70 Notable alumni of Pace University

Marv Goldberg is an American writer and historian of music in the field of rhythm & blues.

Tagore Trajano de Almeida Silva, born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, is a lawyer and professor; he works in the field of study called Animal Rights. In 2010 he was elected president of the Animal Abolitionist Institute, an institution that has developed the Brazilian Abolitionist Movement for Animal liberation.

James A. Murphy III is an American politician, a former district attorney, and a jurist. He is currently an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the county court judge for Saratoga County, New York.

Joseph I. Lubin was an American accountant.

George Oros is an American lawyer and Republican politician from Cortlandt Manor, New York.

Hazelle P. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Broward County Commission. She was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives and was the Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes. She formerly represented the 95th District, which includes North Lauderdale, Lauderdale Lakes, and Lauderhill in northern Broward County, from 2012 to 2016, previously representing the 94th District from 2008 to...

Francesca Hauser is a startup investor and advisor, funding and advising consumer-focused companies such as HelloGiggles, Levo, Mogul, The Wing and Gem&Bolt. Formerly President, Digital for Time Inc.'s Style and Entertainment Group, she is also a philanthropist and advocate for women in business.

Christopher Meek is an American philanthropist, financial services executive and author. Meek is the co-founder and chairman of SoldierStrong, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization which provides support to America’s military veterans. He is also the co-founder of the nonprofits, ReachStrong, which provides an online resource for mental and emotional well-being and START Now!, a non-profit which provided foreclosure counseling to homeowners.

Eric Blackwood is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for being a member of the progressive rock band Edison's Children, which also features Marillion's Pete Trewavas and Rick Armstrong, the son of astronaut Neil Armstrong. He is also a special effects and property technician certified by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) who has worked on more than...

William Birrell Franke was an American businessman and government official. He was best known for his service as United States Secretary of the Navy from 1959 to 1961 under Dwight D. Eisenhower.

George Maragos is an American politician who served as the 13th comptroller of Nassau County, New York, USA. He was first elected in 2009 for a four-year term and was re-elected in 2013 for a second four-year term.

Jane Lewis Corwin is an American politician and businesswoman who currently serves a Commissioner of the International Joint Commission for United States and Canada. She previously served as a Republican Party member of the New York State Assembly from 2009 to 2016. She represented the 144th Assembly District which covers parts of Erie and Niagara counties. Corwin was also the...

Kerstin Bridget Anderson is an American stage actress and singer. She starred as Maria Von Trapp in the 2015–2017 U.S. national tour of The Sound of Music, for which she received critical praise. She made her Broadway debut as the alternate for Eliza Doolittle in the 2018–2019 revival of My Fair Lady. Since then, she has performed mostly in U.S....

Fares Noujaim is a Lebanese-American banker who joined Guggenheim Partners in September 2014. He was appointed Co-Chairman of Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners in 2024. Previously, Noujaim was Executive Vice Chairman of Global Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Timothy Frank Morehouse is an American fencer who won a Silver Medal competing in the men's sabre as a member of the United States fencing team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Morehouse is coached by Yury Gelman. He is the founder of the Fencing in the Schools program.

Francis Joseph Shakespeare was an American diplomat, political consultant and media executive. He was a vice president of the CBS network, and an executive vice president, before entering public service. He served as the United States ambassador to Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and the United States ambassador to the Holy See from 1986 to 1989. He later served as...

Rossana Rosado is the 13th Commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul in November 2021. She is also an American newspaper editor, publisher and producer who served as the Secretary of State of New York. On February 3, 2016, Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Rosado as the Secretary of State. She was...

Roxanne Persaud is a Guyanese-American politician. She is a Democrat and a member of the New York Senate for the 19th district, which includes portions of Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, Ocean Hill and Starrett City in Brooklyn.

Suzanne Weyn is an American author. She primarily writes children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and has written over fifty novels and short stories. She is best known for The Bar Code Tattoo, The Bar Code Rebellion and The Bar Code Prophecy. The Bar Code Tattoo has been translated into German, and in 2007 was nominated for...

Sharon Wheatley is an American actress, singer, and writer known for her work on the Broadway stage and in the New York theatre scene. She performed in the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Come from Away throughout its entire Broadway run as Diane, a friendly Texan who finds love when the transcontinental flight she is aboard is suddenly diverted to...

Touria El Glaoui is a Franco-Moroccan entrepreneur, founding director of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which is held every year in London, New York City and Marrakech. The fair, which draws its name from the 54 countries that make up the African continent, is dedicated to promoting the awareness and emergence of the contemporary African art market globally.

Stewart Edward "Stew" Albert was an early member of the Yippies, an anti-Vietnam War political activist, and an important figure in the New Left movement of the 1960s.

George Walter Landau was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Paraguay, Chile, and Venezuela.

Philip Morgan Halpern is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Nina Marie Freeman is an American video game designer known for her games with themes of sexuality and self-reflection. A former game designer at Fullbright, she developed and published numerous video games and is a co-founder of the Code Liberation Foundation, a non-for-profit organization that makes an effort to diversify employment within STEAM fields.

Lieutenant Colonel Howard Vincent Lee was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in August 1966 during the Vietnam War.

Andrew C. Revkin is an American science and environmental journalist, webcaster, author and educator. He has written on a wide range of subjects including the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, the 2004 Asian tsunami, sustainable development, climate change, and the changing environment around the North Pole. From 2019 to 2023 he directed the Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at The...

Anthony Vargas is an American politician and former educator who served as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from 2017 to 2025. Vargas represented the 7th district, which covers all of downtown Omaha and much of southeastern Omaha.

Aluf Avi Mizrahi (Hebrew: אבי מזרחי; born 1957) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces, the Head of Israeli Central Command between October 2009 and March 2012.

Jeffrey Harlan Boss is an American conspiracy theorist and perennial candidate. He was an independent candidate for President of the United States in the 2008 and 2012 elections, a Democratic candidate in the 2016 election, and the 2020 election.

Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin is an American executive. He was the president of Infinity Broadcasting (formerly known as CBS Radio now Audacy, Inc.) and eventually became the president and CEO of CBS. From 2004 to 2013, he was the CEO of Sirius Radio.

Mary Anastasia O'Grady is an American editor involved in several controversial articles, and columnist who works for The Wall Street Journal. She has, also, been a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board since 2005. She writes predominantly on Latin America and is a co-editor of the Index of Economic Freedom. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize.

Nabiyah Be is a Brazilian actress and singer. She originated the role of Eurydice in the musical Hadestown and portrayed Simone Jackson in the television show Daisy Jones & the Six.

Yuhua Hamasaki, or simply known as Yuhua, is the stage name of Yuhua Ou, a Chinese-born American drag queen, singer, actor and reality television personality who came to international attention on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and later the first season of Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale.

Jessica Lynn is a country music singer and songwriter.

Sharon Lee Carpenter is a British broadcast journalist, actress, television host, and producer. She has worked as an on-air personality for a number of top American television networks including CBS, BET, BBC America, REVOLT TV, and VH1. Currently, she is a guest correspondent for E! News and often contributes on CNN and GMA3. Carpenter recently won both a Telly Award...

Deneen Laverne Borelli is an American conservative author, radio and television personality, and columnist.

Richard A. "Dick" Grasso is a business executive who was the chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange from 1995 to 2003. He started in 1968, when he was hired by the Exchange as a floor clerk.

Mounir Majidi is a Moroccan businessman. He has been the personal secretary of King Mohammed VI since 2000 and president of the royal holding, SIGER, since 2002. He is also the president of Maroc Culture, the organization behind the Mawazine festival, of the Fath Union Sport (FUS) Rabat, of the Mohammed VI soccer academy, and of the Cheikh Zaid hospital's...

Kathleen Herles is an American voice actress best known for being the original voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer for the first four seasons.

Stephanie Lee Andujar, nicknamed StephA, is an American actress, director, producer, writer, singer, dancer and songwriter. She is known for her comedic and dramatic roles. Starring in the Academy Award-winning film Precious (2009), Pariah (2011), See Girl Run (2012), Babygirl (2013), A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), and the film Marjorie Prime (2017). Her television career includes CBS's Blue Bloods...

Stephanie del Valle Díaz is a Puerto Rican musician, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2016. She became the second contestant from Puerto Rico to win the Miss World title, after Wilnelia Merced in 1975. She previously won Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2016.

Osariemen Martha Elizabeth Ighodaro, better known as Osas Ighodaro, is a Nigerian-American actress, television host and philanthropist. She won the 2010 Miss Black USA Pageant and founded the Joyful Joy Foundation, a fundraising organization for malaria. Ighodaro emerged as the highest-grossing Nollywood actress of 2018 and was awarded Best Actress in a Drama consecutively at the 2022 and 2023 AMVCA...

Jarah-Evelyn Makalapua Mariano is an American model best known for her appearances in the 2008 and 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editions, as well as Victoria's Secret.

Jason Charles Glazer is a television personality and sports reporter. Since 2004, he has worked as a National Football League (NFL) insider for Fox Sports' NFL pregame studio show, FOX NFL Sunday, on which he reports exclusives, late-breaking updates, injury news, and other reports. The whole cast and their show were inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in 2019.

Ariane de Rothschild is a French banker and the CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Group since March 2023. She is the first woman and the first person without Rothschild lineage to run a Rothschild-branded financial institution.

Yancy Victoria Butler is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film Hard Target, Jess Crossman in Drop Zone (1994), and Detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama series Witchblade. For her performance in Witchblade, she won a Saturn Award for Best Actress in a Television Series.

Vincent Pastore is an American actor. Often cast as a mafioso, he is best known for his portrayal of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on the HBO series The Sopranos. He also made notable appearances in the HBO film Gotti (1996), Shark Tale (2004) and Revolver (2005).

Lalit Kumar Modi is an Indian born Vanuatuan businessman and former cricket administrator. He was the founder, first chairman and league commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and ran the tournament for three years until 2010. He also served as the Chairman of the Champions League from 2008 till 2010 and was Vice President of the BCCI from 2005...

Dominique Fishback is an American actress. She played Billie Rowan on Show Me a Hero, Darlene on The Deuce, and Deborah Johnson in Judas and the Black Messiah, the latter of which earned nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 2023, she began starring in the Amazon Prime...

Rachael Domenica Ray is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosted the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray. Other programs to her credit include 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels, $40 a Day, Rachael Ray's Week in a Day, and the reality format shows Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off and Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off....

Michelle Borth is an American actress who has portrayed characters on The Forgotten and the HBO series Tell Me You Love Me. Borth played Catherine Rollins on the CBS crime-drama Hawaii Five-0.

Amy Lee, known professionally as Ailee, is an American singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Amassing digital sales success in South Korea, she has released four studio albums, six extended plays, and twenty one singles, six of which charted within the top five of the Gaon Digital Chart.

Paul Franklin Dano born June 19, 1984) is an American actor. His work includes both independent film and blockbusters, and his accolades include nominations for a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Farrah Abraham is an American reality television personality and businesswoman. Born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she received public attention after being cast in the reality television series 16 and Pregnant in 2009, which documented the pregnancies and first months of motherhood for several young women. Later that year, she was cast in the spin-off series Teen Mom, and...

Sarah K. Peake is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, she served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2007 to 2024. She represented the Fourth Barnstable district, a Cape Cod district that includes her hometown of Provincetown. She previously served on the Provincetown Board of Selectmen.

Ivan Seidenberg is the former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc.

Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since 2007 and served as Majority Leader and Temporary President of that body since 2019. She has served twice as acting lieutenant governor of New York under Governor Kathy Hochul,...

Bruce John Walker is an American engineer, lawyer, and government official who serves as the Assistant Secretary of Energy. Prior to assuming his current role, he founded Modern Energy Insights, Inc., which specializes in evaluating risk for utilities' electric infrastructure. Walker previously worked at National Grid as the vice president of asset strategy and policy and at Consolidated Edison, where...

David "Dadi" Barnea is an Israeli intelligence chief who serves as the current director of the Mossad, having taken over from Yossi Cohen in June 2021.

Barbara Farrell Vucanovich was an American Republican politician from Nevada. She was the first woman from Nevada elected to the United States House of Representatives, in which she served seven terms representing Nevada from 1983 to 1997.

Tyrone Jefferson is an American trombonist, composer, arranger and producer. Over the course of his career he has collaborated with acts such as James Brown, Public Enemy, LL Cool J and others.

Liz Harris is an American politician from Arizona and the Arizona RNC National Committeewoman. A Republican, she was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 2023 to April 2023. Harris was elected in November 2022 from the 13th legislative district, which includes much of Chandler, Arizona.

Malachy Edward Mannion is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Kashyap Pramod Patel is an American lawyer serving since 2025 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel also served as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from February to April 2025.

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator and U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew...

Ásthildur Sturludóttir is the current mayor of the Icelandic city of Akureyri and has held the position since 2018.

Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the governor of Edo State from 2016 to 2024.

Youngor Sevelee Telewoda is the Liberian ambassador to Germany, Austria, Japan with Co-Accreditation to Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and New Zealand from 2011 to 2017. From 2003 to 2010, Telewoda served as Liberia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium with concurrent accreditation to the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the European Union.