James J. Maher was named the Executive Vice President for Mission and Student Services at St. John’s University effective January 1, 2011. In his career at St. John’s that began in 1990, he has held various leadership positions in University Ministry and Student Affairs. A longstanding member of the Board of Directors of St. John’s Bread and Life Program, Inc., the second largest emergency food provider in New York City, he is also currently on the Board of Trustees of DePaul University in Chicago, Il and Niagara University in Buffalo, NY. He was ordained a priest of the Congregation of the Mission Eastern Province in 1990 and holds a D.Minn. from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception.

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