18 Notable alumni of
Thunderbird School of Global Management
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The Thunderbird School of Global Management is 2016th in the world, 691st in North America, and 651st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the Thunderbird School of Global Management sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Don Novello
- Occupations
- screenwriteractortelevision actordirectorwriter
- Biography
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Don Novello is an American actor, comedian, writer, singer, film director and producer.
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Ramon Laguarta
- Occupations
- businesspersonchief executive officerchairperson
- Biography
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Ramon Laguarta is a Spanish businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. He became CEO on 3 October 2018 after Indra Nooyi stepped down. He is the sixth CEO in the company's history and the first Spanish CEO of a large American multinational company.
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Bob Dudley
- Occupations
- businesspersonchief executive officer
- Biography
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Robert Warren Dudley is an American businessman who is a former group chief executive of BP. He had been president and chief executive of TNK-BP and on June 18, 2010, was assigned to be BP executive in charge of the Gulf Coast Restoration Organization responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He is the chair of the international industry-led Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI). He is a former board member of Rosneft, the Russian state-owned energy giant.
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Halla Tómasdóttir
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- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Halla Tómasdóttir is an Icelandic former businesswoman and politician serving as the seventh president of Iceland since 2024. She is Iceland's second woman president, after Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Halla was previously a public speaker. Before becoming president, she was the chief executive of The B Team, a global nonprofit group.
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Luis Alberto Moreno
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- journalistdiplomat
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Luis Alberto Moreno Mejía is a Colombian businessman and former diplomat who served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from 2005 to 2020. He was also Colombia's Ambassador to the United States under President Andrés Pastrana Arango from 1998 to 2005, and is the former President of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at the World Economic Forum (WEF) since 2011.
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Philip T. Reeker
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Philip Thomas Reeker is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the Department of State who currently serves as the senior advisor for Caucasus negotiations. He was previously Chargé d'affaires of the United States mission to the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2022 and acting assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2019 to 2021.
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Jorinde van Klinken
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- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Jorinde van Klinken is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw.
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Howard Lindzon
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Canada - Occupations
- financial analyst
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Howard Lindzon is a Canadian Author, financial analyst, technical analyst and super angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. Lindzon was named one of The Best Tweets for Your Money in 2013 by Barron's.
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Lee Abbamonte
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- blogger
- Biography
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Lee Abbamonte FRGS is an American travel blogger, on-air travel personality and entrepreneur who has been to all 193 United Nations member states, the North Pole and the South Pole.
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Christopher Campbell
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United States - Occupations
- politician
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Christopher Campbell is a senior executive-level business strategist, former American political aide, and senior government official who previously served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions. He was unanimously confirmed as Assistant Secretary by the United States Senate in 2017. Prior to assuming his Department of Treasury role, Campbell was the majority staff director for the United States Senate Committee on Finance and a senior staff member on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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Larry André Jr
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Enrolled in the Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Larry Edward André Jr. is a retired American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who had served as the United States ambassador to Somalia from February 2022 to May 2023. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Djibouti from 2018 to 2021, and as the United States ambassador to Mauritania from 2014 to 2017.
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Nina Maria Fite
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- diplomatUnited States Ambassador to Angola
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Nina Maria Fite is an American diplomat and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who served as the United States Ambassador to Angola from 2018 to 2021. Prior to assuming her role as ambassador, Fite served as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal, Canada. Since becoming a diplomat in 1990, Fite has served at seven U.S. overseas missions. On September 2, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Fite to serve as an ambassador of the United States to Angola. On September 5, 2017, her nomination was sent to the Senate. Her nomination was reported favorably out of committee on October 26. She was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on November 2, 2017. She presented her credentials on February 14, 2018. Her term as ambassador ended on November 8, 2021. Fite's diplomatic assignments have included posts in Lahore as Consul General, in Kabul as Deputy Economic Counselor, and in Luanda as the Political/Economic Section Chief. She has also been on assignment with the Office of the United States Trade Representative. She appointed Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Moldova on July 10, 2024.
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Robert Cekuta
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Robert Francis Cekuta is a career Foreign Service Officer, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan from February 2015 through March 2018.
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R. Niels Marquardt
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- diplomat
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R. Niels Marquardt is a retired American diplomat and past CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia.
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Jagriti Chadha
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- businesspersondesigner
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Jagriti Chadha is an Indian-born American designer and entrepreneur. She owns a chain of stores in New Delhi, India and the Web called Crazy Daisy.
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Matt Berg
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Matt Berg is the CEO of Ona, which he co-founded with Peter Lubell-Doughtie, Ukang'a Dickson and Roger Wong. Previously, he was the ICT Director for the Millennium Villages Project at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, the Technology Director for ChildCount+, and a member of Columbia University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering research group in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. In 2010 Berg was included in the Time 100 Most Influential People of the World.
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Gary Tillery
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- sculptorbiographer
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Gary Tillery is an American writer and artist known for his biographies focusing on the spiritual lives of famous figures, and for his public sculptures. His 2009 book, The Cynical Idealist, was named the official book of the 2010 John Lennon Tribute in New York City, and he created the centerpiece sculpture of the Chicago Vietnam Veterans Memorial, dedicated in 2005.
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Nathan Mumm
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- basketball coach
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Nathan Mumm is a Snohomish County multi-business executive. Born in 1973, his success in property management, technology, and media, including the national weekly radio show TechTime Radio, has allowed him to diversify into many ventures within the Pacific Northwest. He is the current radio talk show host for TechTime Radio. He was the original owner of the Snohomish County Explosion that played in the National Athletic Basketball League and International Basketball League. He is currently the President of Courtyard Media Foundation, a non-profit foundation in Snohomish County. He is also the event organizer for GeekFest, a three-day extravaganza of fun and entertainment on the third weekend of July in Everett, Washington. Mumm is known as a key leader in Snohomish County in terms of business and entertainment. He founded the National Athletic Basketball League and was the commissioner and compliance director. Growing up in the town of Marysville, he graduated from Marysville Pilchuck High School in 1992. He currently lives in Snohomish, Washington.
