Regina Peruggi

Regina S. Peruggi (born ) is an American educator, who was the President of Kingsborough Community College from 2005 to 2014, 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. For 14 years (from 1968 to 1982), she was married to her second cousin, Rudy Giuliani. Early life and education Peruggi grew up in a middle class family in The Bronx. She is the second cousin and ex-wife of former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. She attended Roman Catholic parochial schools. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the College of New Rochelle in 1967. Career She started her career as a drug abuse counselor in a state jail. She worked as a teacher at the elementary school, college, and graduate school levels. In 1974 she joined York College of The City University of New York, then moved to Washington, D.C., with Rudy Giuliani and worked as a coordinator at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington. Around 1980 she returned to school, and then earned a Master of Business Administration from New York University. By 1984 Peruggi worked in the central office of the City University system, and again returned to school at night, earning a Doctor of Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. By 1986, she had become an associate dean for the City University of New York system, specializing in adult education programs.