Pitzer College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Government and politics

• Todd Eachus '85, former majority leader, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Mablean Ephriam '71, former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge and host of television's Divorce Court
• Kevin de León '03, member of the California State Senate, 22nd District
• Fabian Nunez '97, former Speaker of the California State Assembly
• Debra Wong Yang '81, former United States Attorney for Central District of California; first Asian-American woman US attorney

Arts, media and entertainment

• Anne Archer '68, actress
• David Bloom '85, anchor, NBC News
• Max Brooks '94, Emmy Award winning writer for Saturday Night Live; New York Times best-selling author
• Matthew Cooke '96, filmmaker
• John Darnielle '95, musician and member of The Mountain Goats
• Danny Elfman, musician/composer, singer for Oingo Boingo
• Susan Feniger '76, chef, star of Too Hot Tamales on the Food Network; owner, Street Restaurant; co-owner, The Border Grill and Ciudad
• Amy Gerstler '78, poet and essayist, winner of the National Book Critics Circle award for poetry
• Jenniphr Goodman '84, independent filmmaker, co-writer and producer of The Tao of Steve
• John Landgraf '84, president and general manager, FX Networks
• Jonah Matranga '91 singer/songwriter and ex-frontman of Far, New End Original and Gratitude
• Matt Nathanson '95, Billboard Hot 100 singer/songwriter
• Susan Patron '69, winner, John Newbury Medal
• Alex Greenwald '01, lead singer of Phantom Planet, producer of albums by The Like and The Young Veins
• Michael Simpson '86, Grammy-Award winning producer/composer; one half of the Dust Brothers
• Nick Simmons '11, Musician, comic book artist, voice over actor, son of KISS bassist Gene Simmons

Other

• Hunter Lovins '72, president and founder of Natural Capitalism, Inc. and named “Hero of the Planet” by Time Magazine