List of Fairfield University alumni

The following is a list of notable graduates of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Arts and entertainment

 * The Alternate Routes – award-winning alternative rock band formed by Eric Donnelly (2001) and Tim Warren (2003)
 * Donatella Arpaia (1993) – New York City restaurateur; judge on the Food Network reality TV series The Next Iron Chef
 * Connor Campbell (2018) - Boston Connor personality on The Pat McAfee Show
 * Joe DeCamara (2000) – sports radio personality for 94.1 WIP in Philadelphia
 * Edward J. Delaney (1979) – award-winning author; Professor of Creative Writing, Roger Williams University
 * Joe DeVito (1990) – comedian and writer; appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and NBC's Last Comic Standing
 * Bob Drury (1980) – New York Times Bestselling author
 * Paul Fargis (1961) – founder of Stonesong, publisher of several bestselling reference books
 * Githa Hariharan (1977) – Commonwealth Writers' Prize winning author and editor
 * Pat Jordan (1965) – acclaimed author of A False Spring, ranked #37 on Sports Illustrated's 100 Top Sports Books
 * Burt Kearns (1978) – founder, Frozen Television/Frozen Pictures; author, Tabloid Baby; producer, A Current Affair
 * Adam LaVorgna (2011) – actor best known as Robbie Palmer in the TV series 7th Heaven
 * January LaVoy (1997) – actress best known as Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live
 * Paul Marcarelli (1992) – actor/screenwriter best known as the face of the Verizon Wireless "Can You Hear Me Now?" national TV campaign
 * Peter McCann (1970) – singer/songwriter, best known for "Do You Wanna Make Love" (1977)
 * Kevin Nealon – Saturday Night Live cast member
 * Ron Palillo – actor best known as Arnold Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter
 * Neil Peng – Taiwanese screenwriter and political activist
 * Paul Ryan Rudd (1970) – actor who played John F. Kennedy in the 1977 NBC movie Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
 * Rob Stevenson (1992) – president of Virgin Records US
 * Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (2012) – Mohegan author, historian, and storyteller
 * Jim Wilbur (1986) – guitarist for indie-rock band Superchunk

Academia

 * Melissa Begg (1985) – Dean, Columbia University School of Social Work
 * Ronald A. Bosco (1967) – Distinguished Professor of English and American Literature, University at Albany
 * Rebecca Miriam Cunningham (1992) – President, University of Minnesota
 * William Doerner (1971) – Professor, Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
 * Jennifer Griffiths (1968) – Professor and Chair, New York Institute of Technology, Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
 * James Hanrahan (1952) – founding Chancellor, St. Thomas More School
 * Edward Hardiman (1991) – Headmaster, St. John's Preparatory School (Massachusetts)
 * Zachary Freedman (2005) – O.N. Allen Professor of Soil Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * Thomas Kelly – Head of School, Horace Mann School
 * Kevin Kiernan (1967) – T. Marshall Hahn Sr. Professor of Arts and Sciences Emeritus, University of Kentucky
 * Katherine Lapp (1978) – Executive Vice President of Harvard University
 * Harry Marmion (1953) – President of Saint Xavier University, Stony Brook Southampton and United States Tennis Association
 * David J. McCarthy, Jr. (1957) – Dean Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center
 * Bernard McGrane (1969) – Associate Professor of Sociology, Chapman University
 * Robert J. McMahon (1971) – Ralph D. Mershon Professor of History, The Ohio State University
 * Joseph Moylan (1960) – founding President, Durham Nativity School; professor of surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
 * Maurice J. O'Sullivan (1966) – Kenneth Curry Chair of Literature, Rollins College
 * Thomas Poon (1990) – Executive Vice President and Provost, Loyola Marymount University; Acting and Interim President, Pitzer College
 * Donald Preziosi (1962) – leading art historian and author; Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford University; Professor Emeritus, UCLA
 * Mark Reed (1996) – President of Loyola of Chicago University
 * Charles E. Schaefer (1955) – "Father of Play Therapy"; Professor of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University
 * Kurt C. Schlichting (1970) – E. Gerald Corrigan Endowed Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Fairfield University
 * John Skoyles (1971) – poet and writer; Professor of Writing, Literature & Publishing, Emerson College

Business

 * Michael Amalfitano (1979) – president and CEO, Embraer Executive Jets
 * Michael G. Archbold (1975) – former CEO, Talbots, Vitamin Shoppe and GNC
 * Logan Beirne (2005) – CEO, Matterhorne Transactions; 2014 William E. Colby Award winner
 * Joseph Berardino (1972) – managing director, Alvarez & Marsal; former CEO, Arthur Andersen
 * Joseph P. Brennan (1991) – Global Chief Risk Officer, The Vanguard Group
 * Jeff Campbell (1965) – former CEO, Burger King; ex-chairman, Pillsbury Restaurant Group
 * Carlos M. Cardoso (1980) – president and CEO, Kennametal; named a Best CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine
 * Orlando P. Carvalho – Executive Vice President of the Aeronautics Division at Lockheed Martin
 * Kevin Cassidy (1990) – CEO of Newterra
 * David H. Chafey, Jr. (1976) – president, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
 * Susan Coffey (1986) – CEO, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
 * Timothy J. Conway (1976) – founder, chairman and CEO, NewStar Financial
 * E. Gerald Corrigan (1963) – former president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 * Bill Crager (1986) – founder and CEO, Envestnet
 * Joseph DiMenna (1980) – co-founder of Zweig-DiMenna Associates
 * Charles Dolan (2016) – founder of Cablevision and HBO
 * Frank N. D'Orazio (1990) – CEO of James River Group Holdings
 * William P. Egan (1967) – founder and general partner, Alta Communications and Marion Equity Partners
 * Jorge Figueredo (1982) – executive vice president, McKesson Corporation; 100 "Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business
 * John L. Flannery (1983) – chairman & CEO, General Electric
 * Bob Galvin (1981) – CEO, Iconix Brand Group
 * Judith E. Glaser – founder and CEO, Benchmark Communications
 * Joseph E. Hasten (1974) – president and CEO, ShoreBank; former vice chairman, U.S. Bancorp
 * George F. Keane (1955) – founder, Common Fund
 * Joseph D. Macchia (1957) – founder and CEO, GAINSCO
 * Shawn Matthews (1989) – CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald
 * Christopher McCormick (1978) – president and CEO, L.L. Bean
 * Andrew McMahon (1989) – CEO, Guardian Life Insurance of America
 * Kathleen Murphy (1984) – President of Fidelity Personal Investing; Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business
 * Peter J. Pestillo (1960) – former chairman and CEO, Visteon
 * Jennifer Piepszak (1992) – co-CEO of Consumer & Community Banking of JPMorgan Chase
 * Rick Pych (1975) – president of business operations, San Antonio Spurs
 * Leslie C. Quick Jr. (1999) – co-founder of Quick & Reilly
 * Larry Rafferty (1964) – founder and CEO, Rafferty Capital Markets
 * Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr. (1985) – chairman and CEO, Rose Rock Group
 * Eileen Rominger (1976) – former global chief investment officer, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
 * Ronan Ryan (1996) – president, Investor's Exchange; character in Michael Lewis’ best-seller, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
 * Joseph D. Sargent (1959) – former president and CEO, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
 * Phil Singleton (1993) – author and founding CEO of Kansas City Web Design
 * Marita Zuraitis (1974) – president and CEO, Horace Mann Educator Corporation

Journalism

 * Rob Finnerty (2005) – news host on Newsmax
 * Sonia Isabelle (1997) – Emmy Award-winning news anchor; host of Celebrity Page, a nationally syndicated TV magazine show
 * Susan King (1973) – Emmy Award-winning TV news anchor; Dean, University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism
 * Bill McDonald (1975) – Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times editor
 * Donna Savarese (1984) – Emmy Award- and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning TV news anchor
 * Bob Sullivan (1990) – award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author; founding staff member, msnbc.com
 * Carmen Wong Ulrich (1992) – personal finance journalist; host, CNBC's On the Money
 * Liz Wahl (2008) – former Russia Today news anchor who quit on air for ethical reasons

Judges

 * Sean Connelly (1980) – Colorado Court of Appeals Judge; Special Attorney to U.S. Attorneys General Ashcroft and Reno
 * John A. Danaher III (1992) – Connecticut Superior Court Judge; 47th United States Attorney For the District of Connecticut
 * Raymond J. Dearie (1966) – United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Judge
 * Daniel J. Dinan (1952) – United States Tax Court Special Trial Judge
 * Joseph P. Flynn (1962) – Connecticut Appellate Court Chief Judge
 * William J. Lavery (1959) – Connecticut Appellate Court Chief Judge
 * Steve Shannon (1993) – Circuit Court Judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia

Law and government

 * Darryl J. Brackeen Jr. (2010) – five-term Alderman of New Haven, Connecticut
 * Stephen L. Braga (1978) – lawyer known for pro bono representation of Martin Tankleff and the West Memphis Three
 * Stephen Buoniconti (1991) – Massachusetts State Senator
 * J. Edward Caldwell (1967) – Connecticut State Comptroller and State Senator
 * Vincent Cianci (1962) – 32nd and 34th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island; longest standing mayor in the United States
 * Donald DeFronzo (1970) – Connecticut State Senator; Chief Assistant Majority Leader; Mayor, New Britain, Connecticut
 * J. Michael Farren (1977) – Deputy White House Counsel; Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
 * Michael Fedele (1980) – 87th Lieutenant Governor of the State of Connecticut
 * C. Frank Figliuzzi (1987) – Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Counterintelligence Division
 * Brian J. Flaherty (1987) – eight-term Connecticut State Representative; Deputy House Minority Leader
 * Thomas J. Josefiak (1968) – Chairman, Federal Election Commission; Chief Counsel, Republican National Committee
 * Kevin C. Kelly (1985) – Connecticut State Senator
 * Martin Looney (1970) – President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut State Senate
 * Edward Mazurek (1968) – Maine State Senator
 * Richard Morgan Downey (1968) – Executive director and CEO, American Obesity Association
 * Thomas C. O'Connor (1955) – Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut
 * Leonard S. Paoletta (1956) – 48th Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut
 * Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz (1977) – Attorney General and Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
 * Chris Pilkerton (1995) – Administrator of the Small Business Administration
 * J. Michael Quinlan (1963) – 5th Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
 * Rosa Rebimbas (2004) – Connecticut State Representative
 * David Rothbard – co-founder and president, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)
 * Joseph Russoniello (1963) – two-term U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
 * Thomas Spota (1980) – District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York
 * Steven Stafstrom (2005) – Connecticut State Representative
 * Bob Stefanowski (1984) – Republican nominee for Governor of Connecticut in 2018
 * Nancy Vaughan (1981) – Mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina
 * Roy J. Wells – president and managing director, Triad Strategies

Medicine and science

 * James L. Abbruzzese (1974) – internationally recognized pancreatic cancer researcher at the Duke Cancer Institute
 * David C. Christiani (1979) – Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
 * J. Kevin Dorsey (1964) – dean and provost of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
 * Steven Flanagan (1984) – nationally renowned expert on Traumatic Brain Injuries at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
 * Tatiana Foroud (1987) – internationally recognized genetic researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine
 * Doris Troth Lippman – Vietnam Women's Memorial Vice-Chair; Honorary Purple Heart recipient
 * John T. Lis (1970) – 2000 Guggenheim Fellow; Barbara McClintock Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University
 * Jean Malecki – Local Legend honoree by the National Library of Medicine
 * Gregory J. Martin (1980) – Chief of Infectious Diseases, Bethesda Naval Hospital; U.S. Navy Legion of Merit recipient
 * Brian Monahan (1980) – Attending Physician of the United States Congress; Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
 * Richard J. Murphy (1973) – President and CEO Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital; CEO Richmond University Medical Center; CEO Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
 * Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell (1987) – world renowned elephant expert; instructor at Stanford University Medical School
 * Peter Pronovost (1984) – 2008 MacArthur Fellow and one of Time magazine's 100 World's Most Influential People
 * Richard Proto (1962) – noted cryptographer elected to the United States National Security Agency Hall of Honor
 * Julio Ramirez (1977) – national leader in neuroscience education; R. Stuart Dickson Professor of Psychology at Davidson College
 * Francis J. Tedesco (1965) – president emeritus, Medical College of Georgia

Social action and community service

 * Tom Cornell (1956) – journalist and peace activist
 * Michael Donnelly (1981) – leading activist for sufferers of Gulf War Syndrome; author of Falcon's Cry
 * Paula Donovan (1977) – executive director, AIDS-Free World; Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice Foundation recipient
 * G. Simon Harak (1970) – Director of the Center for Peacemaking at Marquette University
 * Stephen V. Kobasa (1969) – peace and political activist
 * Robert J. Wicks (1968) – leading writer about the intersection of spirituality and psychology; Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice recipient

Basketball

 * Maurice Barrow (2014) – professional basketball player
 * Troy Bradford (1989) – professional basketball player; 3x 1st Team Small American
 * Ajou Deng (2003) – professional basketball player; member of the Great Britain national basketball team
 * Joe DeSantis (1979) – All-American and professional basketball player
 * Tricia Fabbri (1991) – women's college basketball coach
 * Kathy Fedorjaka (1990) – women's college basketball coach
 * Greg Francis (1997) – Canadian Olympic basketball player and Junior National Men's basketball coach
 * Deng Gai (2005) – professional basketball player; 2005 NCAA Division I blocks leader
 * Marcus Gilbert (2016) – professional basketball player
 * Pete Gillen (1968) – college basketball analyst and men's basketball coach
 * Drew Henderson (1993) – professional basketball player; member of the Dutch national basketball team
 * Art Kenny (1968) – professional basketball player; No. 18 retired by Olimpia Milano
 * Nick Macarchuk (1963) – men's college basketball coach
 * Derek Needham (2013) – professional basketball player; member of the Montenegro national basketball team
 * Tyler Nelson (2018) – professional basketball player
 * Tim O'Toole (1988) – men's college basketball coach
 * Darren Phillip (2000) – professional basketball player; 2000 NCAA Division I rebounding leader
 * Rakim Sanders (2012) – professional basketball player; 2x Italian League champion
 * Lou Lopez Sénéchal (2022) – Mexican-French professional basketball player
 * Brendan Suhr (1979) – men's college basketball coach
 * Robert Thomson (2004) – professional basketball player in Europe; member of the Rwanda national basketball team
 * Keith Urgo (2002) – men's college basketball coach
 * A. J. Wynder (1987) – National Basketball Association player
 * Mark Young (1979) – professional basketball player

Lacrosse

 * Brent Adams (2012) – All-American, Major League Lacrosse All-Star and Team USA midfielder
 * Chris Ajemian (2009) – Major League Lacrosse midfielder
 * Nate Bauers (2004) – Major League Lacrosse defenseman
 * Mike Bocklet (2007) – Major League Lacrosse All-Star attackman
 * Charlie Cipriano (2012) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
 * Greg Downing (2007) – All-American, Major League Lacrosse All-Star and Team USA midfielder
 * C.J. Kemp (2003) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
 * Joe Marra (2010) – Major League Lacrosse All-Star goalkeeper
 * Jack Murphy (2015) – Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
 * TJ Neubauer (2016) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse midfielder
 * Spencer Steele (2000) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse attackman
 * Peter Vlahakis (2004) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse All-Star face-off midfielder

Soccer

 * Abby Allan (2001) – New Zealand national football player
 * Adam Braz (2001) – Technical Director, Montreal Impact; Canadian international and Major League Soccer player
 * Robyn Decker (2008) – professional football player
 * Jonathan Filipe (2021) – professional soccer player
 * Bryan Harkin (2001) – United Soccer League player
 * Mark Longwell (1982) – U.S. international and United Soccer League player
 * Brett Maron (2008) – National Women's Soccer League player
 * Jim McElderry (1993) – Rutgers University men's soccer coach and United Soccer League player
 * Michael O'Keeffe (2013) – New Zealand national football and 2014 Olympic player
 * Nikki Stanton (2013) – National Women's Soccer League player
 * Justin Thompson (2003) – Canadian international and professional soccer player
 * Matt Turner (2015) – United States men's national soccer team and Premier League football player
 * Matthew Uy (2010) – Philippines national football player

Other

 * Will Brazier (2005) – All-American, U.S. international and Super League rugby player
 * Keefe Cato (1979) – Major League Baseball player
 * Evan Centopani (2004) – professional bodybuilder
 * Paul Sheehy (1985) – U.S. international and Super League rugby player
 * Laura Valentino (2013) – head coach of the UConn Huskies softball team