Kevin J. Curnin, partner at the national law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in New York City will serve as Iona College”™s first chief operating officer effective July 1. An award-winning attorney and sought-after speaker, Curnin is founding attorney director of the Public Service Project, which provides a broad array of pro bono legal assistance and is the cornerstone of Stroock”™s longtime commitment to serving the public interest.
“It is an honor and a privilege to welcome Kevin Curnin to Iona College,” said Iona President Seamus Carey, Ph.D. “His keen intellect, proven experience and shared commitment to service, justice and opportunity will help to elevate the Iona experience. Especially as we prepare to expand with the acquisition of the Concordia College campus, Mr. Curnin”™s leadership and experience building efficient, sustained service delivery systems will be critical factors in Iona”™s success.”
The Public Service Project, which Curnin pioneered in 2001, offers a multidisciplinary approach to delivering legal services, concentrating on underserved and under-resourced communities. It is also a national leader in providing critical pro bono legal services in response to national disasters.
Among his responsibilities at Iona, Curnin will serve as a top adviser to the president, spearheading key strategic initiatives.
“”¦At this critical juncture in its history, Iona has managed the small miracle of proving its passion for community during a pandemic and is now emerging the stronger for it. I am grateful to become a part of the Iona community.”
“The role of chief operating officer is brand-new at Iona, giving us some creative freedom in defining and filling the position. We ultimately chose someone with the vision and commitment to help build, from the ground up, an organization dedicated to the public good and lead it to acclaim, who has directed complex projects nationwide and who has mentored and advanced a diverse range of gifted people,” said Patrick Dunican Jr.,”™88, chair of the Iona Board of Trustees..”
A native of Larchmont, Curnin graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Master of Arts in Irish literature from University College Dublin and a Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law..
Founded in 1940, Iona College in New Rochelle, is a master”™s-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers.
