List of University of South Florida alumni

This list of University of South Florida alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of the University of South Florida. There are more than 290,000 alumni of the University of South Florida.^[1]

Alumni names are alphabetized within categories.

Academics

• Douglas J. Barrett, A graduate of the University of South Florida College of Medicine. He served as University of Florida Senior Vice President for Health Affairs.^[2]
• Alan Boss, 1973, astrophysicist and chair of multiple International Astronomical Union and NASA grounds
• Jeff Bradstreet- Autism researcher.^[3]
• William Brown, 1975, President of Cedarville University
• Julia R. Burdge- Author^[4]
• Frank Caldwell, 1967, former Florida Association of Community Colleges employee
• Sylvia "Alfonso" Carra, 1969, Clinical Psychologist, Sylvia F. Carra-Hahn Ph.D. P.A.
• Roberto Gonzalez-Echevarria, 1964, Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literatures, Yale University
• Bartley Christopher Frueh- Professor and clinical psychologist.^[5]
• Kevin Gordon, Ed.D. 2011, Provost, St. Petersburg College
• Phoebe Irby, 1981, Outstanding Teacher of 1996, Hillsborough County Public Schools
• Anila Jain, 1981, Physician and Medical Consultant at Anila Jain M.D. Consulting
• Mohinder "Mona" Jain, 1984, Commissioner for Florida Governor's Commission on Education
• Lee Kump, 1986, Professor of Geosciences, Penn State University
• Earl Lennard, 1963, Former Hillsborough County Public Schools Superintendent
• Glenda Lentz, 1963. Board of Governors of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, First Woman President of Cooperative Education Association
• David Mendelblatt, 1998, Yachtsman and ophthalmologist
• Lois Nixon, 1980, Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine
• Ray V. Pottorf, 1975, Former superintendent, School District of Lee County
• Michael Rao, 1987, Youngest ever university president or chancellor, President of Virginia Commonwealth University
• Gus Sakkis, 1971, former Superintendent of Pinellas County Schools, 1973–81
• Stephanie Todd, 1996, Internal Medicine Doctor
• Ann Winch, 1966, Former President of THUSFAR
• Gordon Parks, 2003, Actor, filmmaker, proprietor of GP Productions of Bradenton since 1992

Business

• Walid Abukhaled, 1989, CEO, Northrop Grumman, Saudi Arabia
• John Angus Anderson, 1965, Executive Director, Electricity Consumers Resource Council
• Lee Arnold, 1974, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Arnold Companies
• Michael Arnold, 1970, Vice President, Nextran Corporation
• Philip Asherman, 1976, CEO, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I)
• Jim Atchison, 1988, President/CEO of SeaWorld Entertainment
• Ida Baker, 1975, First African American named deputy superintendent by Florida Department of Education; served as the Deputy Commissioner of Education.
• Charles Baumann, 1971 Corporate Accountant, Kerkering, Barberio and Co., P.A., Board Member, SunTrust Banks
• Arnie Bellini, 1982, no. 50 person over 50 to solo swim the English Channel, CEO of ConnectWise
• Patrick Benz, 1968, Ph.D. `76, Owner of Benz R&D
• Franklin Biggins, 1976, Former Judge-Magistrate of Fulton County, Georgia; Former CEO and Attorney of Biggins & Associates
• Peter Birk, 1992, Technical Lead, Authentication and Identity Projects, CIO Innovations Lab at IBM
• Kishore Bopardikar, 1988, Founder and President of Calypso Technology
• John Borreca, 1975, President, Celotex Corporation
• Jack H. Boyd Jr., 1963, Former CEO, Jahabo Inc.
• Bill Bracken, 1989, Founder, Bracken Engineering, Inc.
• Angie Brewer, 1982, CEO/Chairman, Angie Brewer and Associates
• Richard Brown, 1967, Managing Member, Richard L. Brown & Company; USF Foundation Board of Directors Member
• Darryl Burman, 1980, Vice President of Group 1 Automotive
• Eddie Carpenter, 1970, President, Disneyland International and CFO, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
• Robert B. Carter, 1990, co-chief executive officer and chief information officier of FedEx.<sup>[6]</sup>
• Colleen Chappell, 1988, President and CEO of ChappellRoberts, no. 10 largest advertising/marketing agency in Tampa
• Joie Chitwood III, MBA 1995, Indianapolis Motor Speedway President and COO
• J. Dean Cole, 1981, Current Director of Florida Hospital Orthopaedix Institute Fracture Care Center
• Nikole Collins-Puri, 2001, President, New Community Partners LLC; Director of Programs, The Women's Foundation of California
• Charles Edwin Copeland, 1973, Senior VP, HDR Engineering, Inc.; President, HDR Architecture Inc.
• Frank Dagostino, 1992, Consultant at DWIN Consulting LLC
• Ann Wilkins Duncan, 1987, Florida Board of Governors Board Member; President/Founder, Vertical Integration Inc.
• William Eickhoff, 1969, Principal and Director, Sabal Trust Company
• L. Raymond Fleming, 1967, Owner, Energy International Inc.
• Harrison W. Fox, 1965, President, America Military Housing Services
• Roger Frazee, 1971, CPA, Financial Services Network Inc.
• George Gatewood, 1965, M.A. `68, Retired Director, Allegheny Observatory
• Charles Gibson Jr., 1972, Real Estate Broker
• Donald Gifford, 1967, Prominent Tampa Lawyer
• Anthony Girgenti, 1968, Pathologist Group, St. Joseph's Hospital
• Robert Glaser, 1977, CEO at Smith & Associates Real Estate
• Kerriann Greenhalgh, 2001, Ph.D. 2004, CEO of KeriCure Inc.
• Toni Gemayel, Attended, 2012, Founder of FanJam
• Michael Griffin, 2003, Licensed Real Estate Broker
• Jeffrey B. Hackman, 2000, MACC 2006, Group chief accounting officer for Cunningham Lindsey
• John Harper, 1976, President & CEO, Habitat for Humanity of East & Central Pasco County
• Brad Heath, 1985, President, VirTex Assembly Services, Inc.
• R. Patrick Hill, 1970, President, Hill and Associates, Inc. Tampa; Former USF Board of Trustees Member
• Alison Jimenez, 2002, President and CEO, Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc.
• Nicole Johnson, 2013, International Board of Directors, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Tina Johnson, 1980, Publix Treasurer to the Board of Directors, Non-institutional trustee, Advisor to CEO
• Tom Kennedy, 1973, Founder & President, BackOffice Associates
• Brian Lamb, 1998, President and CEO of Fifth Third Bank (Tampa Bay), USF Board of Trustees Member
• Rhea Law, 1977, Chair, USF Board of Trustees
• Liana Fernandez-Fox, 1980, President, Liana Fernandez Fox Consulting, Inc.; Hillsborough Community College Mathematics Professor
• Elizabeth Lindsay, 1983, President, Bairns' Associates, Inc.
• Jim Marshall, 1975, CEO of Promethean, Inc.
• Ed McCraw, 1974, VP MasterCard WorldWide
• M. Dennis McGarry, 1967, President, Personal Legal Plans Inc.
• Jessica McRory, 1903 & M.S. 2004, President, Arehna Engineering
• David Mearns, 1986, Director, Blue Water Recoveries, Guinness World Record Holder for Deepest Shipwreck ever found
• Andy Mintzer, 1977, Principal in Los Angeles office of Hemming Morse, LLP; AICPA's Professional Ethics Committee
• H. Lee Moffitt, 1964, Founder, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center; former Florida Speaker of the House
• Mark Mondello, 1987, CEO, Jabil Circuit
• Peter Mouton, 1983, Ph.D. `90, President and Chief Scientific Officer of St. Pete's Stereology Resource Center, Inc.
• Les Muma, 1966, Founder and Former CEO of Fiserv
• Tom Nguyen, 1993, Owner of USLicensedContractors.com; President/Founder of U.S. Bank Reports
• Brent Nixon, 1995, President/CEO of CTL Group
• Steven Oscher, 1977, Chairman of the Board, USF SunDome; President and Owner, Oscher Consulting, P.A.
• Betty Otter-Nickerson, 1976, Former COO of the Lance Armstrong Foundation; President of Sage N.A. Healthcare
• John Patrick, 1971, Launched the IBM ThinkPad brand as senior marketing executive
• John Ramil, 1978 & MCE 2000, TECO Energy President, Chair of USF Board of Trustees
• Daniel Ravicher, 1997, Lecturer in Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, named one of "The 50 Most Influential People in Intellectual Property"
• George Reyes, 1976, Retired CFO of Google
• Robert "Bob" Bretnall, 1983, Senior Hydrogeologist at HSW Engineering, Inc.
• Shaun Robinson, 2005, CEO, Strong College Students
• Ken Rollins, 1964. Founder and owner, Rollins Fine Art, LLC
• Ann McKeel Ross, 1979, Vice Chairman, Pilot Bank
• Dennis Ross, 1966, Former CEO and President, Celotex Corporation; Former President, New Smyrna Corp.
• Kimberly A. Ross, 1992, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Avon Products Inc.
• Barbara Samson, 1991, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder, Intermedia Communications, Inc.
• Pat Shea, 1976, Executive Director, Investorside Research Association
• Linda Simmons, 1975. President & CEO, Simmons Management Services, Inc.
• Nadine Smith, 1988, Executive Director, Equality Florida
• Craig Spencer, 1983, Co-Owner of Arena Football League's Philadelphia Soul
• Jim Stikeleather, 1987, Chief Information Officer, Dell
• Michelle Turner, 1995, Chief Financial Officer VP of Finance at Raytheon
• Nick Vojnovic, MBA 2012, President of the Little Greek Chain Restaurants, former President of Beef O' Brady's
• Devin Walker, M.S. 2012, COO Trash2Cash-Energy, Forbes 30 under 30 (2013)
• Charles Wells, 1988, SVP Engineering, Chief Product Officer at SmartFocus
• James H.P. Woodroffe III, 1964, TECO Energy, VP Federal Affairs
• Nancy Yasecko, 1975, Principal Instructional Designer at Tyco Learning Technologies
• Dennis Zank, 1976, President of Raymond James & Associates since 2003
• Jordan Zimmerman, 1980, MBA 1984, Founder/Chairman of Zimmerman Advertising, USF Trustee and Philanthropist

Entertainment, Journalism, and Literature

• A. Manette Ansay, 1989, Author, Vinegar Hills
• Robert Ashford- professor of law at Syracuse University School of Law.^[7]
• Guy Babylon, 1979, Musician, keyboardist/composer, most noted for his work with Elton John.
• Sandra Bailey, 1975, Former Olympics Editor for Sports Illustrated
• Don Banks, 1984, Columnist for Sports Illustrated
• Joe Barresi - Record engineer^[8]
• Jill Becker, 1980, Emmy Award Winning News Anchor
• Dan Bilzerian- Poker star. In 2013, he had a net worth of $100 million.^[9]
• James Carlos Blake, 1969, Novelist - Winner of LA Times Book Prize^[10]
• Bruce Blowers- Musician.^[11]
• Elayne Boosler, Attended, Comedian
• Kim Boyce - Singer.^[12]
• Karen Brown 1989, M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2008, Author, O. Henry Prize Winner
• Ben Brown, 1969, USA Today and Southern Living Writer
• Mark Consuelos, 1994, Actor, ABC's "All My Children"^[13]
• Ann Turner Cook, 1969, Mystery Writers of America, Famous "Gerber Baby"
• Philip DeFranco - |YouTube celebrity^[14]
• Patricia DiCarlo, 1993, Senior Producer for CNN's The Situation Room
• Rick Barrio Dill- Musician.^[15]
• Tamsen Fadal, 1992, Lebanese-American television personality, four-time Emmy awarding winning journalist, author and entrepreneur.^[16]
• Leo Gallagher, 1970, Comedian
• Drake Hogestyn, 1977, Actor, NBC's "Days of Our Lives"
• Melissa Howard, 1999, MTV's "Real World" cast member, "Girls Behaving Badly"
• Lauren Hutton, Attended, Actress and Model
• Nicole Johnson, 1996, 1999 Miss America, Author and Diabetes Advocate
• Roland Kent La Voie, Attended, Better known as 70's singer Lobo
• Melissa Lee, 2008, News Anchor for 41 NBC
• Ann Liguori, 1982, Nationally known sports radio and television personality, talk show host, journalist, author, and television producer
• Aasif Mandvi, Attended, Actor, Writer and Regular on the "Daily Show With Jon Stewart"
• Amy Martz, 2004, Award Winning Photographer
• Robert Norman, MPH 2001, Physician, Editor of Discover Magazine's Vital Signs
• Rick de Oliveira, 1993, Producer of MTV's "Road Rules," "The Real World," & "Rock-n-Jock"
• Richard Oppel, 1964, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, director of American Society of Newspaper Editors
• Barbara Parker, 1973, New York Times best-selling author, known for her "Suspicion series"
• Greg Pitts, 1992, Actor, "Office Space," "Washington Apple," guy, "Normal Ohio," sitcom
• Mike Pride, 1972, Pulitzer Prize selection board, Newspaper Executive & Author
• Jack Reed, 1969, Pulitzer Prize Winner; Tampa Bay Times state editor
• Sandra Bailey Rosenbush, 1975, Sports Writer & Editor for ESPN
• Kerry Sanders, 1982, NBC Correspondent
• Greg Schmitz, 1993, 1995, Film Journalist for Yahoo! Movies and Rotten Tomatoes
• Kissy Simmons, 1998, Broadway Actress, The Lion King
• Robert Stackhouse, 1965, Internationally Renowned Artist
• Vincent Stalba, 2010, Actor, USA Network's "Graceland"
• Charles Trippy, 2008, Bassist for Platinum Recording Band We The Kings, YouTube celebrity and comedy filmmaker
• Robert Turner, 1992, President & Publisher, Bradenton Herald
• Ana Veciana-Suarez, 1978, Miami Herald syndicated columnist
• Robert Wierzel, 1980, American Lighting Designer in New York City
• Kurt Wimmer, 1987, Screenwriter and Film Director
• Pamela Wisne, 1975, Producer and Writer, "The Practice," "Ally McBeal," "Boston Public," "L.A. Law"
• Tony Zappone, 1969, Broadcaster, journalist and photographer.

Government, Military and International Affairs

• Steven A. Anderson, `70, Steven Alan Anderson, P.L. - Attorney at Law
• Lincoln Diaz Balart, `76, U.S. Congress
• Peter Beck, `78, Member of Ohio House of Representatives
• Eric Bost, M.A. `85, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
• Kurt S. Browning, `82 & `94, Former Florida Secretary of State^[17]
• Danny Burgess - Youngest mayor of Zephyrhills at age 26.^[18]
• John Chiang, `84, Current California State Controller
• Victor Crist, `83, Current member of Florida State Senate^[19]
• J. Michelle Childs - Judge of United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She was nominated by President Barack Obama.^[20]
• Faye B. Culp- Politician^[21]
• Goliath Davis, `77, City of St. Petersburg Deputy Mayor
• Michael S. Devany- Vice Admiral<sup>[22]</sup>
• Mario Diaz-Balart- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives<sup>[23]</sup>
• William Esposito, `70, Retired Deputy Director of the FBI
• Dale Fischer- Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California^[24]
• Rony Francois, M.D. `94, MSPH `98, Ph.D. `03, Former U.S. Delegate to Haiti and soccer player.<sup>[25]</sup>
• Patricia Glass, `72, M.A. `74, Former Manatee County Commissioner at Large
• Emilio Gonzalez, `77, Former National Security Advisor to President Bush
• John A. Grant Jr., `64, Former Florida State Senator; Attorney, Akerman Senterfitt Law Firm
• Raymond Gross, `69, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge, State of Florida
• John Thomas Herndon, `68, Former Florida State Board of Administration Executive Director; Helios Foundation Board of Directors
• Pam Iorio, M.A. `01, Mayor, City of Tampa
• Doug Jamerson, `79, Former Florida Commissioner of Education
• Charlie Justice, `93, Current member of the Florida State Senate
• Gil Kerlikowske, `78 & M.A. `85, Head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Former U.S. Drug Czar, Seattle Chief of Police
• Michael Ledbetter, `72, Former Pasco County Commissioner
• James Loper, `80, Attorney, Loper Law
• Dorothy M.N. McClellan, `68, U.S. Government, State Department Kingston
• Mark Meadows, A.A. `80, U.S. Congressman, North Carolina
• Lesley J. Miller Jr., `78, Former Florida State Senator; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
• Robert Pettyjohn, `67, Former Pinellas County Medical Director
• Richard Rahn, `63, President of Novecon; former VP & Chief Accountant, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Matthew Richardson, '97 & MSPH '01 & MBA '07 Analyst Veterans Healthcare Administration
• Vice Admiral Adam Robinson Jr., MBA `94, 36th U.S. Navy Surgeon General
• Christopher Smith, `96, Vice President, Technology at AT&T Government Solutions; Chief Information Officer at U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Ronda Storms, `88, Current Florida State Senator
• Sandra Helen Wilson, `73, Former Hillsborough County Commissioner

Sports and Athletics

• Kim Adler, retired professional bowler and current nurse practitioner. She graduate with a Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) in 2011.^[26]
• Nate Allen, Attended, Safety for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Chucky Atkins, Attended (1992–96), Former Professional Basketball Player, Detroit Pistons
• Ed Baird, `82, America's Cup Winner, 1995 & 2007
• Sam Barrington, `12, Linebacker, Green Bay Packers
• Zak Boggs- Soccer player.^[27]
• Damu Cherry, `00, Olympic Athlete
• Mark Chung- Soccer player who was also a member of the U.S. National Team.<sup>[28]</sup>
• Jeff Cunningham, Attended (1994–97), Professional Soccer Player for U.S. Men's National Soccer Team and FC Dallas
• Frank Davis, `07, Pro football guard, Detroit Lions. First Panamanian to play in an NFL game.
• Dom Dwyer, Attended (2011), Professional Footballer for Sporting Kansas City
• Christiane Endler- Women's soccer player^[29]
• Dale Eggeling - Professional golfer^[30]
• Jane Geddes, `03, SVP, Operations at World Wresting Entertainment (WWE), Inc.
• Ross Gload, Attended, Former Major League Baseball Player for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Andre Hall, Attended, Former Professional Football Running back, Denver Broncos
• Anthony Henry, `00, Cleveland Browns cornerback
• Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan), Attended, Professional Wrestler
• Mike Jenkins, `07, Pro Bowl Cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Taurus Johnson, Attended, Former Professional Football wide receiver, Washington Redskins
• Kenyatta Jones, Attended, Former NFL Football Tackle, New England Patriots and Washington Redskins
• Tony La Russa, `69, Manager of St. Louis Cardinals
• DeDe Lattimore, NFL player
• Yohance Marshall, `69, Professional Footballer for Nay Pyi Taw F.C.
• Terrell McClain, Attended, Defensive Tackle, Carolina Panthers
• William McDaniel, Attended, Professional Baseball infielder, Boston Red Sox
• Jeffrey Miller, A.A. `83, Vice President and Chief Security Officer at National Football League (NFL)
• Carlton Mitchell, Attended, Professional football wide receiver, Cleveland Browns
• Kawika Mitchell, `02, Kansas City Chiefs Linebacker
• Jerome Murphy, Attended, Cornerback, Denver Broncos
• George Murray, `83, National Wheelchair Athlete & Record Holder
• Troy Perkins, Attended (2000–02), Professional Soccer Goal Keeper, Montreal Impact
• Jason Pierre-Paul, Attended, Defensive End for the New York Giants, Super Bowl Champion XLVI
• Paige Railey, `10, 2012 Summer Olympics U.S. Sailing Team
• Mistral Raymond, Attended, Defensive Back, Minnesota Vikings
• J.R. Reed, Attended, Philadelphia Eagles Safety
• George Selvie, `09, Defensive End for the St. Louis Rams
• Derrick Sharp, `93, American-Israeli professional basketball player
• Neven Subotić, Attended, Professional Soccer Defender for Borussia Dortmund
• Kayvon Webster, `13, Cornerback, Denver Broncos
• Roy Wegerle, Attended (1982–83), Retired Major League Soccer Player
• Jacquian Williams, Attended, Linebacker, New York Giants

School of Information

• Angie Drobnic Holan, 2010, Editor of PolitiFact.com
• Mika Slaughter Nelson, 2001, Library director for the City of St. Petersburg^[31]
• Roy Balleste, 2002, Law Library Director and Professor of Law at St. Thomas University School of Law
• Andrew S. Breidenbaugh, 1996, Director of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System

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