Vanessa G. Rotondo

Vanessa G. Rotondo is senior advisor to the Ignatian AI Initiative and will become Fordham’s mission strategy officer in July 2026.  A triple Fordham alumna, she holds a BA in political science from Fordham College at Rose Hill, an MS in Catholic educational leadership from the Graduate School of Education, and a PhD in religious education from the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, with a dissertation on liquid modern Ignatian pedagogy. She previously directed Fordham’s Global Outreach program at the Center for Community-Engaged Learning.