De La Salle Medal Dinner - Thursday, March 19, 2026
The Plaza Hotel
5th Avenue at Central Park South, New York City
6:00 p.m. Reception | 7:00 p.m. Dinner | Business Attire
Support the Dinner
The 2026 De La Salle Medal Dinner honors Jose Minaya ’94, Senior Executive Vice President, Global Head of BNY Investments and Wealth. This event is Manhattan University’s premier fundraising event, generating support for student scholarships and other forms of student aid.
You can support the event by making a gift or registering via the buttons below. For questions, please contact 718-862-7275 or dlsdinner@manhattan.edu.
2026 Honoree: Jose Minaya ’94
Senior Executive Vice President, Global Head of BNY Investments and Wealth
Jose Minaya is Global Head of BNY Investments and Wealth. He is also a member of BNY’s Executive Committee.
Jose joined BNY in 2024 from Nuveen, where he was CEO of the asset manager of TIAA and responsible for the firm’s strategy and operations to deliver clients diverse investment capabilities and solutions. Jose previously served as Nuveen’s President and CIO, with oversight of Nuveen’s global investment business, including equities, fixed income, real estate, private markets, natural resources, other alternatives and responsible investments.
Prior to that, he led TIAA’s global real assets division, where he set strategy and developed investment capabilities across real estate, agriculture, timber, infrastructure, energy and alternative credit strategies. He joined TIAA in 2004, with more than 25 years of investment experience at firms including AIG, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan.
He is on the Board of Trustees of Manhattan University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance, and the Board of Advisors of the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he earned an MBA. In addition, he serves on the boards of multiple companies and charitable organizations, including Moody’s, the National Forest Foundation, the Investment Company Institute, the Investment Committee of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and as chair of the Governing Board of Directors of the Robert Toigo Foundation.
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