Alumni of Distinction
Some of the most influential people and orchestrators of change in our world navigated through the hundreds of stairs on campus at Holy Cross. From the Supreme Court of the United States to small non-profits, Holy Cross’ purple extends to the limits of every career.
Only you can define success after your time at Holy Cross. Our alumni have worked within the Oval Office and have won Emmy Awards and Pulitzer Prizes. They’ve been fearless leaders through epidemics and pandemics, and they’ve also founded large and small non-profits that change lives every day. Holy Cross alumni hold the door for folks behind them and live for and with others on a daily basis. No matter if the audience is on a global scale or a one-on-one interaction, our alumni make a difference.
Healthcare & Science
Co-Founder, E2SG Partners and former executive chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ecolab
Termeer Professor of Bioengineering in MIT's Department of Biological Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering & Science; recipient of the MacArthur Fellow in 2003
Chancellor of UMass Medical School and a fellow of the American College of Physicians
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
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
First director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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.
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
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.
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”)
Medical oncologist, Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Head orthopedic physician, St. Louis Cardinals
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)
Emergency physician, Kentucky Commissioner of Public Health, and past president of the American Medical Association (AMA)
Former scientific director of the National Cancer Institute who played a prominent role in the introduction of chemotherapy for cancer
Media & Communications
Sports columnist, The New York Times; recipient of Pulitzer Prize in 1981
CEO, Rubicon Project, a leading technology company automating the buying and selling of advertising
Independent consultant in communications and branding; former senior vice president for global communications for Oscar de la Renta
Vice president, editorial director, Gallery Books Group
Chief Marketing, Communications & Brand Officer at LPGA
CEO LAB. Licensing and Branding and former executive vice president, Discovery Global Enterprises at Discovery Communications
Vice President of Content Strategy and Head of Digital for The Today Show. Formerly Vice President of Digital Strategy and Global Head of Social at CNN.
Vice president of communications, NBCUniversal owned television stations
Dir, Original Content Dev & Integration at ESPN+
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
Political commentator; former director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama
AI Product team at Meta, Professor at NYU Stern, retail historian, former Reddit, Jet, & Google alum
Editorial cartoonist, Chicago Sun-Times; winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1989
Writer, producer, and television personality; editor-at-large for Esquire magazine and host of a number of podcasts, including “Homophilia” and “International Waters”
Global Head of Marketing for TikTok; former Chief marketing officer, NBA
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
Chief Communications Officer who served as President of Edelman, Inc. and Chief Communications Officer of GE
Senior Vice President, Original Content and ESPN Films, ESPN
President of Content, ESPN
Journalist and former longtime host of MSNBC's "Hardball With Chris Matthews”
Sports columnist, The Boston Globe; author of "The Curse of the Bambino"
Sports columnist, analyst, author and founder of The Ringer, a sports and pop culture website and podcast network
President of CNBC and the former President and Managing Director, NBC Universal Global Advertising & Partnerships
Business & Finance
Former Senior vice president of corporate social responsibility and philanthropy at CVS Health and president of CVS Health Foundation
Former vice president and treasurer, H.P. Hood
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
Operating partner of Brewer Lane Ventures in Boston, Massachusetts
Chief Financial Officer of Second Nature Brands
Co-founder and managing partner, Tiger Iron Capital, LLC
COO of the Americas & Executive Director, Macquarie Group
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Hilton
Former senior vice president and group executive, IBM Global Technology Services
Chief Business Development Officer, Grupo Ferré Rangel, a 100-year-old media, real estate and social engagement company in Puerto Rico
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
President, PepsiCo Global Foodservice
President, Campbell Meals and Beverages and senior vice president, Campbell Soup Company
CFO, America's Test Kitchen
Chief Executive Officer of JetBlue, effective 2/12/24; chairperson of the board, Concern Worldwide
Founder and managing partner, Grain Management Group
Co-founder and CEO, Moonshot Brands
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
Executive vice president and chief legal officer, Liberty Mutual Insurance
CEO, Copa Airlines
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
Senior vice president, finance and administration for the Los Angeles Angels
Former president and CEO of Danaher Corporation.
Executive vice president and chief information officer, Synchrony Financial
Vice President of global content sales for Latin America & U.S. Hispanic, A&E Television
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
Partner at investment firm Lindsay Goldberg; former CEO of Keurig Green Mountain coffee
Chairman of Wild Oats; former CEO of Blockbuster and 7-Eleven; founder of Education is Freedom Foundation
Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
CEO, Plant Snacks; founder, Food Should Taste Good
President and CEO of Under Armour, Inc. and former president of Marriott International, Inc.
Former chairman of the board and CEO, Becton, Dickinson and Company (global medical technology company)
Executive chairman and CEO of Moose Knuckles
Founder of Harwich Partners and former member of the managing board of the World Economic Forum
CEO, Marvin Windows and Doors
Former president and CEO of the Salk Institute
CEO, Fortune Fish and Gourmet
Chief Executive Officer of Homeward Health and former chief medical officer and president, Livongo Health
Founder, J.D. Power and Associates
Former president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of the Meredith Corporation
President, Luxury Brand Holdings, parent company of Ross-Simons and Sidney Thomas jewelry brands
Former president, Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Telecommunications executive; former CEO and executive chairman of Frontier Communications
Founder, Last of Five Game Company
Mission
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
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
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
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
Chief strategy officer and executive vice president, City Year; president, Voices for National Service
Executive director, The Ignatian Volunteer Corps
Attorney who helped organize bans against fracking in dozens of New York communities; recipient of the 2014 North American Goldman Environmental Prize
Chief diversity and inclusion officer at Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP
President, Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
Founder and executive director, Center for Biological Diversity
Partner and co-chair of Litigation, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York
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
22nd Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police
Superior Court Judge, State of Connecticut
Founder and chairman emeritus, Center on Addiction; former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Member of the U.S. Senate, Democrat from Pennsylvania
President of NYC Transit at the MTA in New York City
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat from California
Federal judge who issued 1974 order in Morgan v. Hennigan, which mandated that Boston schools be desegregated by means of busing
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
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
Director, Columbia Global Centers in Paris; former president and CEO, The New York Public Library
Superior Court Judge, State of Connecticut
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
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)
U.S. Senator, State of Vermont
Superior Court Judge, State of Connecticut
Former Chief of Naval Legislative Affairs and Commander U.S. Third Fleet.
Arts
American poet; former U.S. Poet Laureate; member, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Emmy-award winning actress whose credits include "The Handmaid’s Tale," "The Leftovers," "Compliance" and "Marley & Me"
President, Londonderry Films; executive vice president, Londonderry LLC
Bestselling and critically acclaimed author of romance fiction
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
Director, Pékin Fine Arts contemporary art gallery
Host, "This Old House" and "Ask This Old House;" co-host of DIY Network’s "This New House"
Fashion industry consultant; former president, Marc by Marc Jacobs
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"
Athletics
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
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
Academics
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
Chair, Stanford University Department of Medicine and the Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine
President, Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles