James W. Cuminale ’75, P’09

James W. Cuminale serves as senior advisor at PJT Partners, a financial services and mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, where he previously served as partner and general counsel. Prior to joining PJT, he served as chief legal officer of The Nielsen Company, the world’s leading market research firm. Before Nielsen, Cuminale was executive vice president and general counsel of PanAmSat, the world’s leading carrier of TV channels. Prior to that, he was a partner at Ivey, Barnum & O’Mara in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Cuminale graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity with a B.A. in history and went on to earn a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School. In addition to serving on Trinity’s Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2023, he was a member of the College’s Board of Fellows. Cuminale also established an endowed scholarship, the Cuminale Family Scholarship Fund, to support students at Trinity. Other community involvement includes serving as a member and as president of the Vanderbilt University Law School Board of Advisors, as a member and as chair of the Greenwich Board of Education, and as chair of both the Greenwich Board of Social Services and the board of the Greenwich Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Cuminale and his wife, Cynthia A. Cuminale P’09, reside in Darien, Connecticut. Their daughter, Jennifer ’09, is a Trinity alumna.