17 Notable alumni of Thunderbird School of Global Management
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Thunderbird School of Global Management is ranked #8,178 in the world and #2,024 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Thunderbird School of Global Management sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Thunderbird School of Global Management won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Nathan Mumm
1973-. (aged 53)
basketball coach
Nathan Mumm is an American business executive and radio talk show host for TechTime Radio. He was the original owner of the basketball team Snohomish County Explosion that played in the National Athletic Basketball League and International Basketball League.
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2. Gary Tillery
1754-. (aged 272)
sculptor
biographer
Gary Tillery is an American writer and artist known for his biographies focusing on the spiritual lives of famous figures, and for his public sculptures. His 2009 book, The Cynical Idealist, was named the official book of the 2010 Theatre Within John Lennon Tribute in New York City, and he created the centerpiece sculpture of the Chicago Vietnam Veterans Memorial,...
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3. Lee Abbamonte
1978-. (aged 48)
blogger
Lee Abbamonte FRGS is an American travel blogger, on-air travel personality and entrepreneur who has been to all 193 United Nations member states, the North Pole and the South Pole.
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4. Christopher Campbell
politician
Christopher Campbell is a senior executive-level business strategist, former American political aide, and senior government official who previously served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions. He was unanimously confirmed as Assistant Secretary by the United States Senate in 2017. Prior to assuming his Department of Treasury role, Campbell was the majority staff director for the United States...
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5. Halla Tómasdóttir
1968-. (aged 58)
businessperson
politician
Halla Tómasdóttir is an Icelandic businesswoman and politician serving as president of Iceland since 2024. She is Iceland's second female president, after Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Before becoming president, Halla was a public speaker and the chief executive of The B Team, a global nonprofit group.
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6. Jorinde van Klinken
2000-. (aged 26)
athletics competitor
Jorinde van Klinken is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw.
7. Philip T. Reeker
1965-. (aged 61)
diplomat
Philip Thomas Reeker is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the Department of State who currently serves as the senior advisor for Caucasus negotiations. He was previously Chargé d'affaires of the United States mission to the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2022 and acting assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from...
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8. Larry André Jr
1961-. (aged 65)
diplomat
Larry Edward André Jr. is a retired American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who had served as the United States ambassador to Somalia from February 2022 to May 2023. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Djibouti from 2018 to 2021, and as the United States ambassador to Mauritania from 2014 to 2017.
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9. Robert Cekuta
1954-. (aged 72)
diplomat
Robert Francis Cekuta is a career Foreign Service Officer, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan from February 2015 through March 2018.
10. Nina Maria Fite
diplomat
United States Ambassador to Angola
Nina Maria Fite is an American diplomat and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who served as the United States Ambassador to Angola from 2018 to 2021. Prior to assuming her role as ambassador, Fite served as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal, Canada. Since becoming a diplomat in 1990, Fite has served at seven...
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11. Luis Alberto Moreno
1953-. (aged 73)
journalist
diplomat
Luis Alberto Moreno Mejía is a Colombian businessman and former diplomat who served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from 2005 to 2020. He was also Colombia's Ambassador to the United States under President Andrés Pastrana Arango from 1998 to 2005, and is the former President of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial. He currently serves as a member...
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12. Matt Berg
1978-. (aged 48)
businessperson
Matt Berg is the CEO of Ona, which he co-founded with Peter Lubell-Doughtie, Ukang'a Dickson and Roger Wong. Previously, he was the ICT Director for the Millennium Villages Project at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, the Technology Director for ChildCount+, and a member of Columbia University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering research group in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied...
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13. Don Novello
1943-. (aged 83)
actor
television actor
director
writer
film actor
Don Novello is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, film director and producer.
14. R. Niels Marquardt
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
R. Niels Marquardt is a retired American diplomat and past CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia.
15. Bob Dudley
1955-. (aged 71)
businessperson
chief executive officer
Robert Warren Dudley is an American businessman who is a former group chief executive of BP. He had been president and chief executive of TNK-BP and on June 18, 2010, was assigned to be BP executive in charge of the Gulf Coast Restoration Organization responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He is the chair of the international industry-led Oil...
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16. Howard Lindzon
financial analyst
Howard Lindzon is a Canadian author, financial analyst, technical analyst and super angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. Lindzon was named one of The Best Tweets for Your Money in 2013 by Barron's.
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17. Ramon Laguarta
1963-. (aged 63)
chief executive officer
chairperson
businessperson
Ramon Laguarta is a Spanish businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. He became CEO on 3 October 2018. He is the sixth CEO in the company's history and the first Spanish CEO of a large American multinational company.
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