61 Notable alumni of
Pace University
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Pace University is 686th in the world, 257th in North America, and 237th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 61 notable alumni from Pace 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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Paul Dano
- Occupations
- television actoractorstage actorvoice actormusician
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Paul Franklin Dano is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and gained wider recognition for playing a troubled teenager in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For playing identical twins in Paul Thomas Anderson's period drama There Will Be Blood (2007), he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Rachael Ray
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- entrepreneurwritertelevision presenterrestaurateurchef
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Rachael Domenica Ray is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosted the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray. Other programs to her credit include 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels, $40 a Day, Rachael Ray's Week in a Day, and the reality format shows Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off and Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off. Ray has written several cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006. Ray's television shows have won three Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Michelle Borth
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- television actormodelfilm actoractor
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Michelle Borth is an American actress who has portrayed characters on The Forgotten and the HBO series Tell Me You Love Me. Borth played Catherine Rollins on the CBS crime-drama Hawaii Five-0.
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Ailee
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- singer-songwritertelevision actorsingeractormusician
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Amy Lee, known professionally as Ailee, is an American singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Amassing digital sales success in South Korea, she has released four studio albums, six extended plays, and twenty one singles, six of which charted within the top five of the Gaon Digital Chart.
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Lalit Modi
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- cricketer
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Lalit Modi is an Indian businessman and former cricket administrator and a financial fraud fugitive. He was the founder, first chairman and League Commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and ran the tournament for three years until 2010. He also served as the Chairman of the Champions League from 2008 till 2010 and was Vice President of the BCCI from 2005 till 2010. He has also served as the President of the Rajasthan Cricket Association from 2005 till 2009 and then again from 2014 till 2015, and as the vice president of the Punjab Cricket Association from 2004 till 2012.
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Vincent Pastore
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- actorradio personality
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Vincent Pastore is an American actor. Often cast as a mafioso, he is best known for his portrayal of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on the HBO series The Sopranos.
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Dominique Fishback
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- playwrightwritertelevision actor
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Dominique Fishback is an American actress. She played Billie Rowan on Show Me a Hero, Darlene on The Deuce, and Deborah Johnson in Judas and the Black Messiah, the latter of which earned nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 2023, she began starring in the Amazon Prime Video psychological horror series Swarm; her performance in the series has received universal praise, earning her a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Yancy Butler
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Yancy Victoria Butler is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film Hard Target, Jess Crossman in Drop Zone, and Detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama series Witchblade.
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Jay Glazer
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- athlete
- Biography
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Jason Charles "Jay" Glazer is a television personality and sports reporter. Since 2004, he has worked as a National Football League (NFL) insider for Fox Sports' NFL pregame studio show, FOX NFL Sunday, on which he reports exclusives, late-breaking updates, injury news, and other reports. The whole cast and their show were inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Ariane de Rothschild
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- international forum participantbanker
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Ariane de Rothschild is a Salvadorean-French banker, CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Group since March 2023. She is the first woman and the first person without Rothschild lineage to run a Rothschild-branded financial institution.
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Stephanie Del Valle Diaz
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- modelmusicianbeauty pageant contestant
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Stephanie Del Valle Díaz is a Puerto Rican musician, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2016. She is the second woman from Puerto Rico to win the Miss World title, after Wilnelia Merced in 1975. She previously won Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2016.
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David Barnea
- Occupations
- spywarriormilitary officer
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David "Dadi" Barnea is the current Director of the Mossad, having taken over from Yossi Cohen in June 2021.
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Christopher Briney
- Enrolled in Pace University
- In 2020 graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractoraudiobook narrator
- Biography
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Christopher Thomas Briney is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the Amazon Prime Video teen romance series The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–present) and in the musical film Mean Girls (2024).
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Osas Ighodaro
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- actorfilm actorbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Osas Ighodaro; (born October 26, 1990) is a Nigerian American actress, producer, host and humanitarian. She won the Miss Black USA Pageant in 2010, and founded the Joyful Joy Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises funds to fight malaria. Osas emerged as the highest-grossing Nollywood actress of 2018, and was awarded Best Actress in a Drama consecutively at the 2022 and 2023 AMVCA for her roles in Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story and Man of God, respectively.
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Jarah Mariano
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- model
- Biography
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Jarah-Evelyn Makalapua Mariano is an American model best known for her appearances in the 2008 and 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editions, as well as Victoria's Secret.
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Andrea Stewart-Cousins
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- politician
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Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since 2007 and has served as Majority Leader and Temporary President of that body since 2019. She has previously served twice as acting lieutenant governor of New York under Governor Kathy Hochul, for 16 days in 2021 and between April and May 2022. Stewart-Cousins is the first Black woman to serve as the New York lieutenant governor, although in an acting capacity. She is the first woman in the history of New York State to lead a conference in the New York State Legislature and is also the first female Senate Majority Leader in New York history.
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Kathleen Herles
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- actorvoice actor
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Kathleen Herles is an American voice actress best known for being the original voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer for the first four seasons from 2000–2007 and Go, Diego, Go!.
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Stephanie Andujar
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Stephanie Lee Andujar, nicknamed StephA, is an American actress, director, producer, writer, singer, dancer and songwriter. She is known for her comedic and dramatic roles. Starring in the Academy Award-winning film Precious (2009), Pariah (2011), See Girl Run (2012), Babygirl (2013), A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), and the film Marjorie Prime (2017). Her television career includes CBS's Blue Bloods (2018), NBC's Law & Order: SVU (2007), nurse drama Mercy (2010), and Blindspot (2015). Andujar received praise for her performance in Orange is the New Black Season 2 (2014) as young Miss Rosa. Stephanie also starred in theatre performances from The Wiz, The Crucible, and The Good Woman of Setzuan.
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Godwin Obaseki
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- politician
- Biography
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Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki is a Nigerian politician and businessman who is currently the Governor of Edo State. He was first elected governor under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the year 2016 where He defeated Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the PDP and was sworned in as governor on 12 November 2016. Before becoming governor, he served as chairman of the Edo State Economic and Strategy Team inaugurated by former Governor Adams Oshiomole in March 2009.
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Mohamed Mounir Majidi
- Enrolled in Pace University
- In 1992 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- engineerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Mounir Majidi is a Moroccan businessman. He has been the personal secretary of King Mohammed VI since 2000 and president of the royal holding, SIGER, since 2002. He is also the president of Maroc Culture, the organization behind the Mawazine festival, of the Fath Union Sport (FUS) Rabat, of the Mohammed VI soccer academy, and of the Cheikh Zaid hospital's foundation.
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Sharon Carpenter
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- television producertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Sharon Lee Carpenter is a British broadcast journalist, television host, and producer. She has worked as an on-air personality for a number of top American television networks including CBS, BET, Sean "Diddy" Combs' REVOLT TV, and VH1. Currently, she is a host for BBC America and often contributes on CNN, Good Morning America and UK morning show "Lorraine." She also co-hosts a pop culture podcast with Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter, "Loose Lips." Carpenter recently won both a Telly Award and a Webby Awards honor for an Instagram Live series she created during the coronavirus pandemic - a celebrity interview show called "Let's Go Live!"
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Deneen Borelli
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- journalistwritercolumnist
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Deneen Laverne Borelli is an American conservative author, radio and television personality, and columnist. She is the author of Blacklash: How Obama and the Left are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation, a political critique of what she describes as progressivism, crony capitalism, and elitism under the Obama administration.
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Jeff Boss
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- politicianconspiracy theorist
- Biography
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Jeffrey Harlan Boss is an American conspiracy theorist and perennial candidate. He was an independent candidate for President of the United States in the 2008 and 2012 elections, a Democratic candidate in the 2016 election, and the 2020 election.
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Richard Grasso
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Richard A. "Dick" Grasso was chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange from 1995 to 2003. He started in 1968 when he was hired by the Exchange as a floor clerk.
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Yuhua Hamasaki
- Occupations
- television personalityYouTubersingeractortelevision producer
- Biography
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Yuhua Hamasaki is the stage name of Yuhua Ou, a Chinese-born American drag queen, singer, actor and reality television personality who came to international attention on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Mel Karmazin
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- chief executive officerbusinessperson
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Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin is an American executive. He was the president of Infinity Broadcasting (formally known as CBS Radio now Entercom) and eventually became the president and CEO of CBS television. From 2004–2012, he was the CEO of Sirius Radio (re-branded Sirius XM Radio after XM merged with Sirius in 2008). In October 2012, Karmazin announced that he would be stepping down on February 1, 2013. Upon his departure, John C. Malone took over Karmazin's role at SiriusXM.
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Mary O'Grady
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United States - Occupations
- journalist
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Mary Anastasia O'Grady is an American editor, and columnist who works for The Wall Street Journal. She has, also, been a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board since 2005. She writes predominantly on Latin America and is a co-editor of the Index of Economic Freedom. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize.
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Jessica Lynn
- Occupations
- songwriter
- Biography
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Jessica Lynn is a country music singer and songwriter.
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Ivan Seidenberg
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- manager
- Biography
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Ivan Seidenberg is the former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc.
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Barbara Farrell Vucanovich
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- politician
- Biography
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Barbara Farrell Vucanovich was an American Republican politician who was the first Latina elected to the United States House of Representatives, in which she served representing Nevada from 1983 to 1997.
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Avi Mizrahi
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Aluf Avi Mizrahi (Hebrew: אבי מזרחי; born 1957) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces, the Head of Israeli Central Command between October 2009 and March 2012.
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Nathaniel Barnes
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Milton Nathaniel Barnes is a Liberian diplomat, politician and member of the Liberian Destiny Party (LDP). In early 2022, he announced his intention to run as an independent candidate in the 2023 Liberian presidential election.
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Andrew Revkin
- Enrolled in Pace University
- 2009-2009 graduated with doctorate in humanities
- Occupations
- writerscience journalistjournalistsongwriterlyricist
- Biography
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Andrew C. Revkin is an American science and environmental journalist, author and educator. He has written on a wide range of subjects including destruction of the Amazon rain forest, the 2004 Asian tsunami, sustainable development, climate change, and the changing environment around the North Pole. From 2019 to 2023 he directed fthe Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at The Earth Institute of Columbia University.
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Tony Vargas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony Vargas is an American politician and former educator serving as a member of the Nebraska Legislature. Vargas represents the 7th district, which covers all of downtown Omaha and much of southeastern Omaha.
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Nina Freeman
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- designervideo game designer
- Biography
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Nina Marie Freeman is an American video game designer known for her games with themes of sexuality and self-reflection. A former game designer at Fullbright, she developed and published numerous video games and is a co-founder of the Code Liberation Foundation, a non-for-profit organization that makes an effort to diversify employment within STEAM fields.
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Howard V. Lee
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lieutenant Colonel Howard Vincent Lee was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in August 1966 during the Vietnam War.
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Stew Albert
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- activist
- Biography
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Stewart Edward "Stew" Albert was an early member of the Yippies, an anti-Vietnam War political activist, and an important figure in the New Left movement of the 1960s.
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Suzanne Weyn
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- novelistchildren's writerscience fiction writerwriter
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Suzanne Weyn is an American author. She primarily writes children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and has written over fifty novels and short stories. She is best known for The Bar Code Tattoo, The Bar Code Rebellion and The Bar Code Prophecy. The Bar Code Tattoo has been translated into German, and in 2007 was nominated for the Jugendliteraturpreis for youth literature given by the German government. It was a 2007 Nevada Library nominee for Young Adult literature and American Library Association 2005 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.
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Tim Morehouse
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- fencer
- Biography
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Timothy Frank Morehouse is an American fencer who won a Silver Medal competing in the men's sabre as a member of the United States fencing team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Morehouse is coached by Yury Gelman. He is the founder of the Fencing in the Schools program.
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Roxanne Persaud
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- politician
- Biography
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Roxanne Persaud is a Guyanese-American politician. She is a Democrat and a member of the New York Senate for the 19th district, which includes portions of Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, Ocean Hill and Starrett City in Brooklyn.
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Touria El Glaoui
- Enrolled in Pace University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration in international business and strategic management
- Occupations
- art dealerentrepreneurexhibition curator
- Biography
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Touria El Glaoui is a Franco-Moroccan entrepreneur, founding director of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which is held every year in London, New York City and Marrakech. The fair, which draws its name from the 54 countries that make up the African continent, is dedicated to promoting the awareness and emergence of the contemporary African art market globally.
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Frank J. Shakespeare
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- businesspersondiplomat
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Francis Joseph Shakespeare was an American diplomat, political consultant and media executive. He was the president of CBS before entering public service. He served as the United States ambassador to Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and the United States ambassador to the Holy See from 1986 to 1989. He later served as an honorary member of the board of trustees for The Heritage Foundation.
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Sharon Wheatley
- Occupations
- musical theatre actor
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Sharon Wheatley is an American actress, singer, and writer known for her work on the Broadway stage and in the New York theatre scene. She performed in the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Come from Away throughout its entire Broadway run as Diane, a friendly Texan who finds love when the transcontinental flight she is aboard is suddenly diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, due to the events of September 11, 2001. Wheatley had been with the production since its first professional production at the La Jolla Playhouse in the spring of 2015.
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Liz Harris
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liz Harris is an American politician from Arizona. A Republican, she was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 2023 to April 2023. Harris was elected in November 2022 from the 13th legislative district, which includes much of Chandler, Arizona.
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Jane Corwin
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- politician
- Biography
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Jane Lewis Corwin is an American politician and businesswoman who currently serves a Commissioner of the International Joint Commission for United States and Canada. She previously served as a Republican Party member of the New York State Assembly from 2009 to 2016. She represented the 144th Assembly District which covers parts of Erie and Niagara counties. Corwin was also the Republican Party nominee in the special election held on May 24, 2011, to fill Western New York's 26th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives previously held by Republican Chris Lee. She faced three other candidates in the election; losing to Democrat Kathy Hochul 47 percent to 42 percent.
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George W. Landau
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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George Walter Landau was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Paraguay, Chile, and Venezuela.
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Fares D. Noujaim
- Occupations
- bankerinvestment banker
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Fares Noujaim is a Lebanese-American banker who joined Guggenheim Partners in September 2014. Previously, Noujaim was Executive Vice Chairman of Global Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Kerstin Anderson
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Kerstin Bridget Anderson is an American stage actor and singer. She starred as Maria Von Trapp in the 2015 U.S. national tour of The Sound of Music, for which she received warm praise. She made her Broadway debut as the alternate for Eliza Doolittle in the 2018 revival of My Fair Lady.
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George Maragos
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- politician
- Biography
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George Maragos was the 13th Comptroller of Nassau County, New York, USA. He was first elected in 2009 for a four-year term and was re-elected in 2013 for a second four-year term.
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William B. Franke
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Birrell Franke was an American businessman and government official. He was best known for his service as United States Secretary of the Navy from 1959 to 1961 under Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Sarah Peake
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sarah K. Peake is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, she has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2007. She represents the Fourth Barnstable district, a Cape Cod district that includes her hometown of Provincetown. She previously served on the Provincetown Board of Selectmen.
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Fran Hauser
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Francesca Hauser is a startup investor and advisor, funding and advising consumer-focused companies such as HelloGiggles, Levo, Mogul, The Wing and Gem&Bolt. Formerly President, Digital for Time Inc.'s Style and Entertainment Group, she is also a philanthropist and advocate for women in business.
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Eric Blackwood
- Enrolled in Pace University
- In 1991 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- lead guitaristlead vocalist
- Biography
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Eric Blackwood is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and musician with the progressive rock band Edison's Children starring Marillion's Pete Trewavas and the Son of Astronaut Neil Armstrong, Rick Armstrong as well as an IATSE certified special effects and property technician of over 100 major motion pictures and television noted author & baseball stadium photographer & historian and has been an honorary member of the Marillion touring crew since 2005.
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Chris Meek
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Christopher Meek is an American philanthropist and finance executive and author. Meek is the co-founder and chairman of SoldierStrong, a charitable organization which provides support for U.S. service members and veterans. He is also the co-founder and chairman of START Now!, a non-profit which provides foreclosure counseling to homeowners. He is also the managing director of global relationship management at S&P Global and a member of the Maxwell School Advisory Board at Syracuse University.
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George Oros
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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George Oros is an American lawyer and Republican politician from Cortlandt Manor, New York.
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Joseph Lubin
- Occupations
- accountant
- Biography
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Joseph I. Lubin was an American accountant.
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Hazelle P. Rogers
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hazelle P. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Broward County Commission. She was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives and was the Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes. She formerly represented the 95th District, which includes North Lauderdale, Lauderdale Lakes, and Lauderhill in northern Broward County, from 2012 to 2016, previously representing the 94th District from 2008 to 2012, before redistricting took place. She won an election to the Broward County Commission on August 23, 2022. She was sworn into this position in November 2022.
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Marv Goldberg
- Occupations
- music journalistjournalist
- Biography
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Marv Goldberg is an American writer and historian of music in the field of rhythm & blues.
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Tagore Trajano
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Tagore Trajano de Almeida Silva, born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, is a lawyer and professor; he works in the field of study called Animal Rights. In 2010 he was elected president of the Animal Abolitionist Institute, an institution that has developed the Brazilian Abolitionist Movement for Animal liberation.
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Tyrone Jefferson
- Occupations
- musicianwind instrument playerrecord producercomposertrombonist
- Biography
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Tyrone Jefferson is an American trombonist, composer, arranger and producer. Over the course of his career he has collaborated with acts such as James Brown, Public Enemy, LL Cool J and others.
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Youngor Sevelee Telewoda
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Youngor Sevelee Telewoda is the Liberian ambassador to Germany, Austria, Japan with Co-Accreditation to Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and New Zealand from 2011 to 2017. From 2003 to 2010, Telewoda served as Liberia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium with concurrent accreditation to the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the European Union.
