# List of Providence College alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Providence College.

## Entertainment and communications

* David Angell – Emmy Award-winning television producer, victim of the September 11 attacks (was a passenger of American Airlines Flight 11)
* Doris Burke – sports analyst for ESPN, former Friars basketball player
* David R. Colburn – author and professor of history
* Wally Dunn – Broadway actor, most recently appeared in Gypsy and Spamalot
* Brett Epstein – actor, playwright
* Matt Farley – musician
* Peter Farrelly – film director, screenwriter, and producer
* Janeane Garofalo – actress, comedian
* Caryn James (as Caryn A. Fuoroli) – film and television critic, novelist
* Mike Leonard – television journalist on NBC's Today Show
* James O'Brien – film director, screenwriter, and producer
* John O'Hurley – actor, television host
* Sean McAdam – sportswriter covering the Boston Red Sox
* Edward Scanlon – Executive Vice President (retired) of NBC
* Paul G. Tremblay – author
* Joseph Ungaro – newspaper journalist

## Business

* Brian Burke – President of Hockey Operations of the Pittsburgh Penguins, former Friars ice hockey player
* Rich Gotham – President of Boston Celtics
* Karen Ignagni – President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans
* Lou Lamoriello – General Manager of the New York Islanders
* John Marinatto – former Commissioner of the Big East Conference
* Arthur F. Ryan – former Chairman and CEO of Prudential Insurance Company of America
* Jack Tretton – former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America

## Politics and law

* Scott Avedisian – Mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island
* Michael Napolitano ‐ Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island
* Peter J. Barnes – Member of New Jersey State Parole Board, former New Jersey State Senator
* Jack Brennan – former chief of staff to Richard Nixon
* Frank Caprio – chief judge of Providence Municipal Court
* Arn Chorn-Pond – international human rights activist
* Jasiel Correia – former Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts
* Richard M. Daley – Former Mayor of Chicago
* Richard J. Daronco – former United States federal judge
* Tom Dart – Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois
* Frank Devlin – former senior counsel to ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas
* Armando Diaz – Marshal of Italy, World War 1 commander (Providence College's first alumnus)
* Chris Dodd – former United States Senator representing Connecticut
* Thomas J. Dodd – former United States Senator representing Connecticut
* Benjamin Downing – currently the youngest Massachusetts State Senator
* John H. Fanning – former National Labor Relations Board Chair
* Joseph J. Fauliso – former Lt. Governor of Connecticut
* Raymond Flynn – former Mayor of Boston, former Friars basketball player
* Charles J. Fogarty – former Lt. Governor of Rhode Island
* John E. Fogarty – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island
* Anthony D. Galluccio – former Massachusetts State Senator
* Maureen McKenna Goldberg – Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
* Sheila Harrington – Massachusetts State Representative for the First Middlesex District
* Patrick J. Kennedy – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island, son of former United States Senator Ted Kennedy
* Kieran Lalor – founder of Eternal Vigilance Society and Iraq Vets for Congress
* J. Howard McGrath – former United States Attorney General and United States Senator representing Rhode Island
* William D. Mullins – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and baseball player
* M. Teresa Paiva-Weed – President of the Rhode Island State Senate
* Michael F. Rush – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
* John Shea – former member of Connecticut House of Representatives
* Fernand St. Germain – former United States Representative from Rhode Island
* William J. Sullivan – former Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
* Robert Tiernan – former United States Representative from Rhode Island

## Academia

* Roy Peter Clark – Vice President and Senior Scholar at the Poynter Institute
* Hank Foley – President of New York Institute of Technology
* Mark Stephen Jendrysik – Political Science and Public Administration Chair, University of North Dakota
* Timothy J. Kehoe – Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota
* Clark R. McCauley – Professor of Science and Mathematics and co-director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at Bryn Mawr College
* Edward J. McElroy – President of American Federation of Teachers, Vice President of AFL-CIO
* Austin Sarat – Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College

## Medicine

* Robert Gallo – biomedical researcher known for the discovery of Human Immunodeficiency Virus

## Religious life

* Joseph Augustine Di Noia – named Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Benedict XVI.; currently the highest-ranking Dominican in the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
* Archbishop Christopher Cardone, O. P. – Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Auki, The Solomon Islands since 2016.
* Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. – Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky (1982-2007)
* Brian Shanley, O.P. – President of Providence College

## Athletics
### Men's basketball

* Marvin Barnes – former NBA and ABA all-star player
* Ben Bentil (born 1995) - Ghanaian basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Ira Bowman – former NBA player
* Marques Bragg – former NBA player
* Marshon Brooks – NBA player with New Jersey Nets
* Troy Brown – former NBA player
* Marty Conlon – former NBA player
* Austin Croshere – former NBA player
* Sharaud Curry – international professional basketball player
* Ernie DiGregorio – former NBA player
* Billy Donovan – current head coach of Chicago Bulls. Former head coach of Oklahoma City Thunder, and two-time NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship head coach of Florida Gators men's basketball
* Marcus Douthit – NBA and international professional basketball player
* Kris Dunn – current NBA player, Utah Jazz
* Weyinmi Efejuku – international professional basketball player
* Johnny Egan – former NBA player and coach
* Raymond Flynn – former Mayor of Boston
* Rubén Garcés – former NBA and international professional basketball player
* Ryan Gomes – NBA player with Los Angeles D-Fenders
* Joe Hassett – former NBA player
* Herbert Hill – NBA and international professional basketball player
* Jonathan Kale – international professional basketball player
* Tuukka Kotti – international professional basketball player
* Māris Ļaksa – international professional basketball player
* Jim Larranaga – head coach of Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
* John Linehan – international professional basketball player
* Erron Maxey – international professional basketball player
* Ken McDonald – head coach of the Austin Spurs
* Donnie McGrath – international professional basketball player
* Eric Murdock – former NBA player
* Richard Pitino – head basketball coach for University of Minnesota
* Mike Riordan – former NBA player
* Andy Ronan - Olympic marathon runner and track coach for Stony Brook University
* Karim Shabazz – international professional basketball player
* God Shammgod – former NBA player
* Abdul Shamsid-Deen – former international professional basketball player
* Dickey Simpkins – former NBA player
* Michael Smith – former NBA player
* Kevin Stacom – former NBA player
* Jamel Thomas – former NBA player
* John Thompson – former Basketball Hall of Fame head coach of Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
* Otis Thorpe – former NBA all-star player
* Jimmy Walker – former NBA all-star player
* Franklin Western – international professional basketball player
* Lenny Wilkens – Basketball Hall of Fame coach and player
* Eric Williams – former NBA player
* Jeff Xavier – international professional basketball player

### Women's basketball

* Doris Burke – sports analyst for ESPN

### Men's ice hockey

* Noel Acciari - Forward, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Tim Army
* Brian Burke – Former President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
* Rich Costello
* Craig Darby
* John Ferguson, Jr.
* Rob Gaudreau
* Hal Gill
* Jon Gillies - Goaltender, New Jersey Devils
* Paul Guay
* Joe Hulbig
* Dave Kelly
* Regan Kelly
* Kurt Kleinendorst
* Jim Korn
* Jeff Mason
* Colin McDonald
* Bob Nicholson
* Gaetano Orlando
* Fernando Pisani
* Steve Rooney
* Nolan Schaefer
* Jeff Serowik
* Peter Taglianetti
* Brandon Tanev - Forward, Seattle Kraken
* Chris Terreri
* Chris Therien
* Randy Velischek
* Ron Wilson
* Pete Zingoni

### Women's ice hockey

* Chris Bailey – member of the 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
* Laurie Baker – member of the 1997 and 2000 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
* Alana Blahoski – member of the 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 US women's Olympic ice hockey team; Olympic gold medalist
* Lisa Brown-Miller – member of the 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1997 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 women's Olympic ice hockey team; Olympic gold medalist; former head coach of Princeton University's women's ice hockey team
* Sara Decosta (born 1977) – member of the 2000 and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
* Cammi Granato – member of the 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2005 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist; member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto; broadcaster during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for NBC Sports
* Mari Pehkonen – member of the 2006 and 2007 Finland women's national ice hockey team
* Karen Thatcher – member of the 2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team, Olympic silver medalist

### Baseball

* John McDonald
* Lou Merloni
* William D. Mullins
* Birdie Tebbetts

### Track and field

* Mary Cullen – 2006 NCAA Champion, Irish long distance runner
* Martin Fagan – Irish Olympic distance runner
* Roisin McGettigan – Olympic 3000m steeplechase runner
* Emily Sisson – Olympian, holds the record for fastest American woman's marathon
* Geoff Smith – won Boston Marathon in 1984 and 1985
* Kim Smith – four-time NCAA Champion, Olympic distance runner for New Zealand
* John Treacy – 1984 silver medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics

### Football

* Charles Avedisian – former New York Football Giants player
* Hank Soar – former New York Football Giants player and American League umpire

### Men's soccer

* Chaka Daley
* Chris Konopka
* Ryan Maduro – All-American
* Julian Gressel
* Mac Steeves
* Karl Anderson
* Brendan McSorley