# List of Fairfield University alumni

The following is a list of notable graduates of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

## Notable alumni
### Arts and entertainment

* The Alternate Routes – award-winning alternative rock band formed by Eric Donnelly (2001) and Tim Warren (2003)
* Mark Ambor (2020) - Alternative/Indie singer-songwriter
* Donatella Arpaia (1993) – New York City restaurateur; judge on the Food Network reality TV series The Next Iron Chef
* Connor Campbell (2018) - Boston Connor personality on The Pat McAfee Show
* Joe DeCamara (2000) – sports radio personality for 94.1 WIP in Philadelphia
* Edward J. Delaney (1979) – award-winning author; Professor of Creative Writing, Roger Williams University
* Joe DeVito (1990) – comedian and writer; appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and NBC's Last Comic Standing
* Bob Drury (1980) – New York Times Bestselling author
* Paul Fargis (1961) – founder of Stonesong, publisher of several bestselling reference books
* Githa Hariharan (1977) – Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning author and editor
* Pat Jordan (1965) – acclaimed author of A False Spring, ranked #37 on Sports Illustrated's 100 Top Sports Books
* Burt Kearns (1978) – founder, Frozen Television/Frozen Pictures; author, Tabloid Baby; producer, A Current Affair
* Adam LaVorgna (2011) – actor best known as Robbie Palmer in the TV series 7th Heaven
* January LaVoy (1997) – actress best known as Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live
* Paul Marcarelli (1992) – actor/screenwriter best known as the face of the Verizon Wireless "Can You Hear Me Now?" national TV campaign
* Peter McCann (1970) – singer/songwriter, best known for "Do You Wanna Make Love" (1977)
* Jared Mezzocchi (2007) - two-time OBIE Award-winning theater artist
* Neil Peng – Taiwanese screenwriter and political activist
* Paul Ryan Rudd (1970) – actor who played John F. Kennedy in the 1977 NBC movie Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
* Rob Stevenson (1992) – president of Virgin Records US
* Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (2012) – Mohegan author, historian, and storyteller
* Jim Wilbur (1986) – guitarist for indie-rock band Superchunk

### Academia

* Melissa Begg (1985) – Dean, Columbia University School of Social Work
* Ronald A. Bosco (1967) – Distinguished Professor of English and American Literature, University at Albany
* Rebecca Miriam Cunningham (1992) – President, University of Minnesota
* William Doerner (1971) – Professor, Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
* Jennifer Griffiths (1968) – Professor and Chair, New York Institute of Technology, Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
* James Hanrahan (1952) – founding Chancellor, St. Thomas More School
* Edward Hardiman (1991) – Headmaster, St. John's Preparatory School (Massachusetts)
* Zachary Freedman (2005) – O.N. Allen Professor of Soil Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
* Thomas Kelly – Head of School, Horace Mann School
* Kevin Kiernan (1967) – T. Marshall Hahn Sr. Professor of Arts and Sciences Emeritus, University of Kentucky
* Katherine Lapp (1978) – Executive Vice President of Harvard University
* Harry Marmion (1953) – President of Saint Xavier University, Stony Brook Southampton and United States Tennis Association
* David J. McCarthy, Jr. (1957) – Dean Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center
* Bernard McGrane (1969) – Associate Professor of Sociology, Chapman University
* Robert J. McMahon (1971) – Ralph D. Mershon Professor of History, The Ohio State University
* Joseph Moylan (1960) – founding President, Durham Nativity School; professor of surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
* Maurice J. O'Sullivan (1966) – Kenneth Curry Chair of Literature, Rollins College
* Thomas Poon (1990) – Executive Vice President and Provost, Loyola Marymount University; Acting and Interim President, Pitzer College
* Donald Preziosi (1962) – leading art historian and author; Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford University; Professor Emeritus, UCLA
* Mark Reed (1996) – President of Loyola of Chicago University
* Charles E. Schaefer (1955) – "Father of Play Therapy"; Professor of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University
* Kurt C. Schlichting (1970) – E. Gerald Corrigan Endowed Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Fairfield University
* John Skoyles (1971) – poet and writer; Professor of Writing, Literature & Publishing, Emerson College

### Business

* Michael Amalfitano (1979) – president and CEO, Embraer Executive Jets
* Michael G. Archbold (1975) – former CEO, Talbots, Vitamin Shoppe and GNC
* Logan Beirne (2005) – CEO, Matterhorne Transactions; 2014 William E. Colby Award winner
* Joseph Berardino (1972) – managing director, Alvarez & Marsal; former CEO, Arthur Andersen
* Joseph P. Brennan (1991) – Global Chief Risk Officer, The Vanguard Group
* Jeff Campbell (1965) – former CEO, Burger King; ex-chairman, Pillsbury Restaurant Group
* Carlos M. Cardoso (1980) – president and CEO, Kennametal; named a Best CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine
* Orlando P. Carvalho – Executive Vice President of the Aeronautics Division at Lockheed Martin
* Kevin Cassidy (1990) – CEO of Newterra
* David H. Chafey, Jr. (1976) – president, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
* Susan Coffey (1986) – CEO, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
* Timothy J. Conway (1976) – founder, chairman and CEO, NewStar Financial
* E. Gerald Corrigan (1963) – former president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
* Bill Crager (1986) – founder and CEO, Envestnet
* Joseph DiMenna (1980) – co-founder of Zweig-DiMenna Associates
* Charles Dolan (2016) – founder of Cablevision and HBO
* Frank N. D'Orazio (1990) – CEO of James River Group Holdings
* William P. Egan (1967) – founder and general partner, Alta Communications and Marion Equity Partners
* Jorge Figueredo (1982) – executive vice president, McKesson Corporation; 100 "Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business
* John L. Flannery (1983) – chairman & CEO, General Electric
* Bob Galvin (1981) – CEO, Iconix Brand Group
* Judith E. Glaser – founder and CEO, Benchmark Communications
* Joseph E. Hasten (1974) – president and CEO, ShoreBank; former vice chairman, U.S. Bancorp
* George F. Keane (1955) – founder, Common Fund
* Joseph D. Macchia (1957) – founder and CEO, GAINSCO
* Shawn Matthews (1989) – CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald
* Christopher McCormick (1978) – president and CEO, L.L. Bean
* Andrew McMahon (1989) – CEO, Guardian Life Insurance of America
* Kathleen Murphy (1984) – President of Fidelity Personal Investing; Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business
* Peter J. Pestillo (1960) – former chairman and CEO, Visteon
* Jennifer Piepszak (1992) – co-CEO of Consumer & Community Banking of JPMorgan Chase
* Rick Pych (1975) – president of business operations, San Antonio Spurs
* Leslie C. Quick Jr. (1999) – co-founder of Quick & Reilly
* Larry Rafferty (1964) – founder and CEO, Rafferty Capital Markets
* Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr. (1985) – chairman and CEO, Rose Rock Group
* Eileen Rominger (1976) – former global chief investment officer, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
* Ronan Ryan (1996) – president, Investor's Exchange; character in Michael Lewis’ best-seller, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
* Joseph D. Sargent (1959) – former president and CEO, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
* Phil Singleton (1993) – author and founding CEO of Kansas City Web Design
* Julieann Thurlow (2000) - CEO, Reading Cooperative Bank and Chairman, American Bankers Association
* Marita Zuraitis (1974) – president and CEO, Horace Mann Educator Corporation

### Journalism

* Rob Finnerty (2005) – news host on Newsmax
* Sonia Isabelle (1997) – Emmy Award-winning news anchor; host of Celebrity Page, a nationally syndicated TV magazine show
* Susan King (1973) – Emmy Award-winning TV news anchor; Dean, University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism
* Bill McDonald (1975) – Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times editor
* Donna Savarese (1984) – Emmy Award- and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning TV news anchor
* Bob Sullivan (1990) – award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author; founding staff member, msnbc.com
* Carmen Wong Ulrich (1992) – personal finance journalist; host, CNBC's On the Money
* Liz Wahl (2008) – former Russia Today news anchor who quit on air for ethical reasons

### Judges

* Sean Connelly (1980) – Colorado Court of Appeals Judge; Special Attorney to U.S. Attorneys General Ashcroft and Reno
* John A. Danaher III (1992) – Connecticut Superior Court Judge; 47th United States Attorney For the District of Connecticut
* Raymond J. Dearie (1966) – United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Judge
* Daniel J. Dinan (1952) – United States Tax Court Special Trial Judge
* Joseph P. Flynn (1962) – Connecticut Appellate Court Chief Judge
* William J. Lavery (1959) – Connecticut Appellate Court Chief Judge
* Steve Shannon (1993) – Circuit Court Judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia

### Law and government

* Stephen L. Braga (1978) – lawyer known for pro bono representation of Martin Tankleff and the West Memphis Three
* Stephen Buoniconti (1991) – former member of the Massachusetts General Court
* J. Edward Caldwell (1967) – former Comptroller of Connecticut
* Vincent Cianci (1962) – 32nd and 34th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
* Donald DeFronzo (1970) – former member of the Connecticut Senate
* Richard Morgan Downey (1968) – Obesity advocate
* J. Michael Farren (1977) – former lawyer and bureaucrat
* Michael Fedele (1980) – 107th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
* C. Frank Figliuzzi (1987) – former assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Counterintelligence Division
* Brian J. Flaherty (1987) – former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
* Thomas J. Josefiak (1968) – former chairman of the Federal Election Commission
* Kevin C. Kelly (1985) – former member of the Connecticut Senate
* Martin Looney (1970) – President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate
* Edward Mazurek (1968) – former member of the Maine Senate
* Thomas C. O'Connor (1955) – former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
* Leonard S. Paoletta (1956) – former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
* Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz (1977) – former Secretary of Justice and Solicitor General of Puerto Rico
* Chris Pilkerton (1995) – former administrator of the Small Business Administration
* J. Michael Quinlan (1963) – 5th Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
* Rosa Rebimbas (2004) – former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
* David Rothbard – former president of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)
* Joseph Russoniello (1963) – former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
* Charles E. Sova (1953) – former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
* Thomas Spota (1980) – former district attorney of Suffolk County, New York
* Steven Stafstrom (2005) – former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
* Bob Stefanowski (1984) – Republican nominee for Governor of Connecticut in 2018 and 2022
* Nancy Vaughan (1981) – Mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina
* Roy J. Wells – president and managing director, Triad Strategies

### Medicine and science

* James L. Abbruzzese (1974) – internationally recognized pancreatic cancer researcher at the Duke Cancer Institute
* David C. Christiani (1979) – Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
* J. Kevin Dorsey (1964) – dean and provost of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
* Steven Flanagan (1984) – nationally renowned expert on Traumatic Brain Injuries at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
* Tatiana Foroud (1987) – internationally recognized genetic researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine
* Doris Troth Lippman – Vietnam Women's Memorial Vice-Chair; Honorary Purple Heart recipient
* John T. Lis (1970) – 2000 Guggenheim Fellow; Barbara McClintock Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University
* Jean Malecki – Local Legend honoree by the National Library of Medicine
* Gregory J. Martin (1980) – Chief of Infectious Diseases, Bethesda Naval Hospital; U.S. Navy Legion of Merit recipient
* Brian Monahan (1980) – Attending Physician of the United States Congress; Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
* Richard J. Murphy (1973) – President and CEO Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital; CEO Richmond University Medical Center; CEO Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
* Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell (1987) – world renowned elephant expert; instructor at Stanford University Medical School
* Peter Pronovost (1984) – 2008 MacArthur Fellow and one of Time magazine's 100 World's Most Influential People
* Richard Proto (1962) – noted cryptographer elected to the United States National Security Agency Hall of Honor
* Julio Ramirez (1977) – national leader in neuroscience education; R. Stuart Dickson Professor of Psychology at Davidson College
* Francis J. Tedesco (1965) – president emeritus, Medical College of Georgia

### Social action and community service

* Tom Cornell (1956) – journalist and peace activist
* Michael Donnelly (1981) – leading activist for sufferers of Gulf War Syndrome; author of Falcon's Cry
* Paula Donovan (1977) – executive director, AIDS-Free World; Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice Foundation recipient
* G. Simon Harak (1970) – Director of the Center for Peacemaking at Marquette University
* Stephen V. Kobasa (1969) – peace and political activist
* Robert J. Wicks (1968) – leading writer about the intersection of spirituality and psychology; Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice recipient

### Sports
#### Basketball

* Maurice Barrow (2014) – professional basketball player
* Troy Bradford (1989) – professional basketball player; 3x 1st Team Small American
* Ajou Deng (2003) – professional basketball player; member of the Great Britain national basketball team
* Joe DeSantis (1979) – All-American and professional basketball player
* Tricia Fabbri (1991) – women's college basketball coach
* Kathy Fedorjaka (1990) – women's college basketball coach
* Greg Francis (1997) – Canadian Olympic basketball player and Junior National Men's basketball coach
* Deng Gai (2005) – professional basketball player; 2005 NCAA Division I blocks leader
* Marcus Gilbert (2016) – professional basketball player
* Pete Gillen (1968) – college basketball analyst and men's basketball coach
* Drew Henderson (1993) – professional basketball player; member of the Dutch national basketball team
* Art Kenny (1968) – professional basketball player; No. 18 retired by Olimpia Milano
* Scott King (2016) - head coach of NBA G League Austin Spurs
* Nick Macarchuk (1963) – men's college basketball coach
* Derek Needham (2013) – professional basketball player; member of the Montenegro national basketball team
* Tyler Nelson (2018) – professional basketball player
* Tim O'Toole (1988) – men's college basketball coach
* Darren Phillip (2000) – professional basketball player; 2000 NCAA Division I rebounding leader
* Rakim Sanders (2012) – professional basketball player; 2x Italian League champion
* Lou Lopez Sénéchal (2022) – Mexican-French professional basketball player
* Brendan Suhr (1979) – men's college basketball coach
* Robert Thomson (2004) – professional basketball player in Europe; member of the Rwanda national basketball team
* Keith Urgo (2002) – men's college basketball coach
* A. J. Wynder (1987) – National Basketball Association player
* Mark Young (1979) – professional basketball player

#### Lacrosse

* Brent Adams (2012) – All-American, Major League Lacrosse All-Star and Team USA midfielder
* Mike Bocklet (2007) – Major League Lacrosse All-Star attackman
* Charlie Cipriano (2012) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
* Greg Downing (2007) – All-American, Major League Lacrosse All-Star and Team USA midfielder
* Will Fox (2018) - head coach of Wagner Seahawks men's lacrosse
* C.J. Kemp (2003) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
* Joe Marra (2010) – Major League Lacrosse All-Star goalkeeper
* Jack Murphy (2015) – Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
* TJ Neubauer (2016) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse midfielder
* Spencer Steele (2000) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse attackman
* Peter Vlahakis (2004) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse All-Star face-off midfielder

#### Soccer

* Abby Allan (2001) – New Zealand national football player
* Adam Braz (2001) – Technical Director, Montreal Impact; Canadian international and Major League Soccer player
* Robyn Decker (2008) – professional football player
* Jonathan Filipe (2021) – professional soccer player
* Bryan Harkin (2001) – United Soccer League player
* Mark Longwell (1982) – U.S. international and United Soccer League player
* Brett Maron (2008) – National Women's Soccer League player
* Jim McElderry (1993) – Rutgers University men's soccer coach and United Soccer League player
* Michael O'Keeffe (2013) – New Zealand national football and 2014 Olympic player
* Nikki Stanton (2013) – National Women's Soccer League player
* Justin Thompson (2003) – Canadian international and professional soccer player
* Matt Turner (2015) – United States men's national soccer team and Premier League football player
* Matthew Uy (2010) – Philippines national football player

#### Other

* Will Brazier (2005) – All-American, U.S. international and Super League rugby player
* Keefe Cato (1979) – Major League Baseball player
* Evan Centopani (2004) – professional bodybuilder
* Paul Sheehy (1985) – U.S. international and Super League rugby player
* Laura Valentino (2013) – head coach of the UConn Huskies softball team