# List of New York Institute of Technology alumni

The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT or New York Tech) is a private, not-for-profit, accredited, doctoral and research university. The university has several locations, including the main campuses in Long Island and New York City, and other campuses in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Vancouver, Canada. The university was founded in 1955 and has graduated nearly 116,000 alumni, as of 2024. New York Tech alumni are distinguishing themselves in the fields of academics, architecture, arts, engineering, literature, medicine, science, business, entertainment, government, and law. The New York Tech alumni community spans the globe with nearly 116,000 alumni throughout the United States and in more than 110 countries as of 2024, and includes thousands of executive officers at multinational corporations, as well as over 9000 practicing medical doctors. New York Tech graduates also form the largest network of licensed architects in the New York metropolitan area. The following is a partial list of some notable alumni.

## Academia and administration

* Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Chair of the Biomedical Engineering department at University of California, Davis.
* Ken Pugh, professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine.
* Jill Wruble, professor at Yale School of Medicine. She retired from the United States Army with rank of major.
* Donald E. Ross, president of Lynn University and founder and president of Wilmington University. In 2003–2004, he was the highest-paid college or university president in the United States of America.
* Donna Maria Blancero, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bentley University.
* Matthew J. Michaels, researcher and assistant professor of clinical neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
* Englebert Morales, director for NYU Langone Health.
* Michael Ditillo, professor of surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
* Susan Milani, professor and chair of the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.
* Daniel Ferrara, professor and researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He also served as chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau, and as the clinical director of emergency medicine at SUNY Stony Brook.
* Frederick Davis, chair of the Emergency Department at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
* Jeff Pavell, chief of rehabilitation medicine at Englewood Hospital. He also teaches residents and students at Columbia University School of Medicine.
* Patricia A. Young, an educational technologist, professor, software developer & chair of the Education Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
* Jeff Morosoff, Chair of the Department of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations at Hofstra University.
* Richard V. Waring, Student Services Chief of Staff for Trident Technical College, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.
* Manish Sharma, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Chief of Emergency Medicine.
* Rodeena Stephens, Tenure-Track Instructor, and department chair, Communications and Media Arts & Journalism Department at Westchester Community College.
* Keesha Burke-Henderson, chief diversity officer for Randolph College.
* Xiaolin (Larry) Qiu, chairman of the board and President of Nanchang Institute of Technology.
* Sheena C. Howard, academic, author and producer. Professor of communication at Rider University
* Thomas Kenny, professor and researcher at Molloy University.
* Ronald S. Litman, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Director of Clinical Research for the Division of General Anesthesia of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
* Stewart Schwartz, professor and researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
* Diana Allegretti, Director for Design & Construction at Cornell Tech.
* Clifford Hurley, professor and researcher at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology.
* Thomas Vecchione, professor and researcher at Cornell University.
* John Daab, professor and researcher at New York University.
* Joseph J. Lancia, professor and researcher at the University of Rochester.
* Barb Matias, executive director of human resources at Palm Beach State College.
* Yulhong Sung, dean of the Graduate School of Advertising and Public Relations at Hongik University.
* Chang Ik Eun, professor and researcher in the Department of Design at Dongyang University.
* Rajiv Goswami, professor and researcher at Baylor College of Medicine.
* David R. Gotham, professor and researcher at UC Davis Medical Center.
* Susan Magyar, dean at Westwood College.
* Edwin Robles, professor and researcher at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
* Chester (Chet) Schnepf, chair of the Humanities Department at Gateway Community College.
* Michael Patrick Meehan, professor and researcher at New York University.
* Jerry W. McDaniel, Chair of the Communication Design Department at Fashion Institute of Technology. Professor at Rhode Island School of Design
* Andrea Massop Ramos, operations manager for Metro-North Railroad, nutrition consultant for CBS Survivor Productions, board member at Syracuse University.
* Jack Deem, academic department chair in the Strategic Management and Marketing Department for the School of Business and Information Technology at Purdue University Global.
* Robert Pernick, professor and researcher at Johns Hopkins University.
* Shenglai Chen, Dean, School of Literature, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
* Bernice Pass-Stern, Assistant Dean, Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing.
* Charles H. Pryor II, Dean, LIM College.
* Yuqing Geng, professor and researcher at Shanghai Dianji University.
* Thomas A. Scandalis, Dean of Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.
* Chris DiStiso, Dean of Academics, Paier College.
* Jeannie Liakaris, Assistant Dean at New York University.
* Phil Spadafora, professor and researcher at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine.
* Atul “Ardy” Kukar, chief of cardiology at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital and professor and researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine.
* Kimberly Mcginn, professor and researcher at Touro University Nevada. Continental Who’s Who recognized Kimberly Mcginn as a Pinnacle Professional in the field of medicine.
* Laura Jewell, Assistant Vice President at Berkeley College. Director of Strategic Communications & Business Development at Baruch College.
* Ron Ramos, Director, Department of Institutional Marketing at the University of Akron.
* John P. Salerno, founder of the Salerno Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City, with additional locations nationwide, as well as in Brazil, Japan, and South Korea. He made over 60 media appearances across television, radio, and print and online publications, including ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS, Fox News, Harper’s Bazaar, Yahoo and Huffington Post among others. Dr. Salerno was also a preceptor at Yale Medical School for over 3 years.
* Frank LoVecchio, an American emergency medicine physician, medical toxicologist, academic and researcher. Medical director of Clinical Research at College of Health Solutions of Arizona State University.
* Christopher Martin, associate vice president for Campus Planning, Design & Construction at Stony Brook University.
* Judith Barry, professor and the director of the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Guggenheim Award winner.

## Arts, journalism and entertainment

* Isobella Jade, writer
* Antonio Meneses Saillant, writer
* Nada Shabout, art historian
* Seiko Mikami, artist
* Carrie Moyer, painter and writer
* Jake Sasseville, television host, producer, writer, director and author
* Lori Bizzoco, writer, journalist, former public relations executive and the founder and executive editor of CupidsPulse.com
* Patti Ann Browne, TV News Anchor, Fox News
* Rik Cordero, music video, commercial, and film director
* Jim Geoghan, Emmy-nominated executive producer of The Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck and the original The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, among others.
* Lea Tyrrell, Emmy Award-winning anchor and reporter most known for her work at News 12 Long Island.
* Brian Kenny, ESPN SportsCenter Anchor
* Art Klein, producer known for Bottle Shock, Nobel Son and Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, among others.
* Jonathan Monaghan, visual artist and animator
* Sonia Chopra, former director of editorial strategy for Vox Media’s Eater, executive editor at Bon Appétit.
* Jill Nicolini, traffic reporter for "The PIX Morning News" in New York
* Carol Silva, veteran three Emmy Award-winning news anchor, most known for her 33 years at the anchor desk of News 12 Long Island.
* George Giosi, a video producer for the New York Islanders, won two Emmy Awards.
* Candice Night, Lead singer, Blackmore's Night
* Judy Martin, Emmy Award-winning news anchor for News 12 Long Island.
* Drew Scott, a multiple Emmy and National Edward R. Murrow Award winner for New York’s WPIX-11 and News 12 Long Island, and he worked as a Washington correspondent at the White House for Tribune Broadcasting.
* Adam Pascal, actor, singer, and producer (most notable as Roger Davis in the Broadway musical Rent)
* The Tanster, street artist
* Sam Ryan, sportscaster
* Edward Butera, a graphic design firm owner in Boca Raton. Father of Ariana Grande.
* Dana Arschin, three Emmy Award-winning journalist.
* Jenni Farley, American television personality.
* Jermain Hollman, an actor, model and producer. He has been on such TV shows such as Star Trek: Picard and Colony (TV series), also in feature films such as Rob Zombie’s “31” and SYFY channel originals.
* Ben Finley, broadcast journalist, Editorial Producer with Anderson Cooper 360. He was a Producer for In the Life on PBS and has produced for several CNN and MSNBC programs and specials, including Presidential debates, and the wedding of William & Kate. He earned an Emmy Award and four Peabody awards.
* Alphan Eşeli, Turkish director, screenwriter and photographer
* Steve Salvatore, most known for his Emmy Award-winning medical correspondence on CNN, FOX5 and PIX11 news for more than two decades.
* Kimmi Kappenberg, contestant from Survivor: The Australian Outback and Survivor: Cambodia.
* Doug Draizin, film producer
* Rahul Dholakia, Indian film director-producer-screenwriter
* Vithaya Pansringarm, Thai actor
* Chris Distefano, comedian and TV host
* Chih-Yuan Tai, actor, known for Guang yin de gu shi (2008), Sao ren (2012) and Bao qing tian (1993), among others.
* Linda Stasi, columnist and critic for The New York Post and New York Daily News. She is also an onscreen cohost of NY1, Time Warner’s 24/7 news channel, and has appeared on such programs as The O’Reilly Factor, The Today Show, The View, Hardball with Chris Matthews, CBS Morning Show, and Good Day New York. She is also the author of several books.
* Ameera Al-Kooheji, Bahraini TV presenter, video producer
* Rob Cabitto, American author, business owner, and public speaker.
* Joji (musician)
* Jamila Rowser, American writer and publisher.
* Odimumba Kwamdela, writer
* Tai Chih-yuan, Taiwanese comedian, actor, show host and YouTuber.
* Jonathan Monaghan, contemporary visual artist
* Susie Lewis, American writer and producer who co-created the MTV animated series Daria.
* Tevin Thomas, a U.S. musician, composer, keyboard artist, producer and educator.
* Magic Juan (musician), American merengue and hip hop artist. He was the lead singer and rapper of Dominican-American merengue group Proyecto Uno.
* Jared Cohn, an American film director, screenwriter and actor.
* Dwayne Perkins, an American stand-up comedian
* Nadine Ellis, an American actress.
* Yulie Cohen, an Israeli documentary filmmaker. She is also a professor at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
* Tony De Nonno, a filmmaker, photographer, puppeteer, historian, and speaker in humanities.
* John Fekner, an American artist.
* Edna Machirori, a Zimbabwean journalist. She was the first black woman news editor in Zimbabwe, as news editor of The Chronicle, and the first black woman editor of a mainstream Zimbabwean newspaper, as editor-in-chief of The Financial Gazette. In 2013 she won an IWMF Lifetime Achievement Award.
* Fatman Scoop, an American rapper, hype man, and radio personality.

## Business

* Richard J. Daly, CEO, Broadridge Financial Solutions
* Daisy Exposito-Ulla, former CEO, The Bravo Group Young & Rubicam
* Monte N. Redman, CEO, Astoria Financial Corporation and Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Association
* Richard Jacowleff, chief executive officer of iconectiv.
* Perry J. Kaufman, American systematic trader, index developer, and quantitative financial theorist.
* Frank Baron, executive vice president and head of the management at Zurich Insurance Group.
* Wu Linqi, entrepreneur and founder of the Zhongshi Golf Museum, the only formal golf museum in China.
* Linda Davila, chairperson, First Vice President, Merrill Lynch.
* Sarah Swammy, senior vice president and chief operating officer (COO), State Street Bank and Trust Company.
* Bob Gluck, Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Smart Balance.
* Robert E. Evanson, President, McGraw-Hill.
* Curtis Brunson, vice president, L3 Technologies.
* Michael Klein, CEO of iCAD Inc.
* Yazeed Khalidi, executive vice president and CFO, Pharmacy1, a pharmaceutical chain in Jordan. Director of Jordan Commercial Bank.
* Jacqueline Mason, Vice President at Morgan Stanley.
* James Chip Cleary, president and chief executive of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
* Mark Friedlander, chief marketing officer (CMO) at United Health Services.
* John Keville, managing partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton.
* Sunita Holzer, executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Realogy.
* David Hickey, president and CEO of Lumeta Corporation.
* Ark Latt, vice president of Turner International. President of Plaza Construction.
* Kevin G. Jackson, chief commercial officer at TreeHouse Foods.
* Cuneyt Dalcan, managing director of Ramada.
* Anthony Gioeli, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Pixelworks, and Vice President of Marketing at Synaptics.
* Bob Frank, former president of Entertainment One.
* Wilson Milian, Vice President at AECOM.
* Steven Salyer, chief operating officer of UP Health System - Marquette.
* Anthony V. Hayes, chief operating officer and general manager for New England Public Media.
* Neil Moore, CEO of Queens Hospital.
* William Bauman, vice president, Computer Associates.
* Steve Kantor, president of L3 Technologies.
* Phil Bottega, Vice President at Tiffany & Co.
* Michael T. Smith, Vice President at JPMorgan Chase.
* Gary S. Lynch, managing director, Marsh & McLennan Companies.
* Eli Wachtel, managing director, Bear Stearns.
* William J. Bannon, managing director, Goldman Sachs.
* Debra A. Vogel, president and owner of Las Vegas- and New York-based Paradigm Management LLC.
* Gabriela Rodriguez, chief executive officer (CEO) of Impact Hub (global network). Represented Mexico at the Junior Olympics as a tennis player.
* Carlos Smith, chief financial officer (CFO) of Paragon Space Development Corporation.
* John Bruckner, president of National Grid plc.
* LaVern Rhaburn Sula, president of Argus Cyber Security.
* Scott A. Wolf, president of Mercy Medical Center (Springfield, Massachusetts).
* John Gering, managing director of HLW International.
* Michael Rikon, president and shareholder at Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton P.C. He is listed in the Who’s Who in American Law (3rd to current eds), Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World.
* Itzhak Fisher, Vice President, Nielsen Holdings. He also founded and served as CEO of RSL Communications, a $1.5-billion telecommunications company.
* John J. Flemm, founder and president of the Flemm Lead Company
* Carol Ann Hasenstab, Vice President, TD Bank, N.A.
* Steve Johnson, Director for Labor Relations at The Coca-Cola Company.
* Vincent L. Sadusky, former president and CEO of LIN Media, current chief executive officer at Univision Communications Inc.
* Tom Scerbo, vice president at HNTB, and former executive vice president at AECOM.
* Rich Humann, chairman, CEO and president of H2M Architects & Engineers, a diversified consulting firm with over 500 employees based in Melville, N.Y.
* Iman Mutlaq, founder and president of Sigma Investments Group.
* Saifullah Paracha, a business manager
* Jerry Romano, chairman, New York Emmy Awards.
* Chen Ningning, founder and president of Pioneer Metals Holdings Co., Ltd. She is a self-made billionaire, her net worth is $1.8 billion as of 2011.
* Cedric Priso, vice president at TD Bank (United States).
* Yaron Varsano, a multimillionaire Israeli real estate developer and the husband of Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot.
* Nj Ayuk, the executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber.
* Trish Hannon, President and chief executive officer of New England Baptist Hospital.
* Indera Rampal-Harrod, director of human resources, American Express.
* Rory J. Cutaia, founder and CEO of Verb Technology, an interactive, video-based sales enablement applications company. Previously, he founded Telx, a tech startup in the data center sector, later sold for $215 million. Telx was sold again in 2015 for approximately $1.9 Billion. He is also a trustee of the American Shakespeare Center.
* Matthew Calamari, American business executive serving as the chief operating officer of The Trump Organization.
* Charles Schafer, president and chief financial officer of Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. Vice President at L-3 Communications.
* Bill Zerella, chief financial officer of Fitbit.
* David Schieren, co-founder and CEO of EmPower Solar, an award-winning solar engineering and installation company. Board member of Long Island Association.
* Maria Sastre, an American businesswoman known for her work in airlines. She was the first female regional vice president of United Airlines. Fortune named her one of the 50 most powerful Latinas of 2017.
* Alan Hilburg, an American trust communications and branding consultant.

## Government and civil service

* Thani Ahmed Alzeyoudi, former Minister of Climate Change and Environment for the United Arab Emirates. He is currently the Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates.
* Averof Neofytou, Cypriot politician, who was the President of the then-ruling Democratic Rally (DISY) party from 2013 to 2023, and currently serves as Member of the House of Representatives since 2006, having previously served in the position from 1996 to 1999. Prior to his election to parliament, which he briefly left to serve as Minister of Communications and Works, he was active in local politics and served as Mayor of his hometown, Polis, from 1992 to 1996.
* Humayun Chaudhry, physician and CEO, Federation of State Medical Boards
* Joseph Saladino, New York state assemblyman, 12th district
* Anthony Seminerio, politician
* Andre Pierre, former Democratic mayor of North Miami, Florida and an attorney
* Nicholas Estavillo, NYPD Chief of Patrol
* Rafael Piñeiro, First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD)
* Brian M. McLaughlin, New York state assemblyman
* Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary, American political campaign organizer, activist, political commentator, author, and lecturer in international and public affairs at Columbia University.
* A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, a former member of parliament from the Chandpur-1 constituency and the state minister of Ministry of Education. He also served as an adjunct lecturer at Brooklyn College and the Borough of Manhattan Community College.
* Andrea Crooms, Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
* John Brooks, served as a Democratic member of the New York State Senate from the 8th district from 2017 to 2023.
* Alonzo Short, retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
* David Barnea, the current Director of the Mossad
* Roseann Stichnoth, executive vice president and head of the Financial Services Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
* Kevin O'Connor (physician), American physician and retired U.S. Army Colonel serving as the physician to the president.
* Christopher Amenita, senior vp broadcasting operations and new media licensing at American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
* Tom Cilmi, Suffolk County legislator.
* Sarahana Shrestha, Nepalese-American democratic socialist politician and activist who is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the New York's 103rd State Assembly district. She was first elected in November 2022.
* Bill Clark (screenwriter), a former New York Police Department detective and q television writer and producer. Two Emmy Awards winner
* Amit M. Shelat, Vice Chairman of the New York State Board for Medicine, New York State Education Department
* Nicos Iona, chief computer programmer and analyst for with the Ministry of Defense in Cyprus.
* Karl Von Batten, senior government advisor with a primary focus in federal and global healthcare policy and human rights. He has advised and worked with the United States Congress, federal departments, and in support of United States initiatives, advised visiting foreign ministers and heads of states on issues relating to public policy and global and human rights healthcare initiatives.
* H.E Abdulla Bin Mohamed Bin Butti Al Hamed, Chairman of the Department of Health in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and a member of Abu Dhabi Executive Council
* Keith Kazmark, Mayor of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
* Abubakar Kabir Bichi, member of the Nigerian Federal House of Representatives
* Amir Gefen, AI Lab manager in the research and development unit at the Ministry of Education in Israel.
* Richard Bearak, director of land use for the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office.
* John Zozzaro, a New York City Council member, owns the business, Pizza Company 7.
* Kevin Hyms, president of the Ronkonkoma Chamber of Commerce.
* David A. Barbutti, Yonkers Department of Housing and Buildings deputy commissioner.
* Trish Bergin, member of Suffolk County Legislature. Bergin also served as a board member for the Town of Islip, New York.
* Latarshia (Tasha) Crawford-Jones, vice president, United States Department of Justice.
* Lenka Wright, chief communications officer for Mountain View, California.
* Mohammed Ateeq Al-Falahi, Secretary general of the Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Emirates.
* Joseph A. Catania III, director of technology at Pelham Union Free School District (N.Y.).
* Jessica Vaitiare Chin Foo, advisor to the minister of energy of French Polynesia.
* Carl Esposito, information technology director and chief information security officer for the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board.
* Sowmya Reddy, General Secretary of All India Mahila Congress of Karnataka and a member of the Indian National Congress
* Onyinye Akujuo, chief operating officer (COO) of the Houston-Galveston Area Council.
* Golan Cipel, chief information officer at the Consulate General of Israel in New York.

## Military

* Richard Jadick, naval surgeon credited for saving the lives of 30 marines and sailors during the Second Battle of Fallujah, earning him the Bronze Star.
* Philip Volpe, U.S. Army Major General who served as command surgeon in the Battle of Mogadishu. Assistant professor at the Kansas City University.
* Fang Wong, United States Army warrant officer who served as the National Commander of The American Legion. Bronze Star Medal recipient.
* Vincent Capasso, U.S. Army General, served in the U.S. Department of Defense as part of the Multinational Security Transition Command in Baghdad. He is the recipient of the U.S. Gold Medal for Volunteer Service.
* Catherine Tolvo, pediatrician at Dover Air Force Base, sole pediatrician, flight surgeon, and chief of clinical services at Connecticut Air National Guard.
* John Rimmer, Officer in the United States Navy Reserve. He also serves as the system chief medical officer of Carepoint Health, which owns Hoboken University Medical Center, Bayonne Medical Center and Christ Hospital.
* Eric J. Serpico, lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, psychiatrist at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan, psychiatrist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and assistant professor at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
* Robert Blue, chief of surgery at Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic, and a member of the U.S. Air Force ground surgical team.
* Thomas S. Ricci, vice president, Thomas Properties Group. He was an active-duty U.S. Air Force Captain.
* Brad Carley, anesthesiologist at Brooke Army Medical Center.
* Kaitlyn Stasiewicz, psychiatrist at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.
* Charles Wood, diagnostic radiologist at Brooke Army Medical Center.
* Brandon Chung, orthopedic surgeon at William Beaumont Army Medical Center. He also was a surgeon at Tripler Army Medical Center. He spent a year serving as a flight surgeon with the U.S. Army.
* Marian Leverette, research engineer, computer security officer, and a Helicopter Wing administrative department head in the U.S. Navy. Principal of Yokota High School which is located on Yokota Air Base.
* Richard Fisher, project manager for the United States Navy. Purple Heart recipient. Assistant Principal of Supervision of Technology at Brooklyn Technical High School.
* Craig D. Button, US Air Force pilot
* C. Bruce Pickette, U.S. Army Signal Corps lieutenant colonel, 115th President General of the Sons of the American Revolution.

## Royalty

* Queen Sylvia of Buganda
* Yi Won, incumbent director of the Jeonju Lee Royal Family Association of South Korea
* Abdulla Bin Mohamed Bin Butti Al Hamed, an Emirati politician and sheikh who has been the head of the National Media Office with the rank of minister since January 2024.

## Science and related fields

* Zhang Enhe, scientist, chief engineer of the Xian Y-7
* Suresh Kumar, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for BNY Mellon.
* Steven Wolk, chief technology officer, P. C. Richard & Son
* Max Mermelstein, drug smuggler, worked as chief engineer for the Sheraton Hotel.
* Anders Cohen, Chief of Neurosurgery at Brooklyn Hospital Center.
* Susan Chin, Vice President of Planning & Design and Chief Architect at Wildlife Conservation Society.
* Vincent Connare, font designer and former Microsoft employee. Amongst his creations are the Comic Sans font, and the Trebuchet MS font
* Peter Ruggiero, design principal at HOK, and former professor at Columbia University.
* Arun Manansingh, chief information officer at World Trade Centers Association.
* Samuel Abbate, vice president at Northrop Grumman.
* Engin Yalt, technology analyst at Goldman Sachs, former consultant for IBM. He has also taught at Hofstra University.
* Adam Goldstein, director of minimally invasive surgery for Virtua Health.
* Bradley Feuer, chief surgeon of the Florida Highway Patrol.
* Michael Edbauer, vice president of medical affairs for Catholic Health.
* Brian McMurray, Vice President of Engineering and Operations at General Motors.
* Alessandra Capizzi, chief physician assistant at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
* Arie Trouw, co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors at XYO Network, the world’s first blockchain geospatial oracle network backed with cryptography.
* Edward Walden, chief engineer for NFL Films.
* Jason McGrade, vice president at Northwell Health.
* Soyeb Barot, chief research officer and vice president at Gartner.
* Lorraine Mead, chief content strategist for Google.
* Evangelos Loukas, medical director of Plainview Hospital.
* Michael McCrackan, Research and development director, Kodak.
* Viren Shah, chief digital officer of Haier.
* Joseph Squitieri, director of psychiatry at Community Healthcare Network.
* Patrick Lynch, vice president at Bell Laboratories.
* Robert J. Coni, chief of neurology at St. Luke's University Health Network.
* Sumesh Kalapurakal, associate director for Clinical Programming at Johnson & Johnson.
* Jason Golbin, chief medical officer and executive vice president at Catholic Health.
* Claudia Coplein, Tyson Foods' first chief medical officer.
* Philip Fasano, executive vice president and chief information officer at American International Group (AIG).
* Cynthia (Criss) Smith, chairs the Pediatric Department at St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore.
* Nicholas Casabona, chief information officer at NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island.
* Joseph P. Maccaro, chief quality assurance engineer for U.S. Department of Defense. He provided engineering support to NASA for the development and procurement of the 16mm motion picture camera used on the Apollo and Skylab space missions.
* Stephen Trinceri, Lead Engineer at Verizon Communications.
* Ted Moudis, architect and founder and senior principal of Ted Moudis Associates (TMA). A fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
* Peter J. Romano, president and founder of Peter J. Romano & Co., a project development and management consulting firm.
* Elissa Charbonneau, chief medical officer of Encompass Health.
* Jeannine Haggery, Vice President of Information Technology at Con Edison.
* Patri Friedman, Software Engineer at Google.
* Steve Panariello, owner of Digital Island Media company. Technology and Engineering Emmy Award winner.
* Karèn Avanesov, Director of Orthopedic Spine Surgery at Nassau University Medical Center.
* Anthony Dupree, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at CareerBuilder.
* Walter A. Poggi, President and CEO of Retlif Testing Laboratories, Inc., IEEE’s Harold Wheeler Award winner.
* Joseph Fuller, AIA, NCARB, a New York area architect specializing in Educational Architecture and Historic Preservation. He is best known for his firm's designs for the 2009 Academy of Information Technology & Engineering in Stamford, CT, the 2010 restoration and expansion of Old Town Hall (Stamford, Connecticut), the expansion of Staples High School (Connecticut), and the restoration of the Gothic facades and campus of City College of New York.
* James Chemp, Director of engineering and energy, 7-Eleven.
* Ray Rayburn, Fellow of Audio Engineering Society, audio systems engineer, digital audio designer for U.S. Senate.
* Mikhail Varshavski, American doctor, social media personality and philanthropist. People magazine named him the "Sexiest Doctor Alive" in its Sexiest Men Alive issue.
* Mark B. Berger, senior vice president and chief information officer, SWBC.
* Ben Wolo, Director of engineering and operation at Qwest, managing director of LIBTELCO
* Pat Galloway, engineer, CEO of Nielsen-Wurster Group, the first female president of ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), inducted into the National Academy of Construction
* Peter A. Eckstein, Senior Principal Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation. IEEE Board of Directors member, and 2016 IEEE President. Professor at United States Merchant Marine Academy.
* Anubhav Jindal, Chief of Staff at Oracle Corporation. Former principal software consultant at Fidelity Investments.
* Victor Taranto, recognized in the Cambridge Who's Who Executive, Professional, and Entrepreneurial Registry for his dedication to the health care field. He is a specialist in general and laparoscopic surgery and has had his own private practice for over 25 years.
* Patricia McMahon, vice president and general manager at Northrop Grumman, and vice president and general manager at BAE Systems.
* Jason Robinson, lead network engineer for Google.
* Steven Pontillo, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, AMC Networks.
* Drew Hughes, chief information security officer at Urban Outfitters.
* Muneer Alshowkan, Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has earned several awards for his research, including the R&D 100 Award, presented each year by R&D Magazine to identify the 100 most significant, newly introduced research and development advances in multiple disciplines.
* Ronald Connelly, as a RF engineer, he has worked on various projects to include Air Force One and Air Force Two, performing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) analysis. He also performed EMC analysis on the International Space Station (ISS) and worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the next generation tactical data link for military systems.
* Celine Mathew, recognized in the Cambridge Who's Who Executive, Professional, and Entrepreneurial Registry for her dedication, leadership, and excellence in healthcare. She is the chief resident physician at Nassau University Medical Center.
* George Llado, Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Merck & Co. He also served on the boards of Sierra Ventures, Charles River Laboratories and Temple University.

## Sports

NYIT produced several Olympians. NYIT's track and field program alone produced five Olympians. There have been at least 38 Major League Baseball drafted players from NYIT.
* Allison Baver, Olympic Speed Skating Medalist (Bronze, 2010)
* Anthony Davis, a sprinter, competed in the 1980 Olympics.
* Evan Clarke, a sprinter, competed in the 1992 Olympics.
* Don Cooper, head pitching coach, Chicago White Sox
* Jim Ferry, basketball coach
* Sarah Fisher, race car driver
* Joe Vasold, lacrosse player
* Ray Giannelli, baseball player
* Lou Bernardi, inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.
* Steven Verderosa, former New York Giants scout and three-time Super Bowl champion.
* Carol Lawrence, head coach of Johnson C. Smith University's cross country and track and field program.
* Jimmy Goelz, a former professional baseball player and baseball coach at Hofstra University. He spent seven years in the minor leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Miami Marlins.
* Al Labozzetta, played five years for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers.
* Bill Dacosta, played for the New York Yankees.
* Alan Ashkinazy, drafted by the Boston Red Sox and played for the Greensboro Hornets in 1985 and 1986. He founded the Greensboro Batting Center.
* Mike Gaffney, head baseball coach at Long Island University. He played for the Florida Marlins and the Kansas City Royals.
* Erin Smith, Head Coach for the Women's Lacrosse program at Walsh University.
* Chris Rojas, coach at Long Island University and Hofstra University. He pitched in the minor leagues for nine seasons, spent two years in the independent leagues, and one season in the Venezuelan Winter League. He also represented Puerto Rico in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006.
* Bryan M Goelz, played for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
* Joe Esposito, played for Lakewood BlueClaws and Philadelphia Phillies.
* Mike LaLuna, played for Sussex Skyhawks, Normal CornBelters, Oneonta Tigers and Connecticut Tigers.
* Kraig Binick, played for the Baltimore Orioles.
* Jon Burke, played for the Québec Capitales.
* Andrew Guarrasi, played for the Normal CornBelters and Lake County Fielders.
* Steve Faulkner, played for the Rockford Riverhawks.
* George Carroll, played for the Dunedin Blue Jays.
* Danny Lackner, played for the Newark Bears.
* Frank Valentino, played for the Brooklyn Cyclones.
* Mo'ath Alkhawaldeh, works for Princeton University as a Financial Manager. Runner's World has featured him as one of the top 50 Most Influential People in Running worldwide, and he was also a recipient of the 2017 Athletes in Excellence Award from The Foundation for Global Sports Development. He competed in the 2024 Olympics.
* Bryant Lassiter, head women’s basketball coach at State University of New York at Old Westbury. He played with the Harlem Globetrotters, and also played professionally in Puerto Rico and Ecuador.
* Brian Pugh, School Counselor and also the Head Coach of J.V. Football at Brooklyn Technical High School.
* Kirk Stewart, played for the Elmira Pioneers.
* Mike Levine, vice president of New Jersey Devils.
* Manix Auriantal, professional basketball player
* Chris Algieri, professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division
* Allen Watson, former Major League Baseball pitcher (member of 2000 World Series Champion New York Yankees)
* Brian Brady, former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels
* Patrick Jarrett, represented Jamaica at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
* Howard Burnett, a one-time Olympian, making his only appearance in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea), when he won the silver medal.
* Paston Coke, won the silver medal in the 400 metres at 1999 World Student Games in personal record of 45.15 seconds.
* Rade Džambić, Serbian former professional basketball player who last played for ZTE KK.
* Dave Telgheder, American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the New York Mets and Oakland Athletics from 1993 to 1998.
* Gerry Lucey, Irish retired footballer and coach
* Wayne Watson (sprinter)
* Michael Cooper (racing driver)
* Hayden Smith, New York Jets player
* SonicFox, an American professional esports player
* Matt Messina, 2009 Major League Lacrosse collegiate drafted player.
* Szu Yao Sun, played for the Taipei Taishin Mars.
* Vanessa Córdoba, a Colombian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Beşiktaş

## Other

* Rex Heuermann, an architect and expert in New York City's Byzantine zoning codes. Suspected serial killer.