List of Ithaca College alumni
This is a list of Ithaca College people.
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
- Maggie Brooks, county executive of Monroe County, New York
- 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, member of Virginia House of Delegates
- Loni Hancock, member of the California State Senate
Business
Executives
- Chris Burch, founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital; co-founder of Tory Burch LLC
- Robert Iger, president and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
- Stew Leonard, Jr., president and CEO, Stew Leonard's
Media and entertainment
Directors and producers
- Matthew Bennett , 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, creator of Yo! MTV Raps
- Barbara Gaines, Emmy Award-winning executive producer, Late Show with David Letterman
- Brian Herzlinger, director, special correspondent on The Tonight Show
- David Guy Levy, film producer, August and Terri
- Mark Romanek, filmmaker 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, actor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones
- Paul Gallo, Tony Award-nominated Broadway lighting designer;
- The Birthday Boys, actors, The Birthday Boys
- John Ross Bowie, actor, The Big Bang Theory
- Kerry Butler, Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, Xanadu, Catch Me If You Can and Little Shop of Horrors
- Matt Cavenaugh, Broadway actor, West Side Story
- Andrew Daly, actor, Eastbound and Down, MADtv and Semi-Pro
- Michelle Federer, 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, '
- Amanda Setton, 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 '
- Jeff Winkless, voice-over actor
Hosts
- Alan Colmes, host of Hannity & Colmes and The Alan Colmes Show
- Chip Hines, host of Spotlight on CatholicTV
- Chris Kellogg, morning radio host for WMAS-FM and The Kellogg Krew
- Ricki Lake, 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
Comedians
- Joe Pera, stand-up comedian, star/creator of Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You
Musicians
- Kate Aldrich, internationally renowned mezzo-soprano
- Cindy Bradley, 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, Broadway and television composer
- Henrique de Curitiba, composer
- Gavin DeGraw, 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, 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
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, ABC news anchor for ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
- Jessica Savitch, 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, television writer, co-host of the Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast
- Allan Loeb, film screenwriter, Things We Lost in the Fire, , The Dilemma
- Mark Mahoney, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, The Post-Star
- Sandra McDonald, author of The Outback Stars and The Stars Down Under
- Tish Rabe, children's book author and writer of over 40 Dr. Seuss books
- Chris Regan, 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, weekend sports anchor for WNBC, NY
- Brendan Burke sportscaster for Fox Sports and television announcer for New York Islanders on MSG Network
- Mike Catalana, sports director WHAM-TV Rochester, New York
- Ed Cohen, WEPN-FM Radio voice of the New York Knicks.
- Kevin Connors, ESPN sportscaster
- Lanny Frattare, play-by-play announcer for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates
- Eric Frede, Boston Bruins studio host, NESN
- Drew Goodman Television Announcer Colorado Rockies 2002–present, Denver Nuggets 1994-2004
- Neil Hartman, sports anchor, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
- 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, ESPN sportscaster
Sport
Management
- Les Otten, vice chairman and partner, Boston Red Sox Organization
- Eddie Sawyer, professional baseball manager for the Philadelphia Phillies
Coaches
- 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 ; 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 Arizona Diamondbacks
Scientists and engineers
- Steven Van Slyke, chemist, inventor with over 20 patents in OLED materials and device architecture
Other
- Richard Jadick, combat surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq
- Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, television presenter specializing in the ancient astronaut hypothesis