State University of New York at New Paltz - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

SUNY New Paltz boasts numerous alumni including:

• Michael Badalucco – Actor
• Rob Borsellino – Reporter
• Kevin Cahill – New York State Assembly
• Ed Carroll – Chief Operating Officer of AMC Networks
• Joan Chen – Actress
• Scott Cohen – Actor
• Murali Coryell – Guitarist
• Anthony Denison – Actor
• James Dolan, Owner of the New York Knicks, New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden and CEO of Cablevision
• Edward Falco – American novelist and Professor of English at Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
• James M. Follo – CFO of New York Times Company
• Matt "Trance" Fury – Musician/Producer
• Helen K. Garber – photographer
• Michael J. X. Gladis – Actor
• Daniel Gonzalez – lobbyist and former Federal Communications Commission Chief of Staff
• Vinny Guadagnino- Jersey Shore reality show actor
• Maurice Hinchey '68, M.A. '70 – United States House of Representatives
• Gary King – Professor of Government at Harvard University
• Kenneth LaValle – New York State Senate
• Christopher Manson – Children's book author/illustrator
• Fabrizio Moretti – Drummer for "The Strokes"
• William Parment – New York State Assembly
• Andrea Peyser – New York Post columnist
• Rebecca Rotzler – Co-chair of the Green Party of the United States
• Roseann Runte, President of Old Dominion University
• Ilyasah Shabazz – Daughter of Malcolm X, writer
• Andy Shernoff – Rock Musician
• Denis Simon – political analyst, provost at Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce
• Frank Skartados – New York State Assembly
• Alex Storozynski – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Aida Turturro – Actress
• John Turturro – Actor
• Jason West – Mayor of the Village of New Paltz, NY
• David Wilcock – Author
• Yashar Zadeh – better known as the underground rapper Yak Ballz
• Zach Zarba – NBA Official