There are more than 364,000 living UGA alumni around the world — and many more friends and fans. Among UGA’s distinguished alumni community are lauded scientists and researchers; countless entrepreneurs; Academy Award winners; U.S. senators; nine Pulitzer Prize recipients; and 26 governors of Georgia.
Science, Technology, Innovation, Design
Doug Allen (late) (BLA ’71)
Professor and visionary landscape architect
Wyatt Anderson (BS ’60, MS ’62)
National Academy of Sciences Member, UGA Professor
Harry Baldwin (late) (BLA ’50)
Former president of the Georgia Society of Landscape Architects, former aviation cadet, U.S. Navy
Cori Bargmann (BS ’81)
National Academy of Sciences Member, Rockefeller University Professor
Barnie Beasley (BSAE ’73)
Retired CEO of Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Board of Directors at American Electric Power, College of Engineering Advisory Board Member
Alfred Blalock (late) (AB ’18)
National Academy of Sciences Member, Chief Surgeon at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Frank Boffa (BLA ’68)
Landscape architect, landscape planner, consultant, Boffa Minskell, Ltd.
Dr. Lindsay R. Boring (MS ’79, PHD ’82)
Director, J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center
Thomas Boynton (BSAE ’84)
COO, HSH Holdings International
Bennie Branch (BSAE ’88)
President of Kelley Manufacturing Company
Mack Cain (BLA ’75)
Director of landscape architecture and planning, Mack Cain Design Studio @ Travis Pruitt & Associates
Tim Campbell (BSAE ’84, MS ’85)
Executive & philanthropist, College of Engineering Advisory Board member
Jot D. Carpenter (late) (BLA ’60)
Professor of landscape architecture, Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University
Jim Cothran (late) (MLA ’68)
Adjunct professor, UGA College of Environment + Design
Robert Bruce Davis (BSAE ’93)
President & CEO of AgStrong
Truitt Eavenson (BSAE ’83)
Georgia Power VP Coastal Regional
Dan Franklin (BSC ’38, BBA ’62, BLA ’63)
Landscape architecture responsible for over 2,000 individual projects
Frank Ginn (BSAE ’85)
Georgia Senator, District 47
Dr. Amy Goss (BSFCS ’05)
Assistant professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Edah Grover (MLA ’78)
Founder, Grover & Harrison, PC.
George Hargreaves (BLA ’77)
Founder, Hargreaves Associates
Robert Hill (late) (BLA ’54, MLA ’64)
Former director, Founders Memorial Garden
Catherine Howett (MLA ’76)
Emeritus staff, UGA College of Environment + Design
R. Nicole Howie (BSBE ’10, MS ’11)
Postdoctoral fellow at Medical University of South Carolina
Bob Hughes (BLA ’77)
President, HGOR
Dale Jaeger (MLA ’82)
Principal landscape architect and preservation planner, The Jaeger Company
Leerie Jenkins Jr. (BLA ’70)
Chairman & CEO, Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.
Lawrie Jordan (BLA ’73)
Co-founder, ERDAS
Cynthia Kenyon (BS ’76)
National Academy of Sciences Member, UCSF Professor, President/Aging Research for Calico Life Sciences LLC
Dr. Susan LaRue (DVM ’77)
Professor of radiation oncology, Colorado State University Flint Animal Cancer Center
Josephine Martin (BSHE ’47)
Former state director, United States Department of Agriculture
Randolph Marshall (BLA ’72)
Owner, Randolph Marshall Associates
Robert Marvin (late)
Twentieth century American landscape architect
Hubert B. Owens (late) (BSA ’26)
Founder of the Landscape Architecture Program at UGA
Dr. Sohyun Park (PHD ’06)
Team lead/lead epidermiologist, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Russ Pennington (BSBE ’01, MBA ’06)
VP State and Government Relatinos at McGuire Woods Consulting
Karen Phillips (BLA ’75)
President and CEO, Abyssinian Development Corporation
Dr. Chad Schmiedt (DVM ’00)
Soft tissue surgeon, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
David Sprinkle (BSAE ’88)
Senior engineer, John Deere
Dr. Daniel G. Streicker (PHD ’11)
Research fellow, University of Glasgow
W. Roy Reece (late) (BLA ’48)
Founder, Reece, Hoopes and Fincher
Bruce Rado (BLA ’71)
Co-founder, ERDAS
Jon G. Seymour (BFA ’47)
Pioneered the design of natural looking swimming pools in South Florida
Jim Tiller (MLA ’73)
Founder and president, J.K. Tiller Associates
Suzanne Turner (MLA ’78)
Owner, Suzanne Turner Associates
Nonprofit Organizations
Cindy Culver (BSFCS ’95)
Director of School Nutrition, Marietta City Schools
Camille Kesler (BSFCS ’94)
Executive director, Rebuilding Together – Atlanta
Hala Moddelmog (MA ’81)
CEO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC)
Dr. Billy Myers (DVM ’79)
Working abroad in Rome, Italy for the Christian Veterinary Mission
Dr. Lee M. Myers (DVM ’84)
Working abroad in Rome, Italy for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Dr. Flynn Nance (BS ’77, MS ’79, DVM ’83)
Co-owner & head veterinarian, Honey Creek Veterinary Hospital
Almeta Tulloss (BSFCS ’15)
Program director, Seed Life Skills
Business & Entrepreneurship
Dan Amos (BBA ’73)
CEO/AFLAC
Lisa Bellwin (BSHE ’90)
Interior designer, Bellwin Design
Ed (BBA ’42) & Larry (BBA ’74) Benson
Owners, Benson’s Inc.
James (Jimmy) Blanchard (BBA ’63, LLB ’65)
Former CEO and Chairman/Synovus Financial Corp.
Thomas J. Callaway IV (BBA ’07)
CEO & Founder, Onward Reserve
Maxine Clark (ABJ ’71)
Founder/Build-A-Bear Workshop
A.D. “Pete” Correll (BBA ’63)
Retired Board Chairman/Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Thomas G. Cousins (BBA ’52, HON ’98)
Founder and Former Chairman/Cousins Properties of Atlanta
M. Douglas Ivester (BBA ’69)
Former Chairman and CEO/Coca-Cola Co.
Chase Lawrence (BSFCS ’05)
Founder and President, CollegeTown Properties
Bryan Mundy (MBA ’95)
Co-Founder/EzGov.com
Mark Parkman (AB ’87)
General Manager/Olympic Channel
William P. (Billy) Payne (AB ’69, JD ’73)
President and CEO/The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
Charles S. Sanford Jr. (AB ’58)
Retired Chairman and CEO/Bankers Trust of New York
Amy Smilovic (ABJ ’89)
Creator of the brand Tibi
Bill Stembler (JD ’71)
Chairman and CEO/Georgia Theatre Company
Daniel Stewart (BSFCS ’05)
Owner and studio director, Wier/Stewart
William D. Young, Jr. (BBA ’78)
Partner, General Wholesale Company
Government & Education
Dr. Jonathan P. Ambrose (PHD ’86)
Chief of Nongame Conservation, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
John Barrow (AB ’76)
Former U.S. Representative
Robert Benham (JD ’70)
Chief Justice/Supreme Court of Georgia
Dr. Arthur C. Benke (MS ’69, PHD ’72)
Emeritus professor, University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa
James (Jimmy) Blanchard (BBA ’63, LLB ’65)
Former CEO and chairman, Synovus Financial Corp.
D.W. Brooks (late) (BSA ’22, MSA ’24)
Founder/Gold Kist, Inc.
Paul Broun, Jr. (BS ’67)
U.S. Representative
Dr. William G. Cale (PHD ’75)
President emeritus, University of North Alabama
Dr. D. Stan Carpenter (PHD ’79)
Dean, Texas State University College of Education
Saxby Chambliss (BBA ’66)
Former U.S. Senator
Dr. Caree Cotwright (MS ’04, PHD ’08)
Assistant professor, UGA Foods and Nutrition Department
Dr. Carol A. Couch (PHD ’94)
Executive director, Phinizy Center for Water Sciences
Ertharin Cousin (JD ’82)
Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Ander Crenshaw (AB ’66)
Former U.S. Representative
Dr. Armando A. De la Cruz (PHD ’65)
Emeritus professor, Mississippi State University
Dr. Christopher F. D’Elia (PHD ’74)
Professor and dean, Louisiana State University
Oscar Fletcher (DVM ’64, MS ’65)
Professor, Department of Population Health & Pathobiology at NC State
Dionne Cross Francis (PHD ’07)
Associate professor of mathematics, Indiana University
Dr. Evelyn E. Gaiser (PHD ’97)
Principal Investigator an Interim Executive Director of the School of Environment, Florida International University
Phil Gramm (BBA ’64, PHD ’67)
Former U.S. Senator
Patricia Hill (DVM ’84)
Executive board member, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
Ginger Howard (BSHE ’87)
Owner, Ginger Howard Selections
Johnny Isakson (BBA ’66)
U.S. Senator
Steve C. Jones (BBA ’78, JD ’87)
U.S. District Judge
John (Jack) Kingston (AB ’78)
Former U.S. Representative
Sheila Kahrs (EDD ’92)
Associate director for the Georgia Association of Secondary School Principles
Dr. Jianguo Liu (PHD ’92)
Director, Michigan State University
Mary Marlino (EDD ’89)
Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research Library in Boulder, Colorado
Dr. Faida Mitifu (PHD ’94)
Congolese Ambassador to the U.S.
Pam NeSmith (BSHE ’71)
Owner, Historic Smithonia Farm
Lisa Nolan (DVM ’88, MS ’89, PHD ’92)
Dean, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Boyd Parr (DVM ’78)
Co-chair, Animal Identification and Information Systems Council of the National Institute of Animal Agriculture
Sonny Perdue (DVM ’71)
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Former Governor of Georgia
Andrew A. Pinson (BBA ’08, JD ’11)
Judicial Clerk/U.S. Supreme Court
Lois H. Shortt (late) (BSED ’46)
Established a fellowship fund in the College of Education’s Department of Kinesiology
Beth A. Shapiro (BS ’99, MS ’99)
Evolutionary biologist, University of California – Santa Cruz
Dr. Herman H. Shugart (PHD ’71)
W.W. Corcoran professor, University of Virginia – Charlottesville
Chad Smith (BSED ’73)
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Natasha Trethewey (AB ’89)
United States Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner
Dr. Monica M. Turner (PHD ’85)
Eugene P. Odum professor of ecology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Dr. Jackson R. Webster (PHD ’75)
Emeritus professor, Virginia Tech
Media, Arts & Entertainment
Bill Anderson (ABJ ’59)
Country music recording artist
Brooke Anderson (ABJ ’00)
Correspondent, Entertainment Tonight
Bonnie Arnold (ABJ ’77)
President, DreamWorks Animation
Jack Avrett (late) (ABJ ’50)
Chairman of Avrett, Free, and Ginsberg, New York. Former Chairman of the American Advertising Federation
Danny Beard (ABJ ’76)
Music producer, member of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Dennis Berry (ABJ ’66)
Former President and COO, Cox Enterprises
Deborah Blum (ABJ ’77)
Pulitzer Prize winning science writer
Alton Brown (AB ’04)
Chef, Food Network host
Tituss Burgess (AB ’01)
Actor, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Ernest Camp, JR. (late) (ABJ ’27)
Founder of the Society of Professional Journalists
Chip Caray (ABJ ’87)
Sports broadcaster, Fox Sports South
Maxine Kasselman Clark (ABJ ’71)
Founder and former CEO, Build-A-Bear Workshop
Cathy Cox (ABJ ’80)
Dean of Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, former Secretary of State of Georgia
Jackie Crosby (ABJ ’83) and Randall Savage (ABJ ’72)
Winners of a 1985 Pulitzer Prize for their examination of academics and athletics
Donald A. Davis (ABJ ’62)
Former UPI reporter and White House correspondent. New York Times bestselling author
Steve Dorff (ABJ ’71)
Award-winning songwriter and music producer
Tom Dowden (ABJ ’62, MA ’64)
Founder and CEO of Dowden Communications
Lee Duffey, Jr. (ABJ ’80), and Jenny Neal Duffey (ABJ ’80)
Founders of Atlanta-based Duffey Communications
Mike Edwards (late) (ABJ ’57)
Senior Writer/National Geographic
Justin Gillis (ABJ ’82)
Climate change science reporter, New York Times
Amy Glennon (ABJ ’90)
First female publisher of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, publisher vertical businesses, Cox Media Group
Dewey Grantham (late) (AB ’42)
Historian of the South
Lewis Grizzard (late) (ABJ ’84)
Newspaper columnist, humorist and author
Brenda Hampton (ABJ ’73)
Creator and executive producer, “7th Heaven” and “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”
Krista Harden (EDS ’72)
Former deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dave Haywood (BBA ’04)
Member of the band Lady Antebellum
Casey Hobbs (Casey J) (BSFCS ’08)
American gospel singer
John Holliman (late) (ABJ ’70)
War correspondent, CNN
Michael Houser (late) (BS ’85)
Lead guitarist, Widespread Panic
Lisa Ryan Howard (ABJ ’92)
Senior vice president of advertising, New York Times
Betty Hudson (ABJ ’71)
Senior vice president of communications at National Geographic Society, former senior vice president of NBC
John Huey (AB, ’70)
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief/Time, Inc.
Raymond Hughes (AB ’74)
Director, Thomasville Singers
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (ABJ ’63)
Peabody Award winning journalist for PBS, CNN & NPR, one of two students to integrate UGA in 1961
Josh Jackson (ABJ ’94)
Co-founder/editor of Paste music magazine
Ernie Johnson, Jr. (ABJ ’78)
Host, “The NBA on TNT”
W. Thomas Johnson (ABJ ’63)
Former President, CNN
W. Randall “Randy” Jones (ABJ ’77)
Chief Executive Officer/Capital Publishing Inc. and founder of Worth Magazine
Charles Kelley (BBA ’04)
Member of the band Lady Antebellum
Wayne Knight (BFA ’08)
Actor, “Seinfeld,” “Jurassic Park,” and more
Ashley Kohler (ABJ ’96)
President and executive producer, Awesome Incorperated
Jason Kreher (ABJ ’00)
Creative director, Wieden + Kennedy
Earl Leonard (ABJ ’58, LLB ’61)
Former senior vice president of public affairs for Coca-Cola Company
Dan Magill (late) (ABJ ’42)
Sports information director, head tennis coach at UGA, retired
Tim Mapes (ABJ ’86)
Senior vice president for public affair of Delta Marketing
Monte Markham (BFA ’57, MFA ’60)
Television/film actor and producer
Gene Methvin (late) (ABJ ’55)
Former senior editor, Reader’s Digest
Pat Mitchell (AB ’65, MA ’67)
First woman President and CEO of PBS, current Senior Advisor for the Paley Center for Media
Hala Moddelmog (MA ’81)
CEO, President and CEO, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Powell Moore (ABJ ’59)
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, Current Senior Advisor for Venable LLP
William S. Morris III (ABJ ’56)
Chairman and CEO, Morris Communications Company
Julie Moran (ABJ ’84)
Host, “Mission Makeover” (Lifetime)
Chad Mumm (ABJ ’08)
Vice President and founder, Vox Entertainment at Vox Media
Dink NeSmith (ABJ ’70)
President of Community Newspapers
Fred Newman (AB ’74)
Sound Effects Artist/NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion”
Deborah Norville (ABJ ’79)
Anchor, “Inside Edition”
Steve Oney (ABJ ’79)
Los Angeles-based writer/author
Eugene Patterson (late) (ABJ ’43)
Editor, Washington Post, St. Petersburg Times, Pulitzer Prize 1967
Don Perry (late) (ABJ ’74)
Vice-president of public relations, Chick-Fil-A, Inc.
Edwin Pope (late) (ABJ ’48)
Long time sports columnist, Miami Herald
Amy Robach (ABJ ’95)
News Anchor, “Good Morning America”
Deborah Roberts (ABJ ’82)
Producer and Correspondent/ABC News
Meredith Seacrest (ABJ ’03)
Executive director and COO, Ryan Seacrest Foundation
Mark Schlabach (ABJ ’96)
Reporter and correspondent, ESPN and New York Times bestselling author
Brad Schrade (AB ’92, MA ’95)
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Local Reporting
Loran Smith (ABJ ’62)
Columnist and broadcaster for the Georgia Bulldogs
Marie Spano (MS ’99)
Sports nutritionist for the Atlanta Falcons, Hawks and Braves; former freelance writer for CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox
Brandon Stanton (AB ’08)
Photographer, Founder of “Humans of New York”
Michael Stipe (M’ 82)
Lead singer of R.E.M.
Maria Taylor (ABJ ’09 , MBA ’13)
Co-host of SEC Network’s “SEC Nation”
Carolyn Tieger (ABJ ’69)
Retired partner and managing director, Porter Novelli
Natasha Trethewey (AB ’89)
U.S. Poet Laureate
Kathy Trocheck (ABJ ’76)
Aka Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books
Lamar Trotti (late) (ABJ ’21)
Academy Award winning screenwriter
James Michael Tyler (MFA ’89)
Actor, Gunther in “Friends”
Alex Wallace (ABJ ’04)
Meteorologist and week anchor, The Weather Channel
Dr. Ernie Ward (DVM ’92)
Award-winning practicing veterinarian and speaker, television and YouTube personality, and podcaster
Mark Warshaw (ABJ ’97)
Producer and director
Philip Lee Williams (ABJ ’72)
Novelist
Scott Williamson (MMC ’92)
VP public affairs & communications, The Coca-Cola Company
Madison Woo (ABJ ’78)
Director of photography, owner, EyeMagic Productions, Inc.
Stuart Woods (AB ’60)
Novelist
C. Richard Yarbrough (ABJ ’59)
Managing director of communications, 1996 Olympic Games
Sally Quillian Yates (ABJ ’82, JD ’86)
Former United States Deputy Attorney General
Athletics
Terrell Davis (BSFCS ’95)
Retired NFL player, Denver Broncos, Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
Thomas Davis (BSFCS ’11)
Linebacker, Carolina Panthers
Teresa Edwards (BSED ’89)
Premier basketball player, five-time Olympian
AJ Green (M ’12)
Wide Receiver, Cincinnati Bengals
Russell Henley (BSFCS ’11)
Professional golfer
John Kasay (ABJ ’94)
Retired NFL player, Carolina Panthers
Courtney Kupets Carter (BSFCS ’10, MS ’13)
Gymnast and 2004 Olympics bronze medalist, head coach of the Georgia Gym Dogs
Maritza McClendon (AB ’05)
First woman of color to represent U.S. Olympic swim team
Matthew Stafford (M ’10)
Quarterback, Detroit Lions
Hines Ward (BSFCS ’98)
Star receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl XL MVP
Bubba Watson (BSFCS ’08)
Winner of the Masters tournament in 2012 and 2014
