NEWS AND EVENTS
News
Beginning spring 2023, Villanova Law alum Peter Groverman, Esq. ’10, co-founder and vice chairman of Grovara, the leading B2B global marketplace for wellness brands, will serve as the second-ever entrepreneur in residence (EIR) for Villanova Law’s John F. Scarpa Center for Entrepreneurship and Law. Groverman is also co-CEO of Product Search Live, executive director of BFY Media, owner of Stretch Gallery and founder of the R.E.L.I.E.F. Foundation.
Mark C. Alexander, The Arthur J. Kania Dean of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, has appointed MarySheila McDonald as the new John F. Scarpa Professor of Entrepreneurship. A leader, scholar and innovator, she comes to Villanova from the La Salle University School of Business where she served as dean since 2017.
Villanova University President, the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, announced a $15 million gift from the John F. Scarpa Foundation to further elevate the Charles Widger School of Law as a leader in entrepreneurship and law, in addition to strengthening entrepreneurial expertise, innovative thinking and collaboration across the University. In recognition of Scarpa’s lifetime giving of more than $20 million to Villanova, the Law School building will be named John F. Scarpa Hall.
Villanova University School of Law announced that John F. Scarpa, former Co-Chairman and Founder of American Cellular Network Corporation, and his wife, Jana, have committed $5 million for the naming of The John F. Scarpa Center for Law and Entrepreneurship.
Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Virtues of Free Enterprise and the Heroic Spirit of Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, April 10
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Arthur M. Goldberg '66 Commons
1 Ethics CLE Credit