Holy Cross alumni have translated their liberal arts education into meaningful careers spanning all fields and industries. These individuals are among our accomplished alumni.
Healthcare/Science
Doug Baker Jr. '81 - Co-Founder, E2SG Partners and former executive chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ecolab
James J. Collins '87 - Termeer Professor of Bioengineering in MIT's Department of Biological Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering & Science; recipient of the MacArthur Fellow in 2003
Michael F. Collins M.D., '77 - Chancellor of UMass Medical School and a fellow of the American College of Physicians
Joseph T. Coyle Jr., M.D., ’65 - Former president of the Society for Neuroscience, Eben S. Draper Professor of Psychiatry, emeritus, at Harvard Medical School, and was chairman of the Consolidated Department of Psychiatry at Harvard 1991-2001
Anthony Fauci M.D. ’62 - Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health from 1984 to 2022; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Harry J. Goett '31 - First director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Jason F. Hall M.D., MPH '96 - Surgeon-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Tufts Medical Center. Professor of Surgery and Benjamin Andrews Chair of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Capt. Joseph P. Kerwin M.D., USN (ret.) '53 - Physician and former NASA astronaut who was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training and served as science-pilot for the Skylab 2 mission in 1973
Joseph E. Murray M.D., '40 - Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for the first successful kidney transplant; elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine and was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which advises the Vatican on science issues.
Richard J. O’Reilly M.D., ’64 - Chair of the department of pediatrics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering; conducted the first successful bone marrow transplant involving an unrelated, compatible donor; co-developed an approach now used throughout the world to effectively treat children born without an immune system (once known as “bubble babies”)
Joyce O'Shaughnessy M.D., '78 - Medical oncologist, Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
George Paletta M.D.,'84 - Head orthopedic physician, St. Louis Cardinals
James A. Shannon M.D., '25 - First Director of the National Institutes of Health, elected to National Academy of Sciences (1965), awarded the National Medal of Science by President Gerald R. Ford (1974)
Steven J. Stack M.D., ’94 - Emergency physician, Kentucky Commissioner of Public Health, and past president of the American Medical Association (AMA)
C. Gordon Zubrod, M.D., '36 - Former scientific director of the National Cancer Institute who played a prominent role in the introduction of chemotherapy for cancer
Media/Communications
David P. Anderson '51 - Sports columnist, The New York Times; recipient of Pulitzer Prize in 1981
Michael Barrett '84 - CEO, Rubicon Project, a leading technology company automating the buying and selling of advertising
Erika Bearman '03 - Independent consultant in communications and branding; former senior vice president for global communications for Oscar de la Renta
Aimee Bell ’88 - Vice president, editorial director, Gallery Books Group
Mary G. Berner '81 - President and CEO, Cumulus Media Inc.
Matt Chmura '03 - Chief Marketing, Communications & Brand Officer at LPGA
Leigh Ann Brodsky '80 - CEO LAB. Licensing and Branding and former executive vice president, Discovery Global Enterprises at Discovery Communications
Ashley Codianni '07 - Head of digital, "Today"
Shawn Feddeman Cronin '95 - Vice president of communications, NBCUniversal owned television stations
Kati Fernandez ‘15 - Dir, Original Content Dev & Integration at ESPN+
Michael Days '75 - Former vice president for diversity and inclusion, The Philadelphia Inquirer; former editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2010 under his leadership. Michael is now running a consulting company
Jon Favreau '03 - Political commentator; former director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama
Jack Hanlon '06 – Vice President of Data at Reddit
John J. "Jack" Higgins '76 - Editorial cartoonist, Chicago Sun-Times; winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1989
Dave Holmes ’94 – Writer, producer, and television personality; editor-at-large for Esquire magazine and host of a number of podcasts, including “Homophilia” and “International Waters”
Kate Jhaveri '95 - Global Head of Marketing for TikTok; former Chief marketing officer, NBA
Edward P. Jones '72 - Author who was recognized with the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his book "The Known World;" recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004; member, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Deirdre Latour '95 - Chief Communications Officer who served as President of Edelman, Inc. and Chief Communications Officer of GE
Brian Lockhart '96 - Senior Vice President, Original Content and ESPN Films, ESPN
Burke Magnus '88 - President of Content, ESPN
Chris Matthews '67 - Journalist and former longtime host of MSNBC's "Hardball With Chris Matthews”
Daniel E. Shaughnessy '75 - Sports columnist, The Boston Globe; author of "The Curse of the Bambino"
Bill Simmons '92 - Sports columnist, analyst, author and host of The Ringer, a sports and pop culture website and podcast network
K.C. Sullivan '00 - President of CNBC and the former President and Managing Director, NBC Universal Global Advertising & Partnerships
Business/Finance
Eileen Howard Boone '86 – Former Senior vice president of corporate social responsibility and philanthropy at CVS Health and president of CVS Health Foundation
Theresa Bresten '78 - Former vice president and treasurer, H.P. Hood
James E. Burke ’47 - CEO of Johnson & Johnson from 1976-89; named one of the 10 greatest CEOs of all time by Fortune magazine for his ethics-driven and transparent decisions; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
David J. Castellani '78 - Operating partner of Brewer Lane Ventures in Boston, Massachusetts
Chris Caswell '99 - Chief Financial Officer of Second Nature Brands
Rebecca Connolly '88 - Co-founder and managing partner, Tiger Iron Capital, LLC
Jennifer Coyle '89 - COO of the Americas & Executive Director, Macquarie Group
Anne-Marie D’Angelo '98 - Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Hilton
Michael Daniels (ret.) '76 - Former senior vice president and group executive, IBM Global Technology Services
Loren Ferré Rangel ’92 – Chief Business Development Officer, Grupo Ferré Rangel, a 100-year-old media, real estate and social engagement company in Puerto Rico
María Eugenia Ferré Rangel ’89 - Chief global stakeholder, Grupo Ferré Rangel, a 100-year-old media, real estate and social engagement company in Puerto Rico, and chairperson of the board of GFR Media
Anne Fink '85 - President, PepsiCo Global Foodservice
Chris Foley '94 - President, Campbell Meals and Beverages and senior vice president, Campbell Soup Company
Jackie McCauley Ford '91 - CFO, America's Test Kitchen
Joanna Geraghty '94 - President and chief operating officer, JetBlue; chairperson of the board, Concern Worldwide
David J. Grain '84 - Founder and managing partner, Grain Management Group
Clint Greenleaf '97 - Co-founder and CEO, Moonshot Brands
Julie A. Halpin '84 - President of marketing strategy company Next Step Strategic Services; founder and former CEO of Geppetto Group, a youth and family creative agency and strategic consultancy
Damon Hart '96 - Executive vice president and chief legal officer, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Pedro Heilbron '79 - CEO, Copa Airlines
Mark G. Holowesko '82 - Founding partner and CEO, Holowesko Partners, Ltd, an investment firm in The Bahamas; co-sponsor of the Holowesko | Citadel Racing Team registered with USA Cycling as a UCI Continental Team
Molly Taylor Jolly '88 - Senior vice president, finance and administration for the Los Angeles Angels
Thomas P. Joyce Jr. '82 - Former president and CEO of Danaher Corporation.
Carol Donovan Juel '95 - Executive vice president and chief information officer, Synchrony Financial
Helen E. Jurado '98 - Vice President of global content sales for Latin America & U.S. Hispanic, A&E Television
Susan Jurevics '89 - Chief Brand & International Officer at Audible; former General manager of Audible; former president of Bare Escentuals Beauty; former CEO and board director, J.K. Rowling's Pottermore
Brian Kelley '83 - Partner at investment firm Lindsay Goldberg; former CEO of Keurig Green Mountain coffee
James W. Keyes '77 - Chairman of Wild Oats; former CEO of Blockbuster and 7-Eleven; founder of Education is Freedom Foundation
Marc S. Lampkin '86 - Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Pete Lescoe ’99 – CEO, Plant Snacks; founder, Food Should Taste Good
Stephanie Linnartz '90 - President and CEO of Under Armour, Inc. and former president of Marriott International, Inc.
Edward J. Ludwig (ret.) '73 - Former chairman of the board and CEO, Becton, Dickinson and Company (global medical technology company)
Victor Luis '88 - Executive chairman and CEO of Moose Knuckles
Cheryl A. Martin '84 - Founder of Harwich Partners and former member of the managing board of the World Economic Forum
Paul Marvin '97 - CEO, Marvin Windows and Doors
Richard A. Murphy '66 - Former president and CEO of the Salk Institute
Sean O'Scannlain '86 - CEO, Fortune Fish and Gourmet
Jennifer Schneider M.D., '97 - Chief Executive Officer of Homeward Health and former chief medical officer and president, Livongo Health
James David “J.D.” Power III '53 - Founder, J.D. Power and Associates
Jack D. Rehm ’54 – Former president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of the Meredith Corporation
Jim Speltz '97 - President, Luxury Brand Holdings, parent company of Ross-Simons and Sidney Thomas jewelry brands
Kerry Sullivan '78 - Former president, Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Maggie Wilderotter '77 - Telecommunications executive; former CEO and executive chairman of Frontier Communications
Tina Ziemek '03 - Founder, Last of Five Game Company
Mission
Philip Berrigan ’50 – Peace activist and author who, with his brother Rev. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., began the Plowshares Movement protesting weapons of war, and in his lifetime spent 11 years in jail for civil disobedience
Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., ’49 – Longest-serving president of Holy Cross (1970-94), recruited a more diverse student body, established coeducation, and guided the College into one of the country’s top liberal arts institutions
Brendan J. Cassin '55 - Co-founder, The Drexel Fund, a national fund providing start-up capital for new, high-quality, financially sustainable faith-based and private schools and founder of Cassin Educational Initiative to establish Catholic college-preparatory middle and high schools in economically-challenged communities throughout the country
Alex Clavering ’13 – Founder and organizer of the 2018 March for Our Lives in New York City, part of a national movement calling for new gun legislation in the wake of the Parkland school shooting
AnnMaura Connolly '86 - Chief strategy officer and executive vice president, City Year; president, Voices for National Service
Mary Cahoon McGinnity '77 - Executive director, The Ignatian Volunteer Corps
Helen Slottje ’89 – Attorney who helped organize bans against fracking in dozens of New York communities; recipient of the 2014 North American Goldman Environmental Prize
Francine Rosado-Cruz ’94 - Chief diversity and inclusion officer at Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP
Mark Shriver '86 - President, Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
Kieran Suckling '88 - Founder and executive director, Center for Biological Diversity
Theodore V. Wells Jr. '72 - Partner and co-chair of Litigation, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York
Robert C. Wright '65 - Founder and chairman, The Suzanne Wright Foundation, founded in memory of his wife Suzanne to accelerate pancreatic cancer research through awareness; co-founder of Autism Speaks with Suzanne Wright; retired vice chairman of the General Electric Company and chairman and CEO of NBC Universal (1986 to 2007)
Government
Col. Tyree Blocker '74 - 22nd Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police
Hon. Peter Brown '84 - Superior Court Judge, State of Connecticut
Joseph A. Califano Jr. '52 - Founder and chairman emeritus, Center on Addiction; former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Senator Robert P. Casey '82 - Member of the U.S. Senate, Democrat from Pennsylvania
Richard A. Davey '95 -President of NYC Transit at the MTA in New York City
Mark DeSaulnier '74 - Member of U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat from California
W. Arthur Garrity Jr. ’41 - Federal judge who issued 1974 order in Morgan v. Hennigan, which mandated that Boston schools be desegregated by means of busing
Stanley E. Grayson '72 - Former vice chairman and chief operating officer, M.R. Beal and Company; former deputy mayor for finance and economic development in Mayor Ed Koch administration
Capt. Thomas G. Kelley USN (ret.) '60 - Recipient of the Medal of Honor in 1970 from President Richard Nixon for his actions during the Vietnam War; president of the Medal of Honor Society
Paul O. LeClerc '63 - Director, Columbia Global Centers in Paris; former president and CEO, The New York Public Library
Hon. Rupal Shah-Palanki '95 - Superior Court Judge, State of Connecticut
Justice Clarence Thomas '71 - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Amb. Harry K. Thomas Jr. '78 - Senior Strategic Engagement Leader at Special Operations Command and Kissinger Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs; former U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe (2016-2018), the Philippines (2010-2013) and Bangladesh (2003-2005)
Hon. Peter F. Welch '69 - U.S. Senator, State of Vermont
Hon. Gary J. White '76 - Superior Court Judge, State of Connecticut
Arts
Billy Collins '63 - American poet; former U.S. Poet Laureate; member, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Ann Dowd '78 – Emmy-award winning actress whose credits include "The Handmaid’s Tale," "The Leftovers," "Compliance" and "Marley & Me"
Francis "Chip" Flaherty '86 - President, Londonderry Films; executive vice president, Londonderry LLC
Kristan Higgins '87 - Bestselling and critically acclaimed author of romance fiction
Peter Jankowski '86 - President and Chief Operating Officer, Wolf Entertainment, a television and film production company best known for creating the "Law & Order," "One Chicago," and "FBI" franchises
Meg Maggio '82 - Director, Pékin Fine Arts contemporary art gallery
Kevin O'Connor '90 - Host, "This Old House" and "Ask This Old House;" co-host of DIY Network’s "This New House"
Carolyn Risoli '86 - Fashion industry consultant; former president, Marc by Marc Jacobs
Bartlett Sher '81 - Theatre and opera director who won the Tony Award in 2008 for Best Direction of a Musical for his Lincoln Center production of "South Pacific"
Athlete
Bob Cousy '50 - Basketball legend and NBA Hall of Famer; led the Boston Celtics to an unprecedented five straight NBA titles; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Thomas W. Heinsohn '56 - Former Boston Celtics player and coach; fourth person to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of fame as a player and a coach
Scholars
Michael Harrington ’47 – Socialist historian and author of “The Other America,” which is believed to have inspired Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty and other social reforms of the 1960s
Robert A. Harrington M.D., '82 - Chair, Stanford University Department of Medicine and the Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine
Ann McElaney-Johnson '79 - President, Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles