Peter Maugeri, Director of Operations

Peter holds his Master of Science in Social Work from Fordham University and in 2008-2009 was the GP project coordinator at the Academy for Urban Planning in Bushwick. Peter joined GP in September 2008, spent 6 weeks as a facilitator in Batey 8 during summer of 2009 with our group of youth, and is now our Director of Operations. He comes to GP with an eclectic repertoire of experience. Peter began his professional career as a fitness trainer and outdoorsman after graduating from Boston University with a degree in Exercise Physiology. In 1999 he co-launched a technology-based magazine targeting 150 colleges in the U.S., which successfully became the largest college magazine in the country with a circulation of 2.5 million. After the burst of the .com bubble, Peter moved to New York City where he picked up a camera and documented the lives of a group of homeless men and women living in his neighborhood. Currently he is editing his documentary, which spans a period of three years. This experience inspired him to study Social Work. In 2007 Peter interned at The Bridge, Inc. where he facilitated a wellness program for clients with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse living with HIV/AIDS. Peter also interned at the National Alliance for Mental Illness in NYC coordinating outreach to enhance awareness and combat the stigma of living with a mental illness. He has recently produced and directed Voice Your Choice, a 20-minute film about the experiential process of therapy in the Ryan White program at the Bridge, Inc. and Six Weeks to Wellness, a 10-minute film about the benefits of yoga for those living with a mental illness. In 2004 Peter’s father died of esophageal cancer. Two years later he and his family established the Sempre Allegro Foundation, providing monetary assistance to those battling cancer.