Notable Alumni
A university’s greatest contribution to the world is the impact of its alumni.
From heads of states to pillars of the community, Adelphi University has a surplus of notable alumni. Adelphi graduates continue a legacy of transforming ideas into impact across the globe.
We know it’s impossible to capture all worthy stories in one place, but here we share some of the many contributions made by Adelphi’s change-making graduates.
Once a panther, always a panther.

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- Leonard Achan ’99
President and CEO, LiveOnNY - Jane E. Alderman ’61*
Casting director and actress, Act One Studios - Liz Y. Alicea-Velez ’78
President, Alilez Partners DBA Huntington Learning Center; General Manager, Latin America and Caribbean Region, Western Union - Merlin “Mickey” Alper ’55
Retired executive vice president and CEO, Madison Square Garden - Carol A. Ammon, MBA ’79, ’10 (Hon)
Founder and former chair, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Frank Angello ’77
Retired CFO, Operating Services Group, JPMorgan Chase - Ronald Appel ’84
Retired Vice President and General Manager, Repair Business Group, Henry Schein - Christopher Armas ’94
Head Coach of the Kansas City Current
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- Michael Balboni ’81
President of Adelphi University; Founder and former CEO, RedLand Strategies; Former New York State Senator and first chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee - Lynn Barber, MBA ’79
Retired chief administrative officer, Prudential Douglas Elliman - Richard Beahrs, MBA ’77
Founder, Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program; Former senior vice president, HBO - Bob A. Beamon ’72
CEO, Art of the Olympians Museum and Gallery; Olympic gold medalist (long jump), United States, 1968 - David Behin ’92
Executive Managing Director, Brooklyn Capital Markets, Newmark - Francine Benes, MS ’69
Director, Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center - Chris Bernard ’99*
Owner, Rose Gold and Associates; Senior Vice President, Athlete Relations, The Players’ Tribune; Former Vice President of Player Development, Marketing and Team Operations, New York Knicks - Bharat Bhise, MBA ’78
Founder and CEO, Bravia Capital - LeeAnn Black ’83
Chief Operating Officer, Latham & Watkins LLP - Dana Blair ’04, MBA ’06
Correspondent, Entrepreneur, Community Activist - Ruth Block ’52
Retired Executive Vice President, Equitable Life Insurance Company of America (now AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company) - Rhoda Blumberg ’38*
Freelance writer; winner of the 1986 Golden Kite Award - Justin Vivian Bond ’85
Actor, Author and Performance Artist; Lambda Literary Award recipient and MacArthur Fellow - Richard J. Bressler ’79
President and Chief Operating Officer, iHeartMedia, iHeartCommunications and iHeartMedia Capital LLC - Barbara Brickmeier, MBA ’83
Retired Vice President, Human Resources, IBM - Colette C. Brown ’82
Chief Human Resources Officer, Stony Brook University Hospital - Ronald Bruder ’68
Founder, The Brookhill Group; Entrepreneur and Advocate; recognized as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World; Founder and Chairman, Global Board- Education for Employment (EFE) - Kristen Burke ’89
Market President, Commercial Banking, Valley Bank
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- David Cadmus ’78
President and CEO, Associated Global Systems, Nippon Express - Loretta Cangialosi ’80
Retired Senior Vice President and Controller, Pfizer Inc. - Julian Casablancas ’01
American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Best known as the lead singer of the American rock bands The Strokes and The Voidz. - Kelly Cass ’90
On-Camera Meteorologist, Anchor and Host, The Weather Channel - Vivian Cassaberry-Furby ’84
Chief Financial Officer and Head of Human Resources, Classical Charter Schools - Christopher Cawley, MBA ’93
Managing Director, Citi - Melanie Chartoff ’70
Coach, creator and director of client projects, Charismatizing Improvising; Daytime Emmy Award winner for voicing DiDi Pickles and Grandma Minka on the Nickelodeon series Rugrats - Gennaro Chille, MBA ’98
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Lazard Relationship, State Street Bank - Bernard Clair ’73
Co-chairman, Cohen Clair Lans Greifer & Thorpe LLP; named one of Business Insider’s Top 10 Divorce Lawyers - Steven Coen, MBA ’93
Vice President and Managing Director, Metavante - Robert Colan ’73, MBA ’76*
St. John’s University School of Law; Former Vice President and Associate General Counsel, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of AXA Financial - June Collison ’81, MBA ’84
President, Dignity Health- Community Hospital of San Bernardino; track silver medalist at the 1979 Pan American Games; set the world indoor record in the 440-yard race in 1979; competed in the 1984 Olympic Games representing Guyana. - Francine Conway, MA ’96, PhD ’99
Chancellor-Provost of Rutgers University, New Brunswick; Award-winning scholar and clinical psychologist recognized for her work in child psychopathology - Carole Cooper Leibner ’63
Former Co-President and Founder, N.S. Bienstock, Inc. - Nicholas A. Cummings, PhD ’58*
Chairman, Cummings Foundation for Behavioral Health; Former Chief of Mental Health, Kaiser Permanente; Former President, American Psychological Association - Sharon Cunningham ’90
Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Management Director and Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
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- Raniero D’Aversa ’87
Partner and Chair of Restructuring, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe - Elizabeth M. Daitz ’02
Senior Advisor, Drug Enforcement Administration, Former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Suffolk County Police Department; Former Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives, New York City Police Department; White House Fellow, 2019 - Hatice Dalton ’94, MBA ’96
Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP - Robert Darling ’81
Medical Director, Crisis24; Medical Director, AndHealth; Medical Director, BaleDoneen Method; Former White House Physician to President Bill Clinton; founding Principal and Former Chief Medical Officer, White House Medical Group; Chief Medical Officer, Patronus Medical LLC - Mark S. Davis ’85
Senior Relationship and Growth Advisor, CrossCountry Consulting; Retired Senior Audit and Assurance Partner, Deloitte - Joseph DeFeo ’75, MBA ’76
Former CEO, CLS Bank International; Retired Partner, Brompton Partners - David Debin ’65
Produced the 1979 Primetime Emmy-nominated biography Silent Victory; Co-Founder, Third Age Foundation, Inc. - John Deieso ’18
President and CEO, Jovia Financial Credit Union - Alex Delaricheliere, MBA ’04
Managing Director, Marsh - Gary Dell’Abate ’83
Executive producer of The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM - Adam Deutsch ’92
Managing Director, Deloitte Digital; former Vice President, Global Digital Product Operations, ESPN - Scott Dimig ’06
Senior Vice President of Promotion, Epic Records, Sony Music - Kathleen Dirschel ’63
Vice President of Education, St. John’s Riverside Hospital; former Vice Chancellor and Dean, University of Massachusetts Worcester; former Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center - Keith Donohue, MBA ’99
Senior Director, BNY Mellon - Thomas Donohue, MBA ’65*
Retired President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; recipient of the Horatio Alger Award and Belgium Order of the Crown - Regina Dooley ’85
Teacher and Coach, Marion County School Board; Olympic gold medalist (fastpitch softball), United States, 1984 - Scott Durkin ’85
President & Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Elliman Real Estate
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- Merideth Eaton, MA ’00
Actor, known for role on CBS television series Family Law (breaking barriers as the first female with dwarfism to fill a regular role in an American prime time series), ABC series Boston Legal, and CBS series MacGyver. - Gara Edelstein ’77, MS ’90
Chief Nursing Officer, Catholic Health - Paul Ekman ’58
President and founder, Paul Ekman Group (PEG); American psychologist named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World - Patricia Erickson, GC ’88
Human Resources Leader & Coach, Colford Erickson LLC; former, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, American and International Production & Formats Group, BBC Worldwide North America Studios - Mary-Kathleen Esposito ’86
Vice President of Marketing, Bauer Hockey
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- John Forslund, MA ’85
Television Play-by-play Announcer, Kraken Hockey Network - Clifford Friedman, MBA ’87
Managing Director, Northwell Health; Founder and Chief Investment Office, Cold Spring Ventures; former Chairman and CEO, ShareNett; former Vice President of Strategic Development, NBC; former Senior Vice President, Universal Studios. - William Fuessler ’79
Retired Partner, Global Leader, Finance, Risk and Fraud, IBM Global Business Services - Christian Fundo ’07
Head of North America DCM Lending Legal & Executive Director & Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Richard Funke ’71
Former New York State Senator, 55th District of New York; member of the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame. - Robert Fusaro, MBA ’93
Managing Director and Investment Officer, Wells Fargo Advisors - Charles Fuschillo, Jr. ’83
President and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA); former New York State Senator - Cono Fusco, MBA ’67
Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC); Retired Managing Partner, Grant Thornton LLP.
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- Kathleen Gallo, PhD ’95, MBA ’98
Executive in Residence, Northwell Health; former Executive Vice President and Chief Learning Officer, Northwell Health; former Founding Dean and Professor, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Graduate Nursing and Health. - Robert Gary ’61*
President Emeritus, Allstate Property and Casualty - Daniel Glosser ’73
Retired Manager of Music Clearance, Domestic Television Division of CBS/Paramount - Arie E. Gluck ’58*
400 and 800 meter runner; one of the first athletes to represent Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics. - Michael Godard, MA ’95
President, Indiana State University; former Provost of Southeast Missouri State University’s College of Education and Health Sciences. - Charles A. Golden ’69
Managing Director, Guardian Life - Lon Gorman ’08 (Hon)
Retired Senior Financial Services Executive & Independent Director, Sterling Trading Tech; former Vice Chairman, Charles Schwab Corporation; former Chairman, NYFIX. - Robert Gormly ’99
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Richard Gottehrer ’62
Principal, MTR Consulting; songwriter of popular songs including “My Boyfriend’s Back” and “I Want Candy”; producer for Blondie and the Go-Go’s; founder and former chairman of The Orchard. - Omar Grant ’03
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Chapter A.R.T. Music Publishing; former Co-President, Roc Nation; former Tour Manager for Destiny’s Child; former Senior Director of A&R, Epic Records. - Maria A. Grasso, MBA ’89, GC ’89
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Flushing Financial Corporation - Douglas J. Green ’67
Retired National Partner-in-Charge, Industry Tax Services Products and Solutions, KPMG - Alexander Greendale ’60*
American playwright and civic leader; recipient of the Rockefeller Fellowship for Playwriting from The Dramatists Guild of America.
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- Robert Hanley, MBA ’88
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, University of Chicago Medicine; former Chief Human Resources Officer, Stony Brook University Hospital. - Richard Hardware ’73*
Placed 16th in the men’s 200-meter event at the 1972 Summer Olympics representing the Jamaican National Team. - Wanda Heading-Grant, MSW ’88
Vice Provost for Community, Culture and Engagement, Carnegie Mellon University - Randee Heller ’69
Actress, best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Ida Blankenship on AMC’s Mad Men and as Lucille LaRusso in The Karate Kid (1984). - Dorothy Herman ’86
CEO, Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Roman Hingorani, MBA ’85
Global Chief Financial Officer, FINCA Impact Finance - Bunny Hoest ’53
Cartoonist and Co-Creator of The Lockhorns; member of the National Cartoonists Society’s Hall of Fame. - Alice S. Hoffman ’73
New York Times Bestselling Author - Joseph C. Hoffman, MS ’77
Distinguished Professor, Maritime College; former Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, State University of New York Maritime College. - Lewis E. Hollander, Jr. ’51
Ironman World Age Group champion triathlete; listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest athlete to finish the Hawaii Ironman at age 82; retired U.S. Navy Physicist - Earlene Hooper, MSW ’76
Former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 18; first female Deputy Speaker of New York State. - Jeffery Horowitz, MBA ’86
Executive Vice President, Transcard; Chief Executive Officer at REACH™ Professional Development Solutions; Executive Board Member and Senior Advisor, Treasury Sources Group, LLC; retired Managing Director, BNY Mellon. - Lisa Humbert ’86
Managing Director, Head IT Risk, Credit Suisse; former Managing Director, Operational Risk Management Officer, MUFG - Philip Hymes ’49*
Lighting Director, Saturday Night Live; 2018 Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction.
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- Scott James ’84
Author for St. Martin’s Press; veteran journalist and fiction author; Emmy Award-winning television news reporter. - John Jeffrey, Jr. ’75
Retired Partner, Deloitte & Touche - Ronald Johnson ’74, PhD ’75
Presidential Counsel in the Board Governance and Leadership Practice, The Registry; former Interim President, Kentucky State University; former President of Clark Atlanta University. - Bruce Jones ’82
Professor and former Vice President for Research, Howard University. - Stephen Jones ’89
President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Skyview Networks; former Vice President of ABC News Radio, the largest commercial radio news organization in the United States.
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- Robert Kavner ’65
Advisor, Idealab; former CEO of AT&T’s Multimedia Products and Services Group and former member of AT&T’s Executive Committee. - Jack Kaye ’76
Associate Director for Research, Earth Science Division (ESD), NASA - Benjamin Gregory A. Kenyon ’06
Owner and Performance Coach for Athletes, Executives and High Performers, CLIMB Performance Coaching; former sports performance specialist with the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers; head strength coach, Philadelphia 76ers. - Joan R. Keyes ’45*
Author and educator for Oxford University Press; author of the original Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids. - Sheldon Kleiman, MBA ’83
Managing Director and Head of Credit, AIG WorldSource; Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, AIG New York. - Bernadette Knight ’95
Managing Director and Head of Sales for Commercial Real Estate within the Global Payments and Liquidity division; former Managing Director and Americas Sales Head, TTS Solutions, Commercial Bank, Citi. - Arthur Kornfeld ’62
Musician, producer and music executive; creator and promoter of Woodstock ’69. - Roberta Kotkin ’74, MBA ’81
Former General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, New York Bankers Association (NYBA). - Leonard Labita ’82
Retired Vice President and Controller, New York Mets. - Portia Lack ’83
Olympic handball player who competed in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympic Games; U.S. gold medalist in handball at the 1987 Pan American Games. - Jonathan Larson ’82*
Author, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and creator of the Broadway musical Rent. - Kenneth LaValle ’61
Former New York State Senator and Chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee. - Tommy Leung ’07
Partner, KPMG US. - Jesse Levine, MSW ’98
Executive Vice President of National Security and Law Enforcement, Agile Defense; retired Special Agent in Charge, Intelligence Division, FBI New York Field Office; Vice President of National Security and Law Enforcement, IntelliBridge. - Jill Levy ’92
Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Broward County, Florida. - Allan Levy, MBA ’85
Managing Director, Citi. - Thomas Lovely ’54*
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity New York Bank. - Suzanne Luna ’86
Director and Supervising Producer, Momsplaining with Kristen Bell, Daytime Emmy Nominated Web Series and 3 time Webby Award Winner; DGA field director and supervising field producer; American producer and director best known for The Ellen DeGeneres Show; Daytime Emmy Award winner.
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- Irene Macyk ’83, MS ’98, PhD ’17
Executive Director, South Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health; former Chief Nursing Officer, Northshore University Hospital, Northwell Health. - Andrew Manion, MS ’89, PhD ’92
President, Edgewood University; former President, Marian University - Leona Marlin ’95
Liaison Officer, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations; former Prime Minister of Sint Maarten. - Michelle Martin, MBA ’08
Senior Vice President, Total Rewards Experience, Paramount - Alex Masmela ’00
Chief Operating Officer, HCA Healthcare. - Heather Mau ’11
Eastern Conference Assistant Athletic Trainer Representative, NBA Trainers Association - Kevin J. Mawae, MA ’06
Former Assistant Offensive Line Coach, Indianapolis Colts; Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2019; retired Offensive Center, National Football League for Seattle Seahawks, NY Jets and Tennessee Titans. - Christopher Mayrose ’88
Managing Director, The Private Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Brian McAuley ’61
Chairman, Pacific DateVision, Inc.; Co-founder, Nextel Communications, Inc.; chairman of PdvWireless. - Dennis McDonagh ’78
Retired Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Real Estate, The Blackstone Group. - Eileen McDonnell ’88
Retired Chief Executive Officer, Penn Mutual Life Insurance. - Robert McMillan ’57*
First non-physician to serve on the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association; Counsel, Bee Ready Fishbein Hatter & Donovan, LLP. - Dillon McNamara ’14
Sales Associate, ETF Global; former professional baseball player drafted by the New York Yankees in the 27th round of the 2013 draft. - Gregory Meeks ’75
U.S. Congressman representing New York’s 5th Congressional District. - Dr. Wesley Memeger, Jr., PhD ’66*
Scientist, Artist, Activist - Carole Migden ’70
Chair of the Rules Committee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors; former California State Senator. - Joseph Minoso ’01
Actor, NBCUniversal Media, known for his role as Joe Cruz on NBC’s Chicago Fire. - Joseph Moscola, MBA ’08
Founder, Salus Innovations; Project Manager, Medisys Management, LLC; former Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer, Northwell Health - William Murray ’56*
American operatic baritone singer; Fulbright Award recipient and recipient of the honorary title of Kammersänger from the Berlin Senate in 1980 for exceptional artistic accomplishments.
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- Gary Napolitano ’84
Vice President and Managing Partner, IBM. - Richard Neer ’70
WFAN radio personality and published author. - Arthur Nizza, MSW ’87, DSW ’93
President and CEO, Government Employees Health Association (GEHA). - Stanley Norwalk ’65
Civic Leader and Political Columnist - John Nosenzo, MBA ’85
Chief Commercial Officer, Bioventus.
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- Kevin O’Connor ’84
Market President, Valley Bank; former Chief Executive Officer, Dime Community Bank - Doreen O’Grady ’85
Chief Nursing Officer, Forest Hills Hospital. - James Olensky ’87
Managing Director, Marsh. - Donna Orender ’82, ’07 (Hon)
Chief Executive Officer, Orender Unlimited; former President and Commissioner of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA); former Senior Vice President of Strategic Development, PGA Tour. - Jonathan Orens ’81
Associate Director and Clinical Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Hospital. - Carmen M. Ortiz ’78
Partner, Anderson & Kreiger; former United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
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- Robert Palladino ’78
Audio Engineer, NBC Universal Media, LLC; Two-time Emmy Award-winning lead sound mixer, Saturday Night Live (40 years). - Thomas Pecora ’84
Audio Engineer, NBC Universal Media, LLC; Two-time Emmy Award-winning lead sound mixer, Saturday Night Live (40 years). - Melvin Pender ’76, ’97 (Hon)
Olympic Gold Medalist, United States 4×100-meter relay. - Maribeth Petrizzi ’87
Assistant Director, Federal Trade Commission - John J. Phelan, Jr., MBA ’70, ’87 (Hon)
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Stock Exchange. - Edward H. Phoofolo, MBA ’77
Served as interim Prime Minister of Lesotho from August 1994 to September 1994. - Gregory Piccioli ’89
Senior Special Project Producer, Altice USA/News12; Emmy Award-winning television producer; former Senior Producer for The Wendy Williams Show. - Fotios Piniros ’94
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley; former Managing Director, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. - Michael Porcelli, Jr., MA ’98
Physical Education Teacher, Hernando Elementary; 1998 Summer Olympics Wrestler. - Robert Prezant ’73
President, Farmingdale State College. - Peter A. Principato ’87
Emmy Award-winning variety sketch writer; Chief Executive Officer, Artists First.
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- Humera Qazi ’93
Managing Director and Head of Wealth Management Operations Client Services Group, Morgan Stanley.Managing Director, Head of Wealth Management Operations Client Services Group at Morgan Stanley - Irene Quarshie ’98
Managing Director and Head of Wealth Management Operations Client Services Group, Morgan Stanley. - Carolyn Quinn ’87
Senior Vice President of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health
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- Joseph Raiola ’77
Senior Editor, MAD Magazine, the all-time best-selling humor magazine. - Stephen Reid ’65*
American jazz drummer who played with Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and James Brown. - Philip Reilly, MBA ’77
American jazz drummer who played with Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and James Brown. - Dorothy Richardson, MA ’88
Olympic gold medalist, United States softball team, 1996 and 2000; Head Softball Coach, Liberty University. - Carlton D. “Chuck D” Ridenhour ’84, ’13 (Hon)
Olympic gold medalist, United States softball team, 1996 and 2000; Head Softball Coach, Liberty University. - Todd Robinson ’82
Actor, Writer and Producer, NBCUniversal; Emmy Award Winner. - Janice Robinson ’90
Music performer and songwriter known for writing songs for Wyclef Jean, Taylor Dayne, Soul Solution, Junior Vasquez and David Morales. - Samuel Rodriguez ’06
Director, Trading Technology, Charles Schwab - Cynthia Rufe ’70
Federal Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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- Paul Salerno ’76
Retired Managing Partner, Melville Office, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Joseph Sambito ’73
Former professional baseball player – Spent 12 seasons as an MLB pitcher with the Astros, Mets, and Red Sox; Member of the 1979 National League All Star team - Michael Sammis ’81
Retired President, Universal Publishing Production Music; Former CFO – Worldwide, Universal Music Publishing Group - Monica Santoro ’77
Retired Chief Quality Office and Senior Vice President, NYU Winthrop - Denise Schaaf ’88
Talent Managing Director at Deloitte & Touce LLP - Margaret Seery ’84
Former Managing Director at KPMG; Former Managing Director at Accenture; Vice President of Genpact - Matthew Senk, MA ’92
Head baseball coach at Stony Brook University; 2012 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association National Coach of the Year - Kevin Serrapede ’73
1972 and 1978 Summer Olympics, Handball - Brian Shields ’99
Long Island University School of Arts, Communication and Design; 2019 Member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame; Recipient of the Jim Melby Award - Claire Shulman ’46*
Former Queens Borough College President; Adjunct Faculty Instructor at Adelphi University - Victoria Sidorenko ’95
Former Vice President & CFO, Government Programs at Excellus; CFO of LiDestri Food and Drink - Anna Marie Skalka ’59
Professor Emerita and Senior Advisor to the President, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health - James A. Sladack, MBA ’77
Managing Director at Newmark Knight Frank - Robert Smyth, MBA ’71
Former Chairman, President & CEO of Citizens Bank of Massachusettes - Kevin Spiegel, MBA ’87
Former President & CEO of the Erlanger Health System; Former CEO of Methodist University Hospital; Assistant Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine; CEO Medical Expansion Partners - Jill Spitzer ’71
Executive Director and CEO of Jewish Family Service - Debra Starkman ’76
Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing at BBDO Worldwide - Herbert Steinberg ’57*
Artist, Realist Style, CLEO Award Winner, Art Direction - Leonard Stekol, MS ’98
President & CEO, Ridgewood Savings Bank - Thomas E. Steihle, MBA ’92
CFO and Vice President of Business Management, CIO and Vice President of Information Technology at Ingalls Shipbuilding -
Bill Stephney ’84Principal Executive at Broad Market Media
Former Chief Executive at Def Jam Recordings, SOUL Records and StepSun Music. - Thomas Stigers, MBA ’86
Executive Vice President of WestRock Company
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- William Tenet ’75
Former Medical Director, NYU Langone Cardiovascular Associates; CEO, NYU Langone Cardiovascular Associates - Valerie Terzano ’74, MS’ 90
Chief Nursing Officer, Senior Vice President at NYU Langone Health - Paul Tetlow ’88, MBA ’90
Partner at K&L Gates - Nishit Thakkar, MBA ’06
Head of Strategic Partner Management at Credit Suisse; Capital Expenditure Analyst- Credit Suisse - Michael J. Tiedemann ’89
Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities - Mark Tierno ’70
Former President of MacMurray College in Illinois and Cazenovia College in New York, College of Arts and Sciences - Edolphus Towns, MSW ’73
Former Congressman, representing New York’s 10th District
Former Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - William Tracy ’76
COO at The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. - Alan Trautwig ’78, ’17 (Hon)*
Former Sportscaster for MSG Network; Sports Commentator, MSG Network, NBC, NBC Sports Network and USA Network - Nicholas Turturro, Jr. ’85
Emmy nominee for role as Sgt. James Martinez, NYPD Blue Television Series
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- Birdsall Viault ’54*
Author of several McGraw-Hill textbooks - Eduardo Vilaro ’85
Artistic Director and CEO of Ballet Hispánico
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- Tonille Watkis ’14
2016 Miss Black USA; Corporate Flight Attendant – Aviation - Max Weinberg ’70
Drummer, E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen; Bandleader, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brian - Michael Weiner ’93
CFO, Genpact - Michael Weinstein ’06
CEO & Founder, Runaway Productions - Joseph Westphal ’70
United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia - Harold Williams ’89
Music Video and Film Director, Film Producer and Screenwriter: BET, Billboard, MTV Video Music and NAACP Image Awards; Owner of HYPE Films - Robert B. Willumstad ’05 (Hon)
Partner, Brysam Global Partners; Former Chairman & CEO of the American International Group (AIG) - Michael Windischmann, Sr. ’92
1984 Summer Olympic player, Mens Soccer; Captain of 1990 U.S. FIFA World Cup Team; National Soccer Hall of Fame, Class of 2004 - Michelle Winfield, MS ’84
Supervisor for Special Education; Honored with the 2017 Woman of Distinction award by NYS Senator, Brad Hoylman, for her advocacy for the rights of children - Sola Winley, MA ’96
Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Major League Soccer - Robert Wolf ’71
Past President of Galen College of Nursing, Tampa Bay - Jacqueline Woodson ’85, ’16 (Hon)
New York Times Bestselling Author and Poet Laureate - John Wren ’75, MBA ’75
CEO of Omnicom Group, Fortune 500 Company
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- Marylou Yam, PhD ’94
President of Notre Dame of Maryland University, College of Nursing and Public Health - Reuven Young ’72
Captain of 1968 Israeli Olympic Soccer Team; Athletic Director Buckley Country Day School - Jill Ytuarte ’97
Managing Director at Morgan Stanley
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- Herbert Zaretsky, PhD ’64*
Recipient of the St. George Medal - James Zeigon, MBA ’73
Former Managing Director and CEO of Deutsche Bank’s Global Institutional Services; Former Senior Managing Director at the Chase Manhattan Corporation and the head of Chase Global Services
*deceased