Pete Gurt ’85President of Milton Hershey School

Pete Gurt ’85 is the president of Milton Hershey School and Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning. Under his leadership, MHS has reached record enrollment of nearly 2,300 students and introduced programs to support graduate success, while CHS expanded high-quality early childhood education in Pennsylvania. Gurt has served in various leadership roles at MHS for decades and sits on multiple professional boards, including the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools, S&T Bank, and Hershey Trust Company. He holds an honorary doctorate from Elizabethtown College, a master’s in education from Penn State Harrisburg, and a bachelor’s in business administration from Temple University. His contributions have earned him several awards, including the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Coalition of Residential Excellence.