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\"photo<\/a>Saint Peter’s University President Dr. Hubert Benitez, D.D.S., Ph.D. was recently named to BINJE’s list of the Best Top Hispanic Business Leaders for 2026. Per BINJE, these leaders “…represent every sector of the business community \u2014 from health care and higher education to construction, finance, retail, logistics, technology and the arts \u2014 reflecting the breadth and depth of Hispanic leadership across the state.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Recipients were honored by BINJE, along with the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey and the Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute at Seton Hall University, at a breakfast event held on November 10 at Seton Hall University, with <\/span>Bergen New Bridge Medical Center serving as the presenting sponsor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saint Peter’s University President Dr. Hubert Benitez, D.D.S., Ph.D. was recently named to BINJE’s list of the Best Top Hispanic Business Leaders for 2026. Per BINJE, these leaders “…represent every sector of the business community \u2014 from health care and higher education to construction, finance, retail, logistics, technology and the arts \u2014 reflecting the breadth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1293,"featured_media":13806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,5,2],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-13804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-current-students","category-faculty-staff","category-future-students","tag-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDr. Hubert Benitez Named to BINJE\u2019s Best Top Hispanic Business Leaders 2026 - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Saint Peter's University welcomed its largest freshmen class in either years as the 25-26 year kicks off with Mass of the Holy Spirit.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/10\/dr-hubert-benitez-named-to-binjes-best-top-hispanic-business-leaders-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dbocchino\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/10\/dr-hubert-benitez-named-to-binjes-best-top-hispanic-business-leaders-2026\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/10\/dr-hubert-benitez-named-to-binjes-best-top-hispanic-business-leaders-2026\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"dbocchino\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3911a54e5ade77498f635cc16e6fb64e\"},\"headline\":\"Dr. Hubert Benitez Named to BINJE\u2019s Best Top Hispanic Business Leaders 2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-10T16:02:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/10\/dr-hubert-benitez-named-to-binjes-best-top-hispanic-business-leaders-2026\/\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/10\/dr-hubert-benitez-named-to-binjes-best-top-hispanic-business-leaders-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2026\/11\/IMG_9609-scaled.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Featured\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Alumni\",\"Current Students\",\"Faculty Staff\",\"Future Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/10\/dr-hubert-benitez-named-to-binjes-best-top-hispanic-business-leaders-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/10\/dr-hubert-benitez-named-to-binjes-best-top-hispanic-business-leaders-2026\/\",\"name\":\"Dr. Hubert Benitez Named to BINJE\u2019s Best Top Hispanic Business Leaders 2026 - 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