32 Notable alumni of CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College is ranked #5,552 in the world and #1,457 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 32 notable alumni from CUNY Bernard M Baruch College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with CUNY Bernard M Baruch College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Verna L. Jones
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Verna L. Jones-Rodwell is an American politician who represented the 44th legislative district in the Maryland State Senate. Senator Jones-Rodwell was also the chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland from 2007 to 2008.
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2. Shirley Elizabeth Barnes
1938-. (aged 88)
diplomat
Shirley Elizabeth Barnes is a former United States diplomat and a career Foreign Service officer. She was appointed United States Ambassador to Madagascar from June 29, 1998, to July 28, 2001.
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3. Jack Orchulli
1946-. (aged 80)
Jack Orchulli is an American former founder and CEO of Michael Kors and former political candidate from Connecticut.
4. Maryann Keller
1943-. (aged 83)
business executive
Maryann Keller was an American automotive industry analyst and author. Keller covered the auto industry as a Wall Street analyst from the 1970s until the 1990s. She was last the principal at Maryann Keller & Associates, an automotive consultancy firm she founded in 2001. She died on June 16, 2022, at the age of 78.
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5. Jacqueline Hernández
1966-. (aged 60)
businessperson
Jacqueline Hernández is a Hispanic-American multimedia businesswoman specializing in multicultural and youth marketing. Hernandez is the CEO and founder of New Majority Ready, a marketing and content development firm. She is the former CMO of NBCUniversal Hispanic Enterprise and COO of Telemundo Enterprises and mun2. She currently serves as the Interim CEO of MediaCo and is on the board of...
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6. Leo C. Zeferetti
1927-2018 (aged 91)
politician
Leo C. Zeferetti was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended public schools in the borough. He served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 (attaining the rank of petty officer second class as a yeoman) and was an officer of the New York City...
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7. Michael McDerman
1977-. (aged 49)
television actor
screenwriter
stage actor
Michael McDerman is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and podcast host.
8. Jacqueline Leo
journalist
Jacqueline McCord Leo is an American magazine editor and media producer. She is the former editor-in-chief of the Reader's Digest. Her prior roles included editorial director of Consumer Reports. She was the founder of Child magazine, which was acquired by The New York Times Company, and became editor-in-chief of Family Circle.
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9. James Lam
1961-. (aged 65)
writer
James Lam is a corporate director, management consultant, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He is President of James Lam & Associates, a risk management consulting firm he founded in early 2002. Lam currently serves as chair of the risk oversight committee and a member of the audit committee on the board of E*TRADE Financial Corporation. He also serves as an...
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10. Michael J. Freeman
1947-. (aged 79)
inventor
Michael J. Freeman is an American inventor who works in trend analysis, advanced behavioral systems, programming of smart toys, cable television and robotics. He was a professor at three American universities and a consultant to business and governments.
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11. Pablo Rey
1968-. (aged 58)
printmaker
painter
Pablo Gabino Rey Sendón is a Spanish painter artist born in Barcelona in 1968.
12. Leighann Lord
actor
comedian
writer
Leighann Lord is an American comedian, writer, and actress. She performs stand-up comedy, has appeared on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and is a former co-host of the Star Talk Radio podcast. Lord is a co-host for Center for Inquiry's Point of Inquiry podcast and the host of Skeptical Inquirer Presents. She is a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical...
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13. Barry Schwartz
1980-. (aged 46)
journalist
blogger
Barry Schwartz is a technologist and blogger who writes about search engines and search engine marketing, and search engine optimization. Schwartz is the founder and currently the editor of Search Engine Roundtable, an online news site covering the search engines and search engine marketing. He also is the CEO & President of RustyBrick, Inc., a New York–based web development company,...
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14. Arki Dikania Wisnu
1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Arki Dikania Wisnu is an American-born Indonesian professional basketball player for Dewa United Banten of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for the Baruch Bearcats.
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15. Rupert Jee
1956-. (aged 70)
entrepreneur
Rupert Jee is an American entrepreneur, former deli owner, and television personality who gained fame from his frequent appearances on Late Show with David Letterman, on which he sometimes used the alter ego Kenny. He first appeared on the Late Show during a "Meet the Neighbors" segment on September 20, 1993, and was a frequent accomplice of host David Letterman...
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16. Fernando Ferrer
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Fernando James Ferrer is an American politician who was the borough president of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001. Ferrer was a candidate for mayor of New York City in 1997 and 2001 and was the Democratic Party nominee for mayor in 2005, when he was defeated by Michael Bloomberg. Ferrer served on the New York City Council in the...
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17. Melissa Mark-Viverito
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Melissa Mark-Viverito is an American Democratic politician and former speaker of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2017, as well as councilmember for the 8th district from 2006 to 2017, representing Concourse, Concourse Village, East Harlem, Highbridge, Longwood, Mott Haven, Port Morris, and Randall's Island.
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18. Dennis Levine
1952-. (aged 74)
businessperson
Dennis B. Levine is a corporate consultant and former investment banker. He was a managing director at the investment banking firm Drexel Burnham Lambert in the 1980s. Levine was one of the first of several high-profile insider trading defendants in the Wall Street insider trading investigations of the mid-1980s. As a result of the investigation by and subsequent proceedings, Levine...
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19. Abraham Beame
1906-2001 (aged 95)
politician
Abraham David Beame was an English-born American accountant, investor, and Democratic Party politician who served from 1974 to 1977 as the 105th mayor of New York City. Beame presided over the city during the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy.
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20. Egemen Bağış
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Egemen Bağış is a former Turkish politician of, former member of the Turkish parliament, the former minister for EU Affairs and chief negotiator of Turkey in accession talks with the European Union and a former ambassador of Turkey to the Czech Republic.
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21. William Blum
1933-2018 (aged 85)
historian
writer
journalist
William Henry Blum was an American author and journalist and a critic of United States foreign policy.
22. Adam Neumann
1979-. (aged 47)
businessperson
entrepreneur
investor
Adam Neumann is an Israeli and American businessman, investor, and billionaire. In 2010, he co-founded WeWork with Miguel McKelvey, where he was CEO from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, he co-founded a family office dubbed 166 2nd Financial Services with his wife, Rebekah Neumann, to manage their personal wealth, investing over a billion dollars in real estate and venture startups.
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23. Tarkan
1972-. (aged 54)
composer
singer
Tarkan Tevetoğlu is a German-born Turkish singer-songwriter.
24. Martin Shkreli
1983-. (aged 43)
entrepreneur
YouTuber
executive
hedge fund manager
television producer
Martin Shkreli is an American investor and businessman. Shkreli is the co-founder of the hedge funds Elea Capital, MSMB Capital Management, and MSMB Healthcare, the co-founder and former CEO of pharmaceutical firms Retrophin and Turing Pharmaceuticals, and the former CEO of start-up software company Gödel Systems, which he founded in August 2016.
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25. Ralph Lauren
1939-. (aged 87)
fashion designer
Ralph Lauren is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for founding the brand Ralph Lauren, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He stepped down as CEO of the company in September 2015 but remains executive chairman and chief creative officer. As of May 2025, his net worth is estimated at US$11.9 billion.
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26. Albert Ellis
1913-2007 (aged 94)
behaviour therapist
non-fiction writer
cognitive scientist
psychologist
sex educator
Albert Ellis was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, and was certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded, and was the President of, the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. He is generally considered to be one...
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27. Carl Heastie
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Carl Edward Heastie is an American politician from New York. Heastie has served in the New York State Assembly since January 2001, and was elected Speaker of the New York State Assembly on February 3, 2015.
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28. Vanessa Gibson
1979-. (aged 47)
politician
Vanessa L. Gibson is an American politician who has served as the Borough President of The Bronx since 2022. She served as a member of the New York City Council, representing the 16th district from 2014 to 2021. A Democrat, she was elected Bronx Borough President in November 2021 to a four-year term beginning January 2022, running on a platform...
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29. Trey Martinez Fischer
1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer
politician
Ferdinand Frank Fischer III, better known as Trey Martinez Fischer, is an American politician. He is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, and has represented the 116th district since 2019, having previously held the seat from 2001 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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30. Yuh-Line Niou
politician
Yuh-Line Niou is an American politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 65th district. The Lower Manhattan district, which is heavily Democratic and over 40% Asian American, includes Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the Lower East Side. Niou is the first Asian American elected to the State Assembly for the...
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31. Jack Barsky
1949-. (aged 77)
writer
sleeper agent
Jack Philip Barsky is an author, former CIO at a Fortune 500 energy firm and former operative of the KGB who spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988. Exposed after the Cold War had ended, Barsky became a resource for U.S. counterintelligence agencies, and held executive technology roles at major U.S. corporations. He was not charged with any...
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32. Oscar N. Onyema
1968-. (aged 58)
managing director
Oscar N. OnyemaListen OON, is the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (formerly known as the Nigerian Stock Exchange), an institution that services the largest economy in Africa and champions the development of Africa’s financial markets. Prior to attaining this position, he was the CEO of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE”) for 10 years. He...
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