18 Notable alumni of
Lesley University
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Lesley University is 2358th in the world, 808th in North America, and 763rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Lesley University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Eliza Dushku
- Occupations
- stage actortelevision actorvoice actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Eliza Patricia Dushku is an American and Albanian retired actress. Dushku starred as Faith in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003) and its spin-off series Angel (2000–2003). She also had lead roles in the Fox supernatural drama series Tru Calling (2003–2005) and the Fox science fiction series Dollhouse (2009–2010), for which she was a producer.
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Joan Bennett Kennedy
- Enrolled in Lesley University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- writermodelpianistsocialite
- Biography
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Virginia Joan Kennedy was an American socialite, author, and advocate. Kennedy was the first wife of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. In 1992, she published a guide to classical music and later became associated with mental health awareness, drawing public attention to addiction and recovery through her own experiences. Kennedy also worked as a classical pianist, performing at various public concerts.
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Esther Perel
- Enrolled in Lesley University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in expressive therapy
- Occupations
- sex therapistpodcasterpsychotherapistmarriage counselor
- Biography
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Esther Perel is an American psychotherapist, known for her work on human relationships.
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Kitty Dukakis
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Katharine Dickson Dukakis was an American author and activist for various social causes. She served as the First Lady of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and 1983 to 1991, as the wife of the Governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis (who was the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 1988).
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Jacob Bannon
- Occupations
- singergraphic designerlyricist
- Biography
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Jacob Bannon is an American musician who is best known as the vocalist for the metalcore band Converge. He is the co-founder and owner of the record label Deathwish Inc. and the author of many visual works for independent punk rock and heavy metal musicians. Bannon has also composed and performed experimental music as Supermachiner with Ryan Parker and more recently as Wear Your Wounds.
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Althea Garrison
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Althea Garrison is an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts who served a single term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1995) and a partial term as an at-large councilor on the Boston City Council (2019–2020). She is considered the earliest transgender person known to have been elected to a state legislature in the United States. She was outed against her will by the Boston Herald while a member of the state legislature. While from then on it was public knowledge that Garrison is transgender, she did not publicly confirm this herself until 2023, long opting instead to refer to herself as a woman without any further elaboration.
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Brad Fitzpatrick
- Occupations
- programmer
- Biography
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Bradley Joseph Fitzpatrick is an American programmer. He is best known as the creator of LiveJournal and is the author of a variety of free software projects such as memcached, WebSub, OpenID, and Perkeep.
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Shealeah Craighead
- Enrolled in Lesley University
- 2000-2002 graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography
- Occupations
- photographerphotojournalist
- Biography
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Shealah Craighead is an American government photographer who served as the Chief Official White House Photographer for Donald Trump's first presidency. She was the second female chief photographer in White House history, after Sharon Farmer in 1998. Craighead was official photographer to former First Lady Laura Bush in the administration of George W. Bush.
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Lloyd Carney
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Lloyd Carney is an American businessman who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is formerly the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Brocade Communications Systems leaving that position when Brocade was acquired by Broadcom Limited in 2017.
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Jasmine Warga
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Jasmine Warga is an American children's and young adult book author. Her free verse book Other Words for Home received a Newbery Honor in 2020. Her novel A Rover's Story was a #1 New York Times bestseller, and won the Senior Young Reader's Choice Award in 2025.
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Sara Farizan
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Sara Farizan is an American writer of young adult literature.
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Jessica Sonneborn
- Occupations
- film produceractorfilm director
- Biography
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Jessica Sonneborn is an American actress, writer, director and stunt double, who is known for starring roles in Bloody Bloody Bible Camp and Dorothy and the Witches of Oz.
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Ken Fallin
- Occupations
- caricaturistartist
- Biography
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Ken Fallin is an American illustrator and caricaturist. His first big break was in 1983 doing the posters and advertising for the popular satirical revue Forbidden Broadway. In 1987, he was commissioned by the Boston Herald to do a celebrity caricature every week in the Sunday arts and entertainment section.
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Joseph C. Carter
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Joseph C. Carter is a retired Brigadier General who was The Adjutant General (TAG) of the Massachusetts National Guard from 2007 - 2012. He is the former chief of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police. He currently lives in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts with his wife Rae, an Oak Bluffs School teacher, and his daughter Emily.
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James Ransome
- Occupations
- illustratorvisual artist
- Biography
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James E. Ransome is an American illustrator of over 60 children's books. He has also illustrated greetings cards and magazines, and has been commissioned for murals, including three for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ebenezer Sunder Singh
- Occupations
- contemporary artist
- Biography
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Ebenezer Sunder Singh is an Indian-American visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Singh works primarily as a painter, sculptor, photographer and filmmaker.
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Barbara Grunes
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Barbara Grunes is an American food writer based in Chicago. She is the author or co-author of 50+ cookbooks, including an entire series on grill cooking. A food consultant and historian, Grunes has also written on food and dining for the Chicago Sun Times and food consultant to the State of Illinois.
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Maryam Zahirimehr
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Maryam Zahirimehr is an Iranian screenwriter and film director living in the USA.
