
Notable alumni: Business
Madeleine Wing Adler, president, West Chester University (WCAS 62)
Leigh Alexander, chief marketing officer, Unisys, Blue Bell, PA
(WCAS 79)
H. Keys Allan, owner, SPORTea (WCAS 68)
Elizabeth Allen, vice president of corporate communications, Dell
Computer (Medill 75)
Teruaki Aoki, corporate executive vice president, Sony Corporation
(McCormick 70)
Courtney Armstrong, director of business affairs, Warner Bros.
Pictures (McCormick 93)
Jeffory Blackard, founder and CEO, Blackard Development (Communication
81)
Clinton Bristow, former president, Alcorn State University (SESP 71)
Frederick Brown, president and CEO, Northern
Arizona Healthcare; vice chairman of the board of commissioners,
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; chair-elect,
National Kidney Foundation (WCAS 62)
Ronald Burton, executive consultant for community relations, John
Hancock Financial Services, Boston (SESP 60)
E. Michael Carney III, president, Carney Music (WCAS 59)
Nick Chabraja, chairman and CEO, General Dynamics (WCAS 64)
Rory Joseph Clark, president and CEO, Process Corporation (Communication
76)
Cheryl Coffey-Curry, director of affiliate relations, Harpo, Inc.
(Communication 87)
Douglas Conant, president and CEO, Campbell Soup Co. (WCAS 73)
Stanton R. Cook, former chairman, Tribune Company (McCormick 49)
Rance Crain, president and editor-in-chief, Crain Communications (Medill 60)
Lester Crown, chairman, Material Service Corporation Chicago (McCormick
46)
Kathy Coffman Davis, management communications
program director, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Medill 63)
Candy Kaelin Deemer, former co-managing director and COO, DDB Needham
Worldwide (Medill 76)
Terri Dial, retired president and CEO, Wells Fargo Bank (WCAS 71)
Howard S. Dubin, chairman and CEO, Manufacturer's News, Inc. (Medill 54)
Robert Eaton, senior vice president and managing editor, ESPN (Medill
63)
D. Cameron Findlay, executive vice president and general counsel,
Aon Corporation; former Deputy Secretary of Labor (WCAS 82)
Sharon Foote, associate partner, IBM Business Consulting Services
(WCAS 89)
Jack Fuller, president, Tribune Publishing; Pulitzer Prize
winner and author (Medill 68)
Christopher Galvin, chairman, NAVTEQ Corp.; former president and CEO, Motorola (WCAS 73)
David Gersh, president and owner, Gersh Agency (Communication 70)
Osvaldo Gotera, director of business development, BP Latin America
gas marketing unit, Houston (McCormick 76)
Lee Hanson, associate vice chancellor, Washington University in
St. Louis (WCAS 68, SESP 70)
Bridgette Heller, former executive vice president, Kraft Foods
North America; general manager, coffee division, NY (WCAS 83)
Glenn Hess, president, Pemco Aeroplex, Inc.; former president and COO, Bell Helicopter (McCormick 71)
Jenny Hontz, former TV editor, Variety; former vice president
of creative affairs, Touchstone Television (Medill 93)
Richard Hopple, chairman and CEO, Unicast Communications Corporation
(Communication 69)
Donald J. Jackson, founder, chairman, and CEO, Central City Productions
(Communication 65)
Jeff Jacobs, director of beverage new business development, Campbell
Soup Company (WCAS 92)
Catherine Kaputa, president, Self Brand; adjunct professor, New York University's Stern School of Business (WCAS 70)
Alex Kent, president and founder, Symphonic Wireless; vice president,
Cornish & Carey Commercial (Communication 94)
Tom Keramides, vice president, Leo Burnett USA (Communication 83)
William Kornegay, director of operations, Campbell Soup Supply
Company (McCormick 85)
Tim Krauskopf, co-founder, Spyglass, Inc.; former vice president, Motorola; CFO, Gemini Traffic Sales (WCAS 84)
Renetta McCann, CEO, Starcom North America (Communication 78)
Billy McKinney, executive vice president, Seattle SuperSonics
and Seattle Storm (WNBA) professional basketball teams (SESP 77)
Laverne McKinnon, executive vice-president of drama development, CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
(Communication 87)
Judi Sheppard Missett, CEO and founder of Jazzercise (Communication
66)
Daryl Morey, senior vice president of operations and information, Boston
Celtics basketball team (McCormick 96)
Robert E. Mulholland, former president, NBC (Medill 55)
Kathy Murphy, senior vice president, Wachovia Bank commercial
banking group (WCAS 88)
J. David Nelson, chief operating officer, National Foundation for
Teaching Entrepreneurship in New York City (WCAS 63)
Daryl Newell, vice president of wealth management area, Harris
Trust and Savings Bank (WCAS 86)
David Nissen, president and CEO, GE Consumer Finance (WCAS 73)
William Osborn, president and CEO, Northern Trust Corporation (WCAS
69)
Danita Patterson, president, Destiny Outreach, Inc., media and
entertainment planning (Communication 90)
Richard S. Pepper, chairman emeritus, Pepper Construction Group (McCormick
53)
Amy Percy, associate brand manager, Campbell Soup Company (WCAS
98)
Patrick Ryan, executive chairman, Aon (WCAS 59)
Ralph Rydholm, former chairman and CEO, Euro RSCG Tatham Chicago (WCAS
58)
Paul Sagan, prseident and CEO, Akamai Technologies; Emmy Award-winning journalist (Medill 81)
Kate Johnson Santhuff, vice president, 3rd Wave communications
company (Communication 83)
James Schadt, director, Mercator Software; former chairman and CEO, Readers Digest
(WCAS 60)
Rebecca Schnur, director of communications, Maine Hospital
Association (Communication 87)
Smita Shah, president, Spaan Technology (McCormick 94)
Francesca Spinelli, senior vice president of people, PETsMART (Communication
74)
David Skorton, president, Cornell University (WCAS 70)
Alisa Ann Starks, president/owner, Inner City Entertainment (Medill
82)
Michael Sutton, president, Infrastructure Engineering Chicago
(McCormick 75)
Dedee Marrott Templeton, vice president, iMed Studios
(SESP 89)
Howard Tullman, president, Kendall College (WCAS 67)
Joseph A. Walder, professor of biochemistry, University of Iowa; founder and CEO, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) (WCAS 73)
Allison Teichner Wallach, vice president of original programming,
Lifetime Television Network (Communication 90)
Wayne Watson, chancellor, Chicago City Colleges (SESP 69)
Robert Wayman, executive vice president, finance and administration,
and chief financial officer, Hewlett Packard Co., Los Altos, CA (McCormick
67)
Charles Wentz, Jr., chairman and CEO, Wentz Health Care; CEO, International Scientific Management
(McCormick 62)
Frances Cole Westrup, member of the board of directors, Union
Hospital, Indiana (Medill 48)
Leon Wright, chairman, Levmark Capital Corporation, Atlanta (SESP
65)
Ava Harth Youngblood, president and CEO, Youngblood Executive Search
(McCormick 79)
> Notable alumni: Arts/entertainment
Some Notable Alumni
Sony vice president Teruaki Aoki
Former Alcorn State University president Clinton Bristow
CBS vice president Laverne McKinnon

