Business Executives
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Sandon Berg | American film producer, actor, and screenwriter and co-founder of the United Gay Network |
| Sara Blakely | President & Founder of Spanx, and judge on ABC's former reality television series, American Inventor |
| Bob Bowman | Current CEO of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, and mentor to Michael Phelps |
| Jose Ceballos | Current Director for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association |
| Timothy Cole | Executive Vice President for Sales of Del Monte Foods |
| Todd Combs | Hedge fund manager who has been tapped as a potential successor of Warren Buffett as the chief investment officer of Berkshire Hathaway |
| R. Clarke Cooper | Executive Director of Log Cabin Republicans |
| Todd Crannell | Current President of Q2 Sports and Entertainment |
| Meg Crofton | Current President, the Walt Disney World Resort |
| John Culver | Current Executive Vice President of Starbucks |
| James Dahl | Former Senior Vice President of Drexel Burnham Lambert |
| Daniel Dillon | Current President & CEO of the Welch's Corporation |
| Jeff Galloway | Current CEO of Galloway Productions |
| Michael Genevie | Current executive director of the Abbeville Opera House |
| James W. Grant | Former Executive Vice President of Worldwide Chemical, and former U.S. Representative |
| Chuck Hardwick | Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Pfizer Inc. |
| Gordon S. Holder | Currently a Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy |
| Glenda Hope | Head of the San Francisco Network Ministries, and minister with the Presbyterian Church |
| Gary Huff | Former CFO for the Los Angeles Raiders, and also worked with the IBM Corporation |
| Patricia Ireland | Former President of the National Organization for Women, and writer |
| Manuel H. Johnson | Current Co-Chairman of Johnson Smick International and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank |
| Donald E. Kiernan | Former CFO of Southwestern Bell Corporation |
| Richard Legendre | Current Vice President of Montreal Impact |
| Daryl Logullo | Notable American marketing expert |
| Marjorie Matthews | Former Bishop for the United Methodist Church |
| Martin Mayhew | Current General Manager and Senior Vice President for the Detroit Lions |
| Marc Middleton | Current CEO & founder of Growing Bolder |
| Virginia Montes | Former Secretary of the National Organization for Women, and civil rights activist |
| Jane Mouton | Famous management theorist |
| Gregory Parkes | Current Bishop for the Catholic Church |
| Tom Petway | Current minority partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Chairman of the Board for Zurich Insurance Services |
| Bobby Pittman | Current Vice President with African Development Bank |
| Richard W. Rahn | Current Chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth |
| Gary Rogers | Former Vice Chairman & Executive Officer, General Electric |
| Peter F. Romero | Current CEO of Experior Advisory, and former United States Ambassador |
| Robert Sanborn | Current President & CEO of Children At Risk |
| Gary A. Sanders | Former CEO of Wackenhut |
| Harry Sargeant III | Owner of International Oil Trading Company and billionaire |
| Bob Sasser | Current CEO of Dollar Tree Inc. |
| Brian Sussman | Current Managing Partner of 34 Pictures Entertainment |
| Orson Swindle | Former Executive Director of United We Stand America, and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce |
| Carlos O. Torano | Current President of Toraño Cigars and Central America Tobacco |
| Irita Van Doren | Former editor of the New York Herald Tribune |
| Mike Vasilinda | Former executive with Florida's News Channel |
| Woody Woodward | Former General Manager for the New York Yankees |
| Ed Young | Founder and Senior Pastor for Fellowship Church |
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