Nov. 3, 2005
Today the BIG EAST announced that Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia, had been named Chair of the BIG EAST Executive Committee. The committee, which has been expanded to six members, also includes David C. Hardesty of West Virginia University, who will serve as Vice Chairman, Dr. Judy Genshaft of the University of South Florida, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. of the University of Notre Dame, Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J. of Marquette University and immediate Past Chair Mark Nordenberg of the University of Pittsburgh.
The Executive Committee of The BIG EAST oversees and coordinates all other committees, reviews the conference's finances and instructs the commissioner on issues of significance for the conference. Dr. DeGioia was named the Chair of the Executive Committee at the BIG EAST's annual President's meeting which was held in Philadelphia, Pa. on Nov. 1. The meeting was the first time that all 16 Chief Executive Officers of the BIG EAST officially assembled since the league formally expanded this past July.
John J. "Jack" DeGioia is Georgetown University's 48th President. He began working at Georgetown after graduating in 1979 and has held various positions of increasing responsibility throughout the University. From 1998 until June 2001 DeGioia served as Senior Vice President, overseeing University-wide operations for financial affairs, information technology, facilities and student housing, human resources, athletics, general counsel and other areas.
From 1992 to 1998 DeGioia served as Chief Administrative Officer of Georgetown's Main Campus, which consists of undergraduate and graduate programs. He oversaw an annual budget in excess of $200 million and all of Georgetown University's Main Campus operations, including undergraduate admissions, student financial aid, finance and budget, athletics, student affairs, academic computing services, facilities, minority student affairs and the student career center.
DeGioia served as Georgetown University's Dean of Student Affairs from 1985 to 1992. In this capacity, he supervised the departments of student life, student services and facilities, athletics, career planning, student health, counseling and psychiatry and public safety, with combined budgets of more than $35 million and a staff of 250.
DeGioia earned a bachelor's degree in English from Georgetown University in 1979 and his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1995. He served as assistant to then-Georgetown University president Timothy S. Healy, S.J. from 1982 to 1985. He is married to Theresa Miller DeGioia (C '89). They have one child.
