28 Notable alumni of Nova Southeastern University
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Nova Southeastern University is ranked #715 in the world and #208 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from Nova Southeastern University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Nova Southeastern University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Joseph W. Underwood
1953-. (aged 73)
teacher
American football official
Joseph W. Underwood is an American teacher and athletic trainer born in Indianapolis. Underwood was inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame. In 2007, Underwood was selected as a top 50 finalist in the Global Teacher Prize in 2018 by the Varkey Foundation.
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2. Nick Thompson
1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer
judge
politician
Nick Thompson is a former Fort Myers, Florida Republican politician who served as the Representative for District 73 in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. He was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. He chaired the Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee.
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3. Charles J. Cunningham
1932-2022 (aged 90)
military officer
Charles J. Cunningham Jr. was a lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force. His last post in the Air Force was as the commander of the Twelfth Air Force, Tactical Air Command at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas. After his retirement from the military he served as director of the Defense Security Service until 2002. While working for the U.S....
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4. Ginger Lerner-Wren
1959-. (aged 67)
judge
Ginger Lerner-Wren is an American county judge and author. She is renowned for her advocacy in mental health law and criminal justice reform. Lerner-Wren also serves as an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern University.
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5. Keith Sonderling
1982-. (aged 44)
civil servant
lawyer
Keith E. Sonderling is an American lawyer and government official. He has served as the 38th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor, the acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Acting Under Secretary of United States Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Authority since 2025, during President Donald Trump's second term. From 2020 to 2024,...
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6. Jean Monestime
businessperson
Jean Monestime is an American politician, real estate businessman and member of the Miami-Dade County Commission since 2010. He is the first Haitian-American to serve as a Miami-Dade County commissioner, as well as the first to chair the commission. Monestime represents District 2 in northeast Miami-Dade County, which incorporates portions of North Miami, North Miami Beach and Biscayne Gardens, as...
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7. Larcenia Bullard
1947-2013 (aged 66)
politician
Larcenia J. Bullard was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Florida State Senate, representing the 39th District, which included parts of Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties, from 2002 to 2012.
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8. Carole Ward Allen
consultant
politician
artist
Carole Ward Allen is an American politician, professor, and political consultant. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and serves as the chief executive officer of CWA Partners, LLC. As a mass transportation executive in the State of California, Ward Allen served three four-year terms as an elected member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board...
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9. Edie Rodriguez
1961-. (aged 65)
business executive
Edie Rodriguez is an American businesswoman and travel industry executive. She has held executive or board member positions with a number of travel industry corporations, especially in the area of cruise lines and luxury products.
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10. Megan Squire
1997-2000 (aged 3)
political writer
political analyst
computer scientist
activist
data scientist
Megan Squire is a data science researcher and expert in cybersecurity and political extremism. She currently works for a company that makes IT security software; previously she was the deputy director for data analytics and open source intelligence at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Earlier in her career, she was a professor of computer science at Elon University and an...
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11. Michelle Fraley
1962-. (aged 64)
military personnel
Michelle Fraley is a retired military officer and was the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police. Fraley is also the first Puerto Rican woman to graduate from West Point Military Academy and the first woman to hold the aforementioned post of superintendent. She is also the former chief of staff of the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command. Academically, Fraley holds...
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12. Ana Maria Rodriguez
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Ana MarÃa RodrÃguez is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing the 40th district encompassing Monroe and parts of Miami-Dade Counties since 2020.
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13. Louie L. Wainwright
1923-2021 (aged 98)
Louie Lee Wainwright was an American corrections administrator who served as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections from 1962 to 1987. He is known for having been the named respondent in two U.S. Supreme Court cases: Gideon v. Wainwright in which indigents are guaranteed an attorney, and Ford v. Wainwright, in which the Court approved the common law rule...
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14. Ariana Fajardo Orshan
judge
Ariana Fajardo Orshan is an American Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. She previously served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 2018 to 2021. Prior to this, she had been a Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 2012 to 2018.
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15. Carlos Asuaje
1991-. (aged 35)
baseball player
Carlos Alberto Asuaje Ciafre is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants.
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16. Geovanni Gopradi
1983-. (aged 43)
actor
television actor
Geovannie Gomez, known professionally as Geovanni Gopradi, is an American actor and producer.
17. Brenda Snipes
1943-2023 (aged 80)
teacher
official
Brenda Calhoun Snipes was an American public official who was the Supervisor of Elections for Broward County, Florida. She was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush in 2003. Snipes was registered as a Democrat.
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18. Syra Madad
1986-. (aged 40)
pathogen preparedness expert
Syra Madad is an American pathogen preparedness expert, and biosecurity advisor. Madad is the Chief Biopreparedness Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals where she was part of the executive leadership team which oversaw New York City's response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the city's 11 public hospitals. She was featured in the Netflix documentary series Pandemic: How to...
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19. Seth Gabel
1981-. (aged 45)
film actor
actor
television actor
Seth Gabel is an American actor. He is known for his roles of agent Lincoln Lee on Fox's television series Fringe, Cotton Mather on WGN America's series Salem, and Adrian Moore on the FX series Nip/Tuck. He is a grand-nephew of actor Martin Gabel.
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20. Somy Ali
1976-. (aged 50)
model
film director
journalist
actor
Somy Ali is a Pakistani-American actress, writer, filmmaker, model and activist who has worked in Bollywood films. She runs a non-profit organization named No More Tears since 2007.
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21. Bobby Payne
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Bobby Payne is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2016–2024.
22. James Bush
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
James Drew Bush III is a Miami, Florida teacher and Democratic politician who served as the representative for District 109 of the Florida House of Representatives. He previously represented the same district from 1992 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2010.
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23. Will Kirby
1973-. (aged 53)
reality television participant
physician
William Terence Kirby, popularly known as Dr. Will, is an American aesthetic dermatologist, an associate clinical professor of dermatology, and a reality television personality. He is known for winning the CBS reality show Big Brother 2 as well as winning The Price Is Right and appearing on the Star Wars television series The Book of Boba Fett as Karales the...
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24. Olivia Peguero
1961-. (aged 65)
sculptor
painter
botanical illustrator
Olivia Peguero is a Dominican and American contemporary landscape and botanical painter and sculptor. Painting most of the year in the Dominican Republic and Florida, she is known for producing all of her studies and the majority of her finished pieces en plein air. Unlike many other Dominican artists, her works are created in oil paint, using a more traditional...
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25. Isabel Saint Malo
1968-. (aged 58)
diplomat
politician
Isabel de Saint Malo GarcÃa de Alvarado is a Panamanian politician and diplomat. She formerly was the vice president of Panama and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1 July 2014, to 30 June 2019. De Saint Malo ran with elected President Juan Carlos Varela, on the ticket made up of an alliance of the Panameñista Party and the People's Party....
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26. K. Peter Turnquest
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Kevin Peter Turnquest is a Bahamian politician who served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance from May 15, 2017 to November 25, 2020.
27. Leroy Gilbert
1947-. (aged 79)
military officer
Christian minister
Leroy Gilbert is a former officer in the United States Navy and Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard.
28. Sheri Polster Chappell
1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer
judge
Sheri Jean Polster Chappell is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.