[3] By 1986, she had become an associate dean for the City University of New York system, specializing in adult education programs.

[3] At Marymount, she was credited with turning around the institution financially, in part by recruiting wealthy business personages to the college's Board of Trustees.

"[8] She served as the second President of the Central Park Conservancy from 2001 to 2004,[3] where she sought to continue its restoration[7] via increased fund-raising[4] and appeared on the PBS reality television show Back to the Floor.

[3] Under Peruggi's leadership, Kingsborough Community College experienced record-high enrollment numbers.

[12] By 2009, Peruggi was the Chairperson Emerita and Chairperson of the Commissioners of the Women's Commission For Refugee Women and Children; on the Board of Managers of the Havens Relief Fund Society; and on the boards of Berkeley College, the Academy of Mount St. Ursula High School, the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and the International Longevity Center.

[14] Giuliani met local television personality Donna Hanover in 1982, and they began dating when she was working in Miami.