Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
Peter Trovato '05
Peter Trovato is the founder of the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund, a non-profit organization that offers educational assistance grants to the children of fallen soldiers from Massachusetts. Since the fund’s inception in 2005, Trovato has garnered the support of hundreds of individual donors and numerous corporations and foundations to raise well over three million dollars to help support the children of fallen heroes.
Trovato is currently an MBA student at the Harvard Business School. Prior to enrolling at Harvard, Trovato worked for three years as an associate at Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm based in Boston. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the UMass Amherst Commonwealth Honors College and is a member of the Board of Governors for the UMass Downtown Club.
While a student at the Commonwealth Honors College, Trovato played on the UMass Men’s Varsity Ice Hockey Team, serving as a captain during his senior season and contributed a bi-weekly column for the Massachusetts Daily Collegian.
For his dedication to community service, Trovato has been honored by NBC's The TODAY Show, FOX News, the Boston Celtics "Heroes Among Us Program," the Boston Herald’s "Herald Hero" , CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Show and American Morning Show, and profiled on CBS-4's "Honoring American Heroes" special. Trovato was also granted the UMass Amherst 21st Century Leader Award, named Most Inspiring Student Athlete by the Athletic Department, and was the runner-up for the National NCAA Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2005.