Angelo Vivolo

Angelo Vivolo, was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo as a member of the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York on June 07, 2021 to a term that ends June 2027.

Mr. Vivolo is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and lifelong advocate for educational opportunity was nominated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and confirmed by the New York State Senate as trustee of the City University of New York, the nation’s largest public urban university.

As president of the Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation, Mr. Vivolo leads a philanthropic organization that has worked tirelessly to secure $15 million in scholarships for underprivileged students attending elementary, secondary, and collegiate institutions.

His civil rights advocacy benefits diverse community organizations, including the Bowery Mission, Bronx Little Sisters of the Poor, City Tech (CUNY), Mommas House Inc., Share Our Strength, UNICEF, CUNY Calandra Institute (Queens College), City Harvest, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Food Bank, Metropolitan Opera, Hispanic Brotherhood Food Bank, the National Columbus Education Foundation, the National Association of Italian American Women, Culinary Institute of America and the Inner-City Scholarship Fund.