# List of The Evergreen State College people

This is a list of notable students and staff of The Evergreen State College (Evergreen), an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Evergreen is located in Olympia, Washington, United States.

## Notable alumni
### Academia

* Wayne Au, American educational researcher
* Thomas Herndon, economist
* Matthew Frye Jacobson, historian, professor
* Douglas Kahn, historian of sound, media arts, and science and technology studies
* Robert W. McChesney, university professor in communications and media studies
* Joyce McConnell, first female president of Colorado State University
* Russell Potter, novelist and college professor
* David Price, anthropologist
* Douglas Robinson, professor of English, dean, best known as a translation scholar
* Roger Stritmatter, professor of humanities and one of the leading modern-day advocates of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
* Philip S. Thurtle, historian, biologist and academic.
* Lisa Darms, writer, archivist and art appraiser. Editor of "The Riot Grrrl Collection".

### Activists

* Rachel Corrie, International Solidarity Movement political activist, killed in Gaza by Israel Defense Forces
* Saab Lofton, author, activist

### Business

* Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub Pop Records
* Bre Pettis, entrepreneur; co-founder of MakerBot Industries, NYC Resistor

### Criminals

* Mechele Linehan, convicted murderer (conviction later overturned on appeal)
* Andrew Mickel, activist sentenced to death for murder of a California police officer
* Scott Scurlock (1955–1996), robbed 17 banks in the Northwest
* Justin Solondz, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident
* Briana Waters, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident

### Entertainment, visual arts and media

* Tom Anderson, artist
* Katie Baldwin, artist
* Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author
* Craig Bartlett, cartoonist and animator for Rugrats and Hey Arnold!; married to Lisa Groening, Matt Groening's sister
* Josh Blue, stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing, member of US Men's Paralympic Soccer Team
* Violetta Blue, adult film star
* Robert Meyer Burnett, filmmaker; writer-director of Free Enterprise; producer of The Hills Run Red, Agent Cody Banks
* Charles Burns, cartoonist
* Tammy Rae Carland, artist
* Steve De Jarnatt, director of cult films Miracle Mile and Cherry 2000
* Matt Groening, cartoonist, creator of Life in Hell, The Simpsons, and Futurama
* Byron Howard, director and story artist at Walt Disney Feature Animation; lead character animator on Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear; director of Bolt and Tangled
* Clayton Kauzlaric, artist, animator, game designer noted for work on Total Annihilation, Voodoo Vince and DeathSpank
* Megan Kelso, cartoonist
* Michael Leavitt (artist), fine art sculptor and toy maker
* Audrey Marrs, Academy Award-winning film producer and Sundance Film Festival award winner
* Nikki McClure, illustrator of New York Times best-selling children's book All in a Day
* Sam Miller, comedian
* Jared Pappas-Kelley, artist
* Heather Rae, filmmaker
* Michael Richards, actor, known as the popular character Cosmo Kramer on the TV show Seinfeld
* Don Roff, writer and filmmaker
* Liz Sales, artist
* Dana Simpson, cartoonist, creator of Phoebe and her Unicorn, and Ozy and Millie
* Margaret Stratton, photographer and video artist
* John Taylor, reality television star of Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back
* Steve Thomas, host of the PBS show This Old House
* Cappy Thompson, artist
* Jennifer West, artist and filmmaker
* Tay Zonday, internet personality, musician, voice actor
* Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, artist
* Panacea Theriac aka Miss Pussycat, artist, performs with partner as Quintron & Miss Pussycat.

### Government

* Jessica Bateman, member of the Washington House of Representatives
* Elizabeth Furse, former United States congresswoman
* Dennis Heck, Lieutenant Governor of Washington (since 2021)
* Maia Bellon, former Washington Secretary of Ecology
* Yuh-Line Niou, 2002–present; New York State Assembly member whose district includes Chinatown
* Terry Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration's chief technology innovation officer
* Christine Quinn-Brintnall, Washington State Court of Appeals judge
* Kevin Ranker, Washington state senator, 40th district
* Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington state representative, 37th district

### Literature

* Maile Chapman, author
* John Bellamy Foster, co-editor, Monthly Review
* Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author
* Benjamin Hoff, writer, The Tao of Pooh
* Steve House, Piolet d’Or Award recipient
* Tom Maddox, science fiction writer
* Robert W. McChesney, co-editor, Monthly Review
* Judith Moore, author of the novel Fat Girl: A True Story
* Inga Muscio, author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
* Leslie Rule, non-fiction author, novelist, paranormal writer
* Ken Silverstein, investigative journalist

### Music

* Carrie Brownstein, musician in band Sleater-Kinney and co-star in the television series Portlandia
* Martin Courtney, musician in the band Real Estate
* Kimya Dawson, musician
* Heather Duby, musician
* Timo Ellis, musician
* Phil Elverum, musician
* Steve Fisk, musician, audio engineer, and producer
* Ely Guerra, singer-songwriter
* Kathleen Hanna, musician in Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin
* Calvin Johnson, composer, musician, audio producer and founder of K Records
* Conrad Keely, vocalist/guitarist of indie rock band …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
* Nomy Lamm, singer, songwriter, activist, accordionist
* Heather Lewis, musician in band Beat Happening
* Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, rapper
* Lois Maffeo, musician
* Mirah, born Mirah Zeitlyn, recording artist
* Molly Neuman, musician in band Bratmobile, recording artist
* Casey Neill, musician, singer, songwriter, leader of the band Casey Neill & the Norway Rats
* Katherine K. Preston, musicologist
* David Rovics, musician, political folk
* Jeff Sherman, musician in band Glass
* Justin Trosper, musician in band Unwound
* Corin Tucker, musician in band Sleater-Kinney
* Tobi Vail, musician in band Bikini Kill
* Kathi Wilcox, musician in band Bikini Kill
* John Wozniak, musician in band Marcy Playground, record producer
* Allison Wolfe, singer, songwriter, writer, & podcaster. A founding of Bratmobile, pioneer of the early-to-mid '90s riot grrrl movement.
* Sara Lund, musician in band Unwound

### Science

* Holly Hagen (epidemiologist). professor, College of Global Public Health, New York University, and director of the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research.
* Paul Stamets, mycologist

### Sports

* Joey Gjertsen, soccer player with San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer

## Faculty and staff

* Stephanie Coontz, historian
* Daniel J. Evans, former governor of Washington
* Elizabeth Kutter, biologist
* Bill Ransom, science fiction author
* Gail Tremblay, poet and artist
* Willi Unsoeld, mountaineer (deceased)
* Sean Williams, ethnomusicologist
* Miranda Mellis, author