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Arts & Entertainment

• Judy Blume (STEINHARDT ’61) | Blume is best-known for her novels Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret., Blubber, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
• Joe Iconis (STEINHARDT ’03, TSOA ’05) | Joe Iconis wrote Be More Chill, the Broadway high school musical sensation.
• Tyehimba Jess (GSAS ’04) | Poet Tyehimba Jess tells history through poetry.
• Spike Lee (TSOA ’82) | Spike Lee is a filmmaker and graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts.
  
• Tom Kirdahy (WSUC ’85, LAW ’88) | Tom Kirdahy has produced numerous plays including Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical.
• Mickela Mallozzi (STEINHARDT ’05) | Mickela Mallozzi is the four-time Emmy® Award-winning Host and executive producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi.
• Janet Mock (GSAS ’06) | Janet Mock is the first trans woman of color to write and direct for television with the FX series Pose.
• Gal Nissim (TSOA ’17) | Gal Nissim is combining the unexpected: arts and sciences.
• Gabriela James Noguera (GSAS ’20) | Gabriela James Noguera's master's thesis on vampires earned a coveted award for outstanding academic merit at NYU.
• Madeline Park (CAS ’15, DEN ’18) [she/her] | Maddy is a TikTok food vlogger star and the philanthropist behind Cafe Maddy Cab.
• Joe Petrowski (STEINHARDT ’20) | Joe synchronizes light displays to music and collects donations for local and national charities, raising more than $150,000 to date.
  
• Nathaniel Mary Quinn (STEINHARDT ’02) | Nathaniel Mary Quinn's kaleidoscopic portraits reside in the collections of museums and celebrities.
• Nathan Sawaya (CAS ’95, LAW ’98) Nathan Sawaya is a LEGO artist.
• Carlos Andres Toro (STEINHARDT ’06) | Carlos Andres Toro is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of the digital media production studio Steer.
• Valerie Van Zuijlen (TSOA ’20) | Valerie van Zuijlen is a space-loving artist and filmmaker who completed two masters degrees simultaneously.
• Cristóbal MarYán (NYUAD ’15) | Musician Cristóbal MarYán began writing music at the age of 12 and has grown to write music for films, TV shows, and much more.
  

Education

• Leah Lattimore (CAS ’04, STEINHARDT ’10, ’22) | Leah Lattimore's 20-year NYU career has had an outsized impact on the University.
• Kristin Van Busum (WAG ’10) | Kristin Van Busum's Project Alianza is building schools, hiring teachers, and eliminating learning barriers in Central America.

Entrepreneurship

• Kyle Bergman (STERN ’19) | Kyle is the creator of Swoveralls (essentially sweatpant overalls) and the founder of Sweat from Home.
  
• Gabriel García Leyva (NYUAD ’20) [He/Him] | Gabriel works in a venture capital firm in Dubai.
  
• Susan Salgado (STERN ’03) | Susan Salgado builds the infrastructure of restaurants around New York City including the Shake Shack chain and Gramercy Tavern.

Innovators

• Mattew Campisi (TANDON ’96, ’20) | Mathew Campisi developed a breast cancer screening technology to help increase access to accurate cancer testing around the world.
• Vanessa O’Brien (SPS ‘91, STERN ‘97) | Vanessa set the world record as the first woman to reach Earth’s highest and lowest points.
  

Journalism

• Kim Castro (SPS ’08)| Kim Castro is the first woman of color to run the venerable news magazine U.S. News & World Report.
• Arielle Duhaime-Ross (GSAS ’13) | Arielle Duhaime-Ross, the first climate change reporter, has a podcast on Vox.
• Jessica Pels (TSOA '09) | Jessica Pels is the Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine.
• Nicole Tung (GSAS ’09) | Photojournalist Nicole Tung has documented conflicts and crises in Libya, Syria, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Greece, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and is currently covering the war in Ukraine.

LGBTQ+

• Tara Lombardo (GAL ’06) [she/her] | Tara leads the first and longest-runining LGBTQ+ mental health organization.
  
• Chris Mosier (STEINHARDT ’12) | In 2015, Chris Mosier became the first known transgender athlete to qualify for a men’s US national team.
• Edie Windsor (CIMS ’57) | Edie Windsor's Supreme Court case paved the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Medicine

• Frank Baez (MEYERS ’19) | Frank Baez is an intensive care nurse who got his start at NYU hospitals as a teenaged janitor.
• Danielle Butin (STEINHARDT ’85) | Danielle Butin is reducing waste by repurposing medical supplies for those in need.
• May Edward Chinn (GSM ’26) | In 1926, Chinn became the first Black woman to graduate from what was then the Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
  
• Natalia Cineas (MEYERS ’06, WAG ’09) | Natalia Cineas was named chief nurse executive for NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the United States.
• Jonathan Ehrlich (STERN ’17) | When not running his real estate business, Jonathan Ehrlich is busy serving New York City residents as an EMT.
• Mark Fakory (DEN ’20) | As an NYU student, Mark Fakory provided dental care to people around the world.
• Joan Furey (MEYERS ’75) | Joan Furey helped pioneer a PTSD treatment program to aid traumatized veterans.
• Adrian Kantrowitz (ARTS ’40) | Cardiac surgeon Adrian Kantrowitz is best known for inventing the implantable pacemaker.
• Rachel Laureyns (GPH ’14) | Rachel Laureyns is expanding dental care around the world.
• Tara Lombardo (GAL ’06) [she/her] | Tara leads the first and longest-runining LGBTQ+ mental health organization.
  
• Cheryline Pezzullo (DEN ’15) and Lorel Burns (DEN ’15) | Cheryline Pezzullo and her classmate Lorel Burns created a pipeline program to diversify the dentistry profession.
• Armin Tehrany (MED ’94) | Armin Tehrany is a surgeon, a film producer, and volunteer with the NYU Alumni Association.
• Lori Wiener (SSSW ’79, ’88) | Lori Wiener runs National Cancer Institute's Pediatric Psychosocial Support Program.  
  

NYU Alumni Volunteers

• Monefa Anderson (WAG ’96, MEYERS ’07) | Monefa Anderson is the Director of Nursing for the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Health and a volunteer with the NYUAA.
• Gabriel Avgerinos (TANDON ’73, STERN ’77) | Gabriel is a mentor on the Violet Network.
  
• Amin Ayoub (DEN ’92) | Amin Ayoub is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at NYU and a volunteer with the NYU Alumni Association.
• Mike Chen (NYUSH ’17) | Mike Chen graduated with the first NYU Shanghai class and is a member of the NYU Alumni Association (NYUAA) Board of Directors.
• ‌Alice‌ ‌Cheng‌ ‌(SSSW‌ ‌’10)‌ ‌&‌ ‌Antonio‌ ‌Miceli‌ ‌(CAS‌ ‌’11)‌ | Alice and Antonio were named New Volunteer of the Year by the NYU Alumni Association at this the 2020 Alumni Volunteer Recognition and Service Awards during NYU Alumni and Parents Weekend.
  
• Carolynn Choi (STEINHARDT ’16) | Carolynn Choi serves as co-chair of the Recent Alumni Network.
• Erin Coffey (CAS ’02, STERN ’13) | Erin is a newly minted member of the NYU Alumni Association Board of Directors.
  
• Christiamilda “Christie” Correa (TSOA ’07) & Jimmy Suarez (STEINHARDT ’12) | Christie and Jimmy serve as co-leaders of the NYU Latinx Alumni Network.
• Ricardo Dadoo (STERN ’84) [He/Him] | Ricardo is a leader for the NYU Alumni Club in Mexico.
  
• Mariam Ehrari (LS ’12, CAS ’14) [She/Her] | Mariam is a member of the NYU Alumni Board of Directors.
  
• Linda Evans (STEINHARDT ’81) | Linda Evans is an NYU Alumni Association Board member and co-chair of the Benefits and Services committee.
• Alan Gallo (STERN ’87, ’90) | Alan is a member of Stern’s Alumni Council and the NYU Alumni Association Board of Directors, where he is currently co-chair of the Recent Alumni and Student Programs (RASP) committee.
  
• Michael Gamber (SPS ’17) | Michael Gamber is a leader with the NYU Alumni LGBTQ+ Network.
• Sumit Gupta (he/him/his) (SPS ’16) | Sumit is a leadership committee member for the NYU Recent Alumni Network (RAN).
  
• Adam Hadas (MEYERS ’17) | When Adam Hadas isn't helping patients with COVID-19, he's a volunteer with the NYU Alumni Association.
• Michael Hengerer (GAL ’16) | Michael was a co-chair of NYU’s Recent Alumni Network in 2019.
• Caleb Hodes (GAL ’03) | Caleb is the president of the NYU Alumni Club in Boston.
  
• Z. Ingram (Zi/They/Them) (STEINHARDT ’15) | Zi is a board member of the NYU LGBTQ+ Alumni Network.
• Logan Jacobs (GSAS ’18, GAL ’22) | Logan is the president of the Native & Indigenous Alumni Network and the coordinator for Native American recruitment in NYU’s Office of Admissions.
• Chantal Kazay (STEINHARDT ’05) [She/Her] | Chantal is a member of the volunteer committee for the NYU Alumni Club in Chicago.
  
• Brian Levine (GSAS ’03, GSM ’08) | Meet the NYU Alumni Association Board President.
• Mandy Lin (GPH ’19) [she/her] | Mandy is a member of the NYU Alumni Club in Long Island.
  
• Alexa Loken (STEINHARDT ’12) [she/her] | Alexa is a member of the NYU Alumni Club in Austin.
  
• Samara Mbugua (GPH ’14) | Samara is the president of the NYU School of Global Public Health’s (GPH) newly formed Alumni Association.
  
• Krystal McLeod (CAS ’16) | Krystal is a natural leader. Her involvement with the NYU Alumni Association is an example of her commitment to give back.
• Margeaux McReynolds (STEINHARDT ’07) | Learn more about this leader of the NYU Alumni Club in Chicago and why she stays involved with NYU.
• Diana Mendez (STEINHARDT ’07, SPS ’24) | Diana is a proud immigrant, Latina, and first-generation student, who has brought a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and social justice lens to her award-winning work in higher education for 15 years. 
  
• Angel Ochoa (GSAS ’11) | Angel has had multiple roles on the NYU Alumni Association board.
• Natalya (Nataly) Pasklinsky (MEYERS ’10, ’19) | Beyond teaching NYU’s future generations of nurses, Nataly gives back as part of the NYU Alumni Association Board of Directors.
  
• Erica Pedruzzi (LAW '95) | Erica Pedruzzi is the leader of the NYU Alumni Club in Argentina.
• Alex Richey (CAS ’12) [he/him] | Alex is a member of the NYU Alumni Club in Seattle.
  
• Renee Sanchez (MEYERS ’13) | Renee is part of the Nursing Administration Alumni Advisory Council.
  
• Mandy Tan (NYUAD ’15) | Mandy Tan is an NYU Alumni Association Board member and serves on the NYUAA Fundraising Committee.
• Armin Tehrany (GSM ’94) | Armin Tehrany is a surgeon, a film producer, and volunteer with the NYU Alumni Association.
• Steven Tyler (MEYERS ’15) | Steven recently won Volunteer of the Year at this year’s Alumni Volunteer Recognition and Service Awards.
  
• Jerome‌ ‌Viloria‌ ‌(GPH‌ ‌’19)‌ [he/him/his]‌ ‌| Jerome is one of the leaders of the Asian, Pacific Islander & Desi Alumni (APIDA) Network and a public health professional.
• Sherese A. Ward (she/her) (WAG ’15) | Sherese is a member of the NYU Alumni Association (NYUAA) Board of Directors.
• Ziang “Jack” Xu (CAS ’15) [he/him] | Ziang "Jack" Xu is a member of the NYU Alumni Club of South China.
  
• Anna Zuccaro (CAS ’13) | Anna Zuccaro is a public relations professional and Co-president of the NYU LGBTQ+ Alumni Network.

Public Service

• Monefa Anderson (WAG ’96, MEYERS ’07) | Monefa Anderson is the Director of Nursing for the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Health and a volunteer with the NYUAA.
• Brenda Berkman (LAW ’78) | New York City’s first female firefighter had to sue the city for the right to pursue her profession.
• Alessandra Biaggi (STEINHARDT ’08) | Alessandra Biaggi is a New York State Senator representing the 34th Senate District, including parts of Bronx and Westchester Counties.
• Taina Bien-Aimé (LAW ’91) | Taina is the Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women.
• Jayson William Browder (WAG '15) | Jayson is Assistant Dean of Administration at NYU Abu Dhabi, decorated U.S. Air Force and Iraq War veteran, and former U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Turkey.
• Mondiant Dogon (STEINHARDT '19) | Mondiant Dogon’s debut memoir, Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee’s Search for Home, is out now.
  
• Grant Fox (SPS ’11/TANDON) | Grant is a leading member of NYU’s COVID-19 Task Force.
  
• Mathylde Frontus (SSSW ’98, ’99) | Mathylde Frontus is the assemblywoman representing New York’s 46th District.
• Keith Harper (LAW ’94) | Keith Harper is the first Native American Ambassador.
• John Katzmann (TANDON ’56) | John Katzmann escaped Nazi persecution in his home country of Germany and served in the US Army during WWII.
• Alex Kobray (SPS ’15) | Alex Kobray is a self-professed wonk and counterterrorism expert.
• Jess Moore Matthews (STEINHARDT ’14) | Jess founded the grassroots organization Backbone Digital Leaders, a movement conceived by unbought and unbossed Black women spearheading a digital revolution.
  
• Jacqueline Murekatete (CAS ’07) | Jacqueline Murekatete survived the genocide in Rwanda. Today, she's helping survivors of violence around the world.
• Emina Osmandzikovic (NYUAD ’17) | Emina is a Middle East and North africa expert.
  
• Marcia Robinson Lowry (LAW ’69) | Marcia founded Children's Rights and A Better Childhood to improve the lives of children within the foster care system.
• Kyleigh Russ (WAG ’20) | Kyleigh Russ started a non-profit while working toward her MPA at Wagner.
• Kyra Stephenson-Valley (CAS ’16, ’17) | Kyra works as a policy advisor with a seat at the table for conversations on federal civil rights policies.
  
• Kristin Van Busum (WAG ’10) | Kristin Van Busum's Project Alianza is building schools, hiring teachers, and eliminating learning barriers in Central America.
• Erin Vilardi (CAS ’03) | Erin Vilardi founded VoteRunLead to get increase representation of women in elected positions.
• Allie Wist (STEINHARDT ’17) | Allie Wist is a visual editor at bonappetit.com who is telling the story of climate change through food.

Technology

• Kimberly Seals Allers (CAS ’96) [She/Her/Hers] | Kimberly Seals Allers is the creator of Irth, a review and rating app for Black and brown women and birthing people to find and leave reviews of OB/GYNS, birthing hospitals, and pediatricians.
  
• Deja Bond (GSAS ’20) | Read about the first African-American alumna of the top-ranked Master’s in Data Science program at NYU.
• Matthew Campisi (TANDON ’96, ’20) | Mathew Campisi developed a breast cancer screening technology to help increase access to accurate cancer testing around the world.
• Bertha Jimenez (TANDON ’16) | Bertha Jimenez is an engineer who discovered a way to upcycle discarded grain from breweries to make delicious bread.