Lexington Resident Peter D'Arrigo Elected to Board of Trustees of MGH Institute of Health Professions

BOSTON - Peter A. D’Arrigo Jr., president of produce distributor D’Arrigo Brothers Company, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of MGH Institute of Health Professions.

“We are excited about Peter joining the Board,” said George E. Thibault, MD, Board of Trustees chair at the Boston health sciences graduate school. “We look forward to benefiting from his wisdom and experience to help the Institute continue its mission of educating tomorrow’s health care leaders.”

Mr. D’Arrigo Jr. brings outstanding business acumen to the Board. As president of the second-largest wholesale vegetable distributor in the United States, he continues a family tradition that dates to 1923 when the Chelsea company was founded by Mr. D’Arrigo’s grandfather and his great uncle. The company, which markets fruits and vegetables under the Andy Boy label, expanded to California in 1925 and New York in 1948.

He also is president of New England Produce Center in Chelsea, one of the largest produce markets in the world and the largest privately owned market in the country.

Mr. D’Arrigo Jr. received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. He lives in Lexington with his wife Pam. His daughter, Lauren D’Arrigo, graduated from the MGH Institute’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program in 2014.

MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston is an innovative and interprofessional graduate school with post-baccalaureate, entry-level, and post-professional programs in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, speech-language pathology, and health professions education, and a PhD in rehabilitation sciences. An affiliate of Partners HealthCare System, the MGH Institute offers its more than 1,300 students unparalleled opportunities to learn and work alongside expert practitioners in a variety of hospital, clinical, community, and educational settings. The school, which has graduated more than 5,400 students since its 1977 founding, is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Several programs are highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report, and the school has been included for the past several years as a Great College to Work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education.