jane Helenek ’82P, ’84GP, ’87MBA

Michael X. Mattone ’91L 

Solly Walker ’57CBA, ’94HON

Nickolas Davatzes ’62C, ’64G, ’95HON (posthumously), President and Chief Executive Officer of Arts and Entertainment Networks

Robert E. Evanson ’58CBA, retired President of McGraw Hill Education and former Chairman and CEO of SeaWorld Entertainment

Anita Gomez-Palacio ’65Ed, ’89PD, Retired Executive Director of Operations, Council of School Supervisors and Administrators
Member, St. John’s University Board of Trustees

Rev. Bernard M. Tracey, C.M. ’70C, Executive Vice President for Mission, St. John’s University

 

Thomas J. Cox ’82CBA, Chief Executive Officer, OnPoint Group, LLC

Thomas J. Donohue ’63C, ’85HON, Advisor and Former Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Michael Roemer ’84CBA, Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, Discover Financial Services

Paul C. Wirth ’79CBA, Retired Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Morgan Stanley

**Held a virtual dinner due to COVID-19

Gregory S. Hendrick ’87C
Susan Hendrick ’87C
Mark Kritzman ’73CBA
Joan Lacagnina ’88CBA
Richard C. Vetter, Sr. (posthumously)
Virginia Nash Vetter ’90SVC (posthumously)

 

Yvette E. DeGannes '86CBA
Pascal Desroches, M.B.A., C.P.A. '86CBA
GLOBE
Anmarie C. Galowski
James E. Galowski '85CBA
Robert A. Mangione '77P, '79GP, '93PD, '99Ed.D.

 

Rev. Michael J. Carroll, C.M. ’09HON
Sharon F. Hajjar ’79SVC, ’86P
John H. Hajjar, M.D., FACS ’77C
Francesca M. Kurre
Frank L. Kurre ’84CBA
Synchrony Financial

Brother Alfred J. Smith, C.M.
Valerie L. Sodano, Ph.D. ’49CBA (posthumously)
Gerard A. Sodano ’49CBA (posthumously)
Eileen A. Tarantino ’80CBA
Joseph A. Tarantino ’80CBA
UnitedHealthcare, Inc.

Lesley H. Collins ’83SVC
William L. Collins ’76C, ’12HON
Rev. Pedro Pablo Opeka, C.M.
Anissa Mitrano Shannon ’89SVC, ’91Ed
James J. Shannon ’87CBA

Anthony Butler
Kevin F. Reed ’75C
James P. Riley, Jr. ’74CBA, ’75MBA, ’03HON

John P. Clarke, Esq. ’55CBA, ’57L
Robert Kalenka ’84CBA, ’91MBA
William J. Montgoris ’67CBA, ’88HON
Margaret A. Montgoris ’68Ed

Robert B. Catell
Christie de Nicola
Anthony J. de Nicola
Lewis S. Ranieri ’86C, ’87HON

Margaret LaRosa D’Angelo ’70Ed
Peter P. D’Angelo ’78MBA, ’06HON
William J. Janetschek ’84CBA, ’17HON
James P. Pellow, Ed.D.

Paul J. Evanson ’63CBA, ’10HON
Hon. Raymond W. Kelly ’71L, ’98HON
Mary Ann Mattone

Carol A. Kelleher
Denis P. Kelleher ’65CBA, ’91HON
Frank J. Sciame

Mary Carnesecca
Lou Carnesecca ’50C, ’60GEd, ’00HON
George T. McDonald
Maria C. Schwartz
Joseph H. Schwartz ’70C, ’72MBA, ’09HON

Elizabeth Mirante
Arthur J. Mirante II, Esq. ’68L, ’98HON
Patricia M. Shea ’83C
Brian T. Shea ’83CBA, ’16HON
Eleanor B. Taffner ’94HON
Donald L. Taffner ’53C, ’89HON

Deceased

Kathleen M. Foley, M.D. ’65UC, ’92HON
Jeffrey R. Holzschuh
Salvatore J. Zizza ’67UC, ’72MBA, ’07HON

Richard DeZego ’06HON
Paula C. McInerney
Thomas E. McInerney ’64UC, ’01HON
Mary P. Tobin ’00HON

Deceased

Richard F. Chapdelaine ’84HON
Sr. Judy Garson, R.S.C.J. ’07HON
Joseph M. Mattone, Sr., Esq. ’53C, ’55L, ’94HON

Bernard D. Kennedy, Esq. ’54CBA, ’58L, ’99HON
Sr. Mary Rose McGeady, D.C. ’82HON
Linda S. Sanford ’74Ed, ’98HON

Deceased

Hon. Joseph W. Bellacosa ’59C, ’61L, ’87HON
Raymond F. Kennedy, Esq. ’63CBA
Frederic V. Salerno ’95HON
James J. Schiro ’67CBA, ’95HON

Deceased

*Did not host dinner due to the tragic events on 9/11.

Nina Aversano ’66Ed
Hon. Hugh L. Carey ’42C, ’51L, ’67HON
John F. McGillicuddy ’79HON

Deceased

Edward D. Miller
Charles R. Walsh ’66MBA, ’85HON
Jayson S. Williams ’90SVC

Peter J. Tobin ’65CBA, ’96HON