SJNY PRESIDENT EARNS SPOTS ON MULTIPLE POWER LISTS

March 03, 2026 BK LI

BROOKLYN and PATCHOGUE, N.Y. – March 3, 2026 – St. Joseph’s University, New York (SJNY) is pleased to announce that SJNY President Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D., has been named to the City & State New York Brooklyn Power 100 list, the Schneps Media Brooklyn Power List and has been recognized with a Long Island Business News Icon Honors award.

“I am honored to receive this recognition,” said President Boomgaarden. “To be selected and to be recognized by peers and colleagues, is humbling. I am very grateful.”

Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D., is the eighth president of St. Joseph's University, New York. He began his tenure at the University in July 2017. Under his leadership, the University is routinely adding new academic programs, making improvements to its physical campuses and recently unveiled a state-of-the-art multi-million dollar student center on its Patchogue campus.

Dr. Boomgaarden’s commitment to the University’s mission is evident in the meaningful initiatives he continues to move forward. He hosts the series “Living our Mission” on Catholic Faith Network, where he interviews members of the St. Joseph's University community on a variety of topics, including mission, service and social responsibility, to name a few recurring themes. He also makes frequent media appearances as an industry leader in higher education.

Dr. Boomgaarden serves on the board of trustees for the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU); is Board Chair of the Association of Colleges of Sisters of St. Joseph (ACSSJ), a national organization of colleges and universities across the nation; a steering committee member of the Long Island Regional Advisory Council on Higher Education (LIRACHE), where he was also chair of the Superintendents and College President’s Partnership; and is a member and former chair of the Lower Hudson Valley Consortium of Catholic Colleges and Universities; and member of the Board of Trustees for Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA) and Long Island Association (LIA).

A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Dr. Boomgaarden also studied at the University of Vienna, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He graduated from Harvard University’s Institute for Management and Leadership in Education, and has held teaching positions at the Eastman School of Music, Ithaca College Conservatory of Music, St. Mary’s College in Maryland, the Institut für Musikwissenschaft at the University of Salzburg, Loyola University Maryland and Loyola University New Orleans.

For more information, visit sjny.edu.

ABOUT ST. JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK
St. Joseph’s University, New York has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan region with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the University provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual rigor, spiritual depth, social responsibility and service. With campuses in Brooklyn and on Long Island, and many online programs, the University offers more than 100 majors and minors, special course offerings and certificates, accelerated dual degrees and affiliated and pre-professional programs.