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Peter Negroni

Director at Ashford University

Dr. Peter Negroni is currently a senior advisor and consultant to Vibeffect, a startup company that works to improve student recruitment, retention, and graduation rates. A career educator with more than 50 years of experience in education, Dr. Negroni spent 30 years in the New York City Public Schools, starting as a teacher and ending with 10 years as a school superintendent in the Borough of the Bronx. During his career, Dr. Negroni acted as the executive director of an educational foundation in Catawba County, North Carolina, where he led an effort to reform the school districts in that county. In 1989, he was appointed superintendent in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he earned a national reputation as a transformational leader and was awarded the recognition of Superintendent of the Year. In 2000, Dr. Negroni returned to New York City to assume the position of senior vice president at the College Board, where he spent 13 years leading major efforts in the K-12 and International Divisions before retiring in August 2013. Dr. Negroni holds a doctorate from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey, and a bachelor’s degree from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.