{"id":11826,"date":"2018-12-03T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/regina-lagatta-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-from-academy-of-holy-names\/"},"modified":"2018-12-03T13:10:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:10:22","slug":"regina-lagatta-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-from-academy-of-holy-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/regina-lagatta-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-from-academy-of-holy-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Regina LaGatta receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Academy of Holy Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Regina Scarano LaGatta, the college\u2019s chief advancement officer and executive director of The Foundation, received the Margaret Hoffman Riley \u201929 Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Academy of Holy Names in Albany. The honor was bestowed during the school\u2019s Partners in Education Scholarship Luncheon held in November.<\/p>\n

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Regina LaGatta with Mary Anne Vigliante, head of school at the Academy of Holy Names<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The award acknowledges LaGatta\u2019s \u201cextraordinary efforts in providing a community where students can grow and learn in a positive and outstanding environment.\u201d A 1970 alumna of the Academy, she is the 10th recipient of this prestigious honor and a member of the school\u2019s Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n

A 1973 Hudson Valley Community College graduate, LaGatta earned a B.S. degree at SUNY Brockport and a M.S. degree in Education at The College of Saint Rose. Following college, she worked as a Special Education teacher for eight years prior to assuming positions in community relations, marketing, and ultimately development and fundraising, at the Center for the Disabled (now known as the Center for Disability Services) in Albany.<\/p>\n

LaGatta worked at Hudson Valley in the late 1980s to mid 1990s, before serving a decade as executive vice president\/deputy executive officer at the Capital District YMCA. There she oversaw capital campaigns that raised more than $20 million and developed a culture of philanthropy that confirmed the \u201cYMCA as the Community\u2019s Charity of Choice.\u201d Following service in leadership and development roles at SUNY Delhi and SUNY Cobleskill, LaGatta returned to Hudson Valley and her current position in 2014. The Office of Institutional Advancement was re-established in 2017.<\/p>\n

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In attendance at the Partners in Education luncheon were (standing, left to right) Lucille Marion, Judy DiLorenzo, Leslie King, vice chairman of the Foundation Board of Directors, Jan McCart, Lisa Mattes, Cheryl Beauchamp, Angela O\u2019Neal, Jana Putzig and Gordon Zuckerman, immediate past chairman of the Foundation Board; (seated, left to right) Jimmy LaGatta, Regina LaGatta, Jayne Scarano, Regina\u2019s mother, and her daughter, Ashley Arnold.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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