List of Ithaca College alumni

This is a list of Ithaca College people.

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Ithacans are persons affiliated with Ithaca College, especially alumni. The following is a list of such notable Ithacans.

Government

• Christopher Bateman, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Michael A. Battle, former Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, United States Department of Justice
• Ed Diana, county executive of Orange County, New York
• Richard K. Eaton, Senior Judge on the United States Court of International Trade
• Eileen Filler-Corn, Speaker of the of Virginia House of Delegates
• Emily Gallagher, member of the New York State Assembly
• Loni Hancock, member of the California State Senate

Business

Executives

• Chris Burch (B.S. 1976), founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital; co-founder of Tory Burch LLC
• Robert Iger (B.S. 1973), president and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
• Stew Leonard, Jr. (B.S. 1977), president and CEO, Stew Leonard's

Media and entertainment

Directors and producers

• Matthew Bennett (TV producer) (1986), scripted and non-scripted director and producer. Created modern Aftershow format with After the Catch.
• Bill D'Elia, writer, director and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and others; co-creator of Judging Amy
• Peter Dougherty (1977), creator of Yo! MTV Raps
• Barbara Gaines (B.A. 1979), Emmy Award-winning executive producer, Late Show with David Letterman
• Brian Herzlinger (1997), director, special correspondent on The Tonight Show
• David Guy Levy, film producer, August and Terri
• Mark Romanek, filmmaker (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) and Grammy Award-winning music video director
• Mike Royce, executive producer and writer, Everybody Loves Raymond and One Day at a Time
• Deborah Snyder, film producer, DC Extended Universe
• Larry Teng, television director and producer
• Liz Tigelaar, television writer and executive producer, Life Unexpected and Casual

Actors and Designers

• Kathryn Allison, 2014 winner of the NYMF Next Big Broadway Sensation competition
• Erinn Bartlett, actress
• David Boreanaz (B.S. 1991), actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones
• Paul Gallo (B.F.A. 1974), Tony Award-nominated Broadway lighting designer;
• The Birthday Boys, actors, The Birthday Boys
• John Ross Bowie, actor, The Big Bang Theory
• Kerry Butler (B.F.A. 1992), Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, Xanadu, Catch Me If You Can and Little Shop of Horrors
• Matt Cavenaugh (B.F.A. 2001), Broadway actor, West Side Story
• Andrew Daly, actor, Eastbound and Down, MADtv and Semi-Pro
• Michelle Federer (B.F.A. 1995), theater and film actress; originated the character "Nessarose" in Broadway's Wicked
• Ben Feldman, Emmy Award-nominated actor, Mad Men and Superstore
• Ilene Graff, actress and singer
• Sean Grandillo, actor, Spring Awakening, The Real O'Neals
• Jennifer Hall, actress
• Jeremy Jordan, Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-nominated star of Supergirl, Newsies and Finding Neverland; also starred on Smash and in The Last 5 Years
• Ricki Lake, Emmy Award-winning actress, Serial Mom, Hairspray; television host
• Gavin MacLeod, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, The Love Boat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Daniel McDonald, Tony Award-nominated actor
• Mark Moses, actor, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men
• David Newsom, actor and producer
• C. C. H. Pounder, Emmy Award-nominated actress, Bagdad Café, The Shield, Avatar and NCIS New Orleans
• Brian Sack, humorist, author and contributor on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck program
• Charlie Schlatter, actor, Diagnosis: Murder
• Amanda Setton (B.A. 2007), film and TV actress, Gossip Girl, The Mindy Project, The Crazy Ones
• Aaron Tveit, Broadway lead actor of Catch Me If You Can and Next to Normal, starred in USA Network's Graceland and Fox's Grease: Live
• Jeff Winkless, voice-over actor

Hosts

• Alan Colmes (attended), host of Hannity & Colmes and The Alan Colmes Show
• Chip Hines (B.A. 1990), host of Spotlight on CatholicTV
• Chris Kellogg, morning radio host for WMAS-FM and The Kellogg Krew
• Ricki Lake (attended), Emmy Award-winning actress and television personality, The Ricki Lake Show
• Todd Schnitt, conservative radio personality and host of The Schnitt Show
• Robin Young, host of National Public Radio's Here and Now
• Kyle Clark, host of 9 News Denver’s Next With Kyle Clark

Comedians

• Joe Pera (2010), stand-up comedian, star/creator of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You

Musicians

• Kate Aldrich (B.M. 1996), internationally renowned mezzo-soprano
• Cindy Bradley (B.F.A. Jazz Studies 1998), jazz trumpet player and composer
• Nick Brignola, jazz baritone saxophonist
• Suzan Brittan, dance vocalist
• Robert E. Brown, lead ethnomusicologist and musician
• Patricia Craig, renowned operatic soprano
• Margaret Daum, opera singer
• Richard De Benedictis (B.A. 1958), Broadway and television composer
• Henrique de Curitiba, composer
• Gavin DeGraw (did not graduate), Grammy Award-nominated and platinum-selling musician best known for Billboard Hot 100 hits "I Don't Want to Be" and "Not Over You"
• Tony DeSare (1997), jazz musician
• Matthew Hoch, singer; leading music scholar and teacher
• Scott LaFaro, influential jazz bassist with the Bill Evans Trio
• New York Voices, Grammy Award-winning vocal music group of Ithaca alumni
• Maureen Tucker, drummer for The Velvet Underground
• Ruth Underwood, xylophonist for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
• Rick Beato, music producer, YouTube personality

Editors and publishers

• Robert Bluey, editor of the daily online edition of Human Events
• David A. Weiner, executive editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland and writer/director of In Search of Darkness

Journalists

• Luke Broadwater, Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award winner, Congressional Correspondent for The New York Times
• David Brody, journalist and White House Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network
• Thomas Donnelly, author of AEI's National Security Outlook
• Bob Kur, former national NBC reporter, now with Washington Post Radio
• David Muir (B.S. 1995), ABC news anchor for ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
• Jessica Savitch (B.S. 1968), first female network anchor
• Andrew Marchand, sports media reporter for the New York Post. Baseball writer for 11 years at ESPN.

Photographers

• Nydia Blas, visual artist whose works explore the identities of young black women

New media

• Alex Westerman, Webby Award-winning creative director

Writers

• Kristen Britain, author of Green Rider and First Rider's Call
• Jason Colavito, author
• Michael Levin (2011), television writer, co-host of the Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast
• Allan Loeb, film screenwriter, Things We Lost in the Fire, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, The Dilemma
• Mark Mahoney (B.S. 1985), Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, The Post-Star
• Sandra McDonald, author of The Outback Stars and The Stars Down Under
• Tish Rabe (1973), children's book author and writer of over 40 Dr. Seuss books
• Chris Regan (1989), Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show
• Bill Roorbach, novelist, short story writer and memoirist
• Rod Serling, former faculty, taught at Ithaca College Communications School 1967-1975; Emmy Award-winning screenwriter; creator of The Twilight Zone
• K. M. Soehnlein, novelist and essayist
• Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series
• Julie Spira, author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating
• Liz Tigelaar, author, television writer and producer, Life Unexpected

Sportscasters

• Bruce Beck (B.S. 1978), weekend sports anchor for WNBC, NY
• Brendan Burke (B.S. 2006) sportscaster for Fox Sports and television announcer for New York Islanders on MSG Network
• Mike Catalana (B.S. 1985), sports director WHAM-TV Rochester, New York
• Ed Cohen (B.S 2005), WEPN-FM Radio voice of the New York Knicks.
• Kevin Connors (B.S. 1997), ESPN sportscaster
• Lanny Frattare (B.S. 1970), play-by-play announcer for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates
• Eric Frede (B.S. 1988), Boston Bruins studio host, NESN
• Drew Goodman (B.S. 1985) Television Announcer Colorado Rockies 2002–present, Denver Nuggets 1994-2004
• Neil Hartman (B.S. 1982), sports anchor, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
• Jack Michaels (B.S. 1995), announcer for the Edmonton Oilers on Sportsnet
• Nick Nickson, announcer for Los Angeles Kings
• Sal Paolantonio, ESPN sportscaster; member of the college's Philadelphia Executive Committee
• Eric Reid, TV announcer for Miami Heat
• Karl Ravech (B.S. 1987), ESPN sportscaster

Sport

Management

• Les Otten (B.S. 1971), vice chairman and partner, Boston Red Sox Organization
• Eddie Sawyer, professional baseball manager for the Philadelphia Phillies

Coaches

• Jerry Welsh, head coach college basketball Potsdam State University, head coach college basketball Iona College
• Henny Hiemenz, head college football coach, Carroll University
• George Kissell, coach for St. Louis Cardinals
• Tom Nugent, college football head coach and sportscaster; College Football Hall of Famer; developer of the I Formation
• Eddie Sawyer, former Philadelphia Phillies manager and MLB scout
• Barry Smith, former NHL associate coach

Athletes

• Glen Cook, professional baseball player for the Texas Rangers
• Conor Heun, mixed martial artist
• Tommy Hicks, former light heavyweight boxer
• Robert Marella, former professional wrestler (known as Gorilla Monsoon); ringside commentator for the World Wrestling Federation
• Emily Morley, first Bahamian rower to qualify for the Olympic Games
• Meghan Musnicki, rower and member of the gold medal-winning women's 8+ for the United States at the 2012 London Olympics
• Tim Locastro, professional baseball player for the New York Yankees
• Travis Warech (born 1991), American-German-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Scientists and engineers

• Steven Van Slyke (B.S. 1978), chemist, inventor with over 20 patents in OLED materials and device architecture

Other

• Richard Jadick (B.S. 1987), combat surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq
• Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1998), television presenter specializing in the ancient astronaut hypothesis

External links

• Official alumni website