Georgia State University Foundation - Alumni and Faculty

Alumni and Faculty

Since its opening, Georgia State has graduated 175,000 alumni. Currently, it is estimated there are 100,000 alumni living in the metro Atlanta area.

• Taj Anwar, model, activist, promoter
• David Brown, former host of public radio show Marketplace
• Max Burns, former Congressman, Georgia 12th District
• Joey Cape, musician, Lagwagon
• Brad Cohen, teacher and author of Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had
• Lanard Copeland, former NBA player, later famous for playing in the National Basketball League (Australia)
• Paul Coverdell, late US Senator from Georgia (attended)
• Amy Dumas, professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lita (attended)
• William DuVall, lead singer of Alice in Chains
• William M. Fields, primatologist
• Louie Giglio, pastor and founder of the Passion Movement
• Tamyra Gray, actress, musician
• Matthew Hilger, professional poker player and author
• Mary Hood, author
• Jerry Huckaby, former U.S. Representative from Louisiana
• Henry Jenkins, director, MIT Comparative Media Studies
• Lance Krall, actor
• Ken Lewis, former CEO of Bank of America
• Vasco Nunes, filmmaker
• Sean Linkenback, author
• Ludacris(attended), musician, rapper & actor
• Jody Powell, White House Press Secretary, 1977–1980
• Lockett Pundt, musician (attended)
• Glenn Richardson, former Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives
• Julia Roberts, actress (attended)
• Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, primatologist at GSU's Language Research Center
• Charles Shapiro, former ambassador to Venezuela, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department
• Andy Stanley, church planter, pastor and author
• Ray Stevens, musician
• Lynn Westmoreland, United States Representative
• Beth Van Fleet, AVP beach volleyball professional player