23 Notable alumni of
Southern New Hampshire University
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Southern New Hampshire University is 2128th in the world, 724th in North America, and 680th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Southern New Hampshire 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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Samia Suluhu Hassan
- Occupations
- ministereconomistpolitician
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Samia Suluhu Hassan is a Tanzanian politician and the sixth president of Tanzania, serving since 19 March 2021. She is the first woman to serve in the position and previously served as vice-president of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021, from which she ascended to the presidency following the death of her predecessor, John Magufuli.
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Elaine Duke
- Occupations
- civil servantbusinessperson
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Elaine Costanzo Duke is an American civil servant and former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, serving from April 10, 2017 until April 15, 2018. She became acting Secretary of Homeland Security on July 31, 2017, when John F. Kelly assumed the office of White House Chief of Staff. She left the acting position on December 6, 2017, upon the confirmation of Kirstjen Nielsen.
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Tyrone Mears
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
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Tyrone Robert Mears is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back and is currently the president of soccer for Fort Lauderdale United of the USL Super League and USL League One. The clubs he played for include Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, West Ham United, Derby County, Olympique de Marseille, Burnley, Seattle Sounders FC, Atlanta United FC, Minnesota United FC, and West Bromwich Albion. From Stockport in the north west of England, Mears once played for the Jamaica national football team despite not being eligible to do so.
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Andrea Jenkins
- Occupations
- curatorperformance artistpoliticianactivistpoet
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Andrea Jenkins is an American politician, writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist. She is known for being the first Black openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States, serving from January 2018 to January 2026 on the Minneapolis City Council and as the council's president from 2022 to 2024.
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Peter Holland
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Peter Holland is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centreman who played in 266 games in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Holland was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the first round, 15th overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and made his NHL debut for the team during the 2011–12 season. Holland also played for the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers. After initially retiring in 2022, Holland made a one year comeback with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. Holland has also made several media appearances during his late career and post retirement, most notably with TSN.
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Chuck Collins
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Chuck Collins is an American author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good. He is also co-founder of Wealth for Common Good. He is an expert on economic inequality in the US, and has pioneered efforts to bring together investors and business leaders to speak out publicly against corporate practices and economic policies that increase economic inequality.
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Peggy Morgan
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Peggy Morgan is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the Featherweight division. She has fought in UFC and Invicta FC.
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Pam Patenaude
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pamela Hughes Patenaude is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, having served from September 2017 to January 2019, under President Donald Trump.
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Wade Burleson
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Wade Burleson is an American politician, author, and retired pastor for Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. Burleson was twice elected President of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, serving between 2002 and 2004. He later served as a trustee for the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board from 2005 to 2008. Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating appointed Burleson to the northwest Oklahoma Higher Education Program Board in 1996.
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Felix G. Arroyo
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- politician
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Felix G. Arroyo is an American political figure from Boston. Arroyo was elected to an at-large seat on the Boston City Council in November 2009, and re-elected in November 2011, serving for two terms before unsuccessfully running for Mayor of Boston in 2013. He subsequently served as the city's Chief of Health and Human Services from 2014 until his dismissal in 2017 following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations.
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Tate Westbrook
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Michael Tate Westbrook is an officer in the United States Navy who served as commanding officer of the USS Spruance from May 2010 to May 2012. Prior to this, he served in the Pentagon on the Naval Operations Staff's Programming Division from fall 2007 through June 2009.
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Paul Mark
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- politician
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Paul W. Mark is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate. He represents the Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District, which includes 57 cities and towns throughout Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties. Paul Mark previously served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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Marc R. Pacheco
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- politician
- Biography
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Marc R. Pacheco is an American state legislator who served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Plymouth and Bristol district from 1993 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the 3rd Bristol district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993.
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Brandon Phinney
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- politician
- Biography
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Brandon Phinney is an American politician and former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Strafford County's 24th district.
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Edward F. Davis
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Edward F. Davis III is the former police commissioner of the Boston Police Department, having served from 2006 to 2013, including during the Boston Marathon bombing. Following his resignation from the police, Davis has been the security analyst for WBZ-TV in Boston. He is the founder and CEO of Edward Davis, LLC Security and Management Consulting.
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Annette Robinson
- Years
- 1940-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- politician
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Annette Robinson formerly represented the 56th district of the New York State Assembly, which includes most of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights and Bushwick, from 2002 to 2016.
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Ron Fortier
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 80)
- Occupations
- writer
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Ron Fortier is an American author, primarily known for his Green Hornet and The Terminator comic books and his revival of the pulp hero Captain Hazzard. Early in his career he also wrote short stories and co-authored two novels for TSR.
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Don Dodge
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- technology evangelist
- Biography
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Don Dodge is a Developer Advocate for Google, which requires that he helps developers build applications on the company's platforms. Prior to working at Google, Dodge was a start-up evangelist at Microsoft, where he was one of their most visible employees following Robert Scoble's departure in 2006.
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Jack Flanagan
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jack Flanagan is a politician in the United States, and was the majority leader in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
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Chris Tsonis
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Chris Tsonis is an American professional soccer player.
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Cathy Burnham Martin
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- writerbeauty pageant contestant
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Cathy Burnham Martin is an American author, voiceover artist, actress, and former television news anchor. She has authored more than twenty books, including the humorous human training manual “A Dangerous Book for Dogs” and “Of the Same Blood: Your Eurasian Heritage,” which reflects on her grandmother's life drama and her Armenian-European-American heritage. Martin produces and narrates audiobooks for both fiction and nonfiction titles. She is noted for creating the KISS™ Keep It Super Simple cookbook series. A member of the Actors' Equity Association since 1994, she was a 20+ year professional member of the National Speakers Association since 1995, where she is referred to as “The Morale Booster.”
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Kameisha Jerae Hodge
- Occupations
- writer
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Kameisha Jerae Hodge is an American writer, publisher, poet, and spoken word artist from Washington, D.C. She is the founder and CEO of Sovereign Noir Publications, a publishing company established in 2019 that elevates Black women's voices.
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Stephen D. Lovejoy
- Occupations
- politician
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Stephen D. Lovejoy is an American politician from Maine. He is a former member of the Maine House of Representatives. He was a member of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee as well as the Government Oversight Committees.
