List of Pace University people

The following is a partially sorted list of people associated with Pace University, including current and former faculty members, alumni, students, and others:

Notable faculty

 * Charles A. Agemian - Professor of Business; banker; former Executive Vice-President of Chase Manhattan Bank; former Chairman and CEO of Hackensack Trust Corp. (renamed Garden State National Bank)
 * Jacob M. Appel - bioethicist and euthanasia advocate (former faculty)
 * Peter Fingesten - Founding chairman of the Art department
 * Ira Joe Fisher - CBS broadcaster; Student Success Coordinator at Pace University's Center for Academic Excellence in Pleasantville
 * Harold Holzer - former professor of history; Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Metropolitan Museum of Art; co-chairman, United States 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, appointed by President Clinton in September 2000, and elected co-chairman in 2001
 * Matthew Humphreys - Actor and head of the BFA Acting for Film, Television, Voice-overs, and Commercials program (FTVC) within the Pace School of Performing Arts (PPA)
 * Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. '87 - alumnus; Professor Emeritus of Environmental Law; radio host, Ring of Fire; former New York City assistant district attorney
 * William Kunstler - civil rights attorney, Associate Professor of Law (1951–1963)
 * Ryan Scott Oliver - award-winning composer and professor for BFA Musical Theatre program
 * Richard Ottinger - former member of the United States House of Representatives; Professor of Environmental Studies; co-director of Pace's Center for Environmental Legal Studies
 * David Siegel - Lubin Adjunct Professor of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship; CEO of Investopedia
 * Valentine Rossilli Winsey - anthropologist and women's rights activist
 * Rob Redding - talk host, journalist, author and artist

Notable alumni
(*did not graduate)

Arts and letters

 * Tessa Bailey, romance novelist
 * David Ehrenstein - journalist; film critic
 * Marv Goldberg '67 - music historian in the field of rhythm & blues
 * Jeff Rubens '61 - statistician; co-editor of The Bridge World

Commerce, accountancy, and business

 * Philip C. Abramo - American financial fraudster, white-collar crime boss and DeCavalcante crime family Caporegime, known as "the King of Wall Street"
 * Ariane de Rothschild - on Board of Directors of Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild and Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild; wife of Baron Benjamin de Rothschild
 * Richard Grasso* - Chairman and CEO (1995–2003) of the New York Stock Exchange
 * Herbert L. Henkel '79 - Chairman, Ingersoll-Rand; former President & CEO
 * Kevin Huang - CEO, Pixel Interactive Media in Asia
 * Jeff Jacobson '93 - Vice-President of Kodak; COO of Kodak's Graphic Communications Group; President of Kodak's Graphic Solutions & Services
 * Edward D. Miller '68 - on Board of Directors, American Express; former President and CEO of AXA; former Senior Vice Chairman, Chase Manhattan; former President, Chemical Banking Corporation
 * Rosemary Vrablic, managing director and senior private banker of Deutsche Bank's US private wealth management business
 * Allen Weisselberg '70, CFO of The Trump Organization
 * Frank A. Calderoni, Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan
 * Telfar Clemens, fashion designer and entrepreneur

Engineering and technology

 * Rob Enderle - technical and legal analyst; founder of the Enderle Group
 * Herbert L. Henkel '79 - Chairman, President and CEO, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Ltd.
 * Ivan G. Seidenberg '81 - Former President and CEO of Verizon; benefactor and trustee; namesake of Pace's Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems

Entertainment

 * Ailee - Korean-American singer, based in South Korea
 * Michelle Borth - actress, known for Hawaii Five-0
 * Trevor Braun - actor, known for playing 11-year-old Larry in the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Yohnny in the Netflix series Dash & Lily
 * Christopher Briney - actor, known for his role as Conrad Fisher in The Summer I Turned Pretty
 * Kate Bristol - voice actress
 * Paul Dano - actor
 * Meaghan Jarensky '04 - Miss New York USA 2005; Miss USA finalist
 * Jarah Mariano - international model
 * Tommy Nelson* - actor; known for his role as Neil in the biopic My Friend Dahmer and Russell in The Cat and the Moon
 * Vincent Pastore* - actor; best known for his role in The Sopranos as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
 * Alfred Preisser - co-founder and director, with Christopher McElroen, of The Classical Theatre of Harlem
 * Rachael Ray* - television celebrity chef, 30 Minute Meals
 * Diana Scarwid - actress; Academy Award nominee and Emmy nominee
 * Glenn Taranto - actor; known for his role as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family
 * Dominique Fishback - actress and playwright
 * Jesse James Keitel - actor; known for her role as Ruthie in Queer As Folk
 * Rafael L. Silva - actor; known for his role as Carlos Reyes in 9-1-1: Lone Star
 * Larry Saperstein - actor; known for his role as Big Red in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
 * Celia Rose Gooding* - actress; known for originating the role of Frankie Healy in Jagged Little Pill (musical)

Media and communications

 * Mel Karmazin '67 - CEO, Sirius Satellite Radio; former President and CEO, CBS; former COO, Viacom
 * Mary O'Grady - Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal
 * Ken Rudin - NPR's Political Editor

Politics and public service

 * Fr. John Corapi - television host, EWTN; Roman Catholic priest ordained by Pope John Paul II
 * James E. Davis '89 - New York City Council member and community activist
 * Jim Dunnigan* - military wargame designer
 * Charles Dyson '30 - businessman and philanthropist; special consultant to the Secretary of War; former U.S. Air Force colonel; recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and Order of the British Empire Commander's Badge; former Executive-Vice President, Textron; founder and former chairman of The Dyson Foundation and The Dyson Kissner-Moran Corporation (now DKM Corp); benefactor and trustee; namesake of Pace's Dyson Hall and Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
 * Naomi Caplan Matusow ’79 - former New York State Assemblywoman, New York State Assembly
 * Roxanne Persaud - New York State Senator from the 19th district
 * Philip T. Sica - former marshal of the City of New York (Mayoral Appointment by John V. Lindsay); Republican nominee, Queens Borough President
 * Andrea Stewart-Cousins - Temporary President and Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
 * Caroline Van Zile '06 - 3rd solicitor general of Washington, D.C.

Sports

 * Edward W. Stack ’57 - Chairman (1977–2000) and current member, National Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors

Notable alumni from The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

 * Ruth Noemí Colón - was the 66th Secretary of State of New York
 * Philip Foglia – Prosecutor and Italian American civic rights activist
 * Philip M. Halpern '80 - U.S. District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; adjunct professor at Pace Law School
 * Kieran Lalor '07 - Member of the New York State Assembly
 * Malachy E. Mannion '79 - United States District Judge, Middle District of Pennsylvania
 * James A. Murphy III '86 - District Attorney, Saratoga County, New York
 * George Oros - Chief of Staff to Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino, former Westchester County Legislator
 * Richard Ottinger - Former member of the United States House of Representatives; former dean of Pace Law School and Co-director of the Center for Environmental Legal Studies
 * Kash Patel - Attorney and former government official including chief of staff to Acting United States Secretary of Defense, worked at the United States National Security Council and United States House of Representatives, and previously was a federal prosecutor working on national security cases.
 * David M. Rosen - Professor of Anthropology and Law
 * Aravella Simotas - Member of the New York State Assembly