Pace Alum to Donate $2M Toward New Athletics Field House
Joseph Ianniello (Class of 1990), the CBS Corporation’s chief operating officer and a member of the Pace University Board of Trustees, has made a $2 million commitment for the construction of a new athletics field house at the school’s campus in Pleasantville, the university announced Monday.
When completed later this year, the Ianniello Field House will be the flagship of Pace University athletics. Ianniello’s contribution is a part of the university’s Campaign for Pleasantville, an effort to transform and revitalize the 200-acre campus that also includes new residential facilities, an expanded student center and a new environmental center.
“Through our Campaign for Pleasantville, we are enhancing the student experience at Pace and this gift will have a tremendous impact on the daily lives of our student-athletes and the entire Pace community,” said President Stephen J. Friedman. “A former football player, a Lubin School graduate and the newest member of the university’s Board of Trustees, Joe’s very generous gift sets a terrific example for others who have leveraged their Pace education into fulfilling careers and are now in a position to give back to their alma mater. On behalf of Pace University, we thank Joe for this and all the ways he supports the Pace community.”
The Ianniello Field House will be one of the most frequently visited buildings on campus, with 25,000 visitors expected annually. Spectators and visitors will travel through the field house to enter the outdoor athletic complex. All of Pace’s athletes and coaches will use the field house for practice, conditioning and gatherings. The 14,010-square-foot facility will include new strength and conditioning facilities and a sports medicine component.
Ianniello earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration at Pace and was a member of the university’s football team and the Alpha Chi Epsilon fraternity. He frequently mentors Pace students and recently returned to the Lubin School of Business to share career and industry advice with students.
“Pace University provides high quality education with a strong focus on the kind of experiential learning that is invaluable in today’s business world and I am honored to be able to give back to my alma mater in this way,” Ianniello said.
As COO for CBS Corporation, he works closely with CEO Leslie Moonves to establish and execute strategy across all of the corporation’s businesses. Ianniello was instrumental in helping CBS separate from Viacom in 2005. Since then, he has been a key part of the management team that has led CBS to be the number one media stock among its peers for three of the last five years. He recently guided the company through the conversion of CBS Outdoor into a real estate investment trust, marking a first for an outdoor advertising business and ultimately leading to the split of CBS Outdoor from CBS in 2014.
Before he was named COO, Ianniello served as CBS’s chief financial officer (2009-2013) and deputy chief financial officer (2008-2009), where he was responsible for the company’s financial strategy across all of its operations. Ianniello also served as senior vice president, chief development officer and treasurer (2006-2008).
In 2013 and 2014, Ianniello was ranked the top chief financial officer by sell-side analysts in Institutional Investor’s annual All-America Executive Team survey. Ianniello serves on the board of directors of New Alternatives for Children, Inc. as well as Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE).
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