A community of thinkers, leaders, dreamers, creators, adventurers . . . who want to support you to learn and grow.
Our community is characterized by a lifelong love of learning and a desire to make a lasting positive impact on the world.
Business
Tim Sullivan ’85
Chair, Ancestry.com
Sallie Krawcheck ’87
CEO and Founder, Ellevate Network
David Gardner ’88
Co-Founder, The Motley Fool
Lindsay-Rae McIntyre ’97
Chief Diversity Officer, Microsoft
Government
Robin Britt ’63
Former U.S. Congressman
Roy Cooper ’79
Governor of North Carolina
David Price ’61, Jim Cooper ’75, and Mike McIntyre ’78
Former U.S. Congressmen
Richard White ’89
Deputy City Manager, City of Salisbury
Madhu Vulimiri ’14
Deputy Director, NC Department of Health and Human Services
Medicine & Healthcare
Bruce Gellin ’77
Chief, Global Public Health Strategy, The Pandemic Prevention Institute
Mike Kastan ’77
Executive Director, Duke Cancer Institute
Cristy Parker Page ’96
Executive Dean, UNC School of Medicine
Charlene Wong ’04
Senior Advisor for Health Strategy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sports
John Swofford ’71
Former Commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference
Jim Tanner ’90
NBA and WNBA Agent, Tandem Sports
Camilo Durana ’04
Executive Vice President, Major League Soccer
Amy Woff ’17
Senior Manager, Talent ID, Major League Soccer
Law
Karen Stevenson ’79
U.S. Magistrate Judge, Central District of California
Jerry Blackwell ’84
U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota
Leslie Kendrick ’98
Dean, University of Virginia School of Law
Mariam Cline ’05
Associate General Counsel, Airbnb
Entrepreneurship
Antonio McBroom ’08
CEO, Primo Partners
David Baron ’12
CEO, Nugget
Niki Shamdasani ’15
Co-Founder, Sani
Tai Huynh ’20 and Pavani Peri ’20
Co-Founders, Acta Solutions
Media
Alan Murray ’77
Former CEO, Fortune
James Dean ’89
Television and Film Producer (All Creatures Great and SmallI)
Laurel Wamsley ’06
Cities Correspondent, NPR
Jarrard Cole ’12
Supervising Producer, Live Journalism, The Wall Street Journal
Writing
Taylor Branch ’68
Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author
Frank Bruni ’86
Author and New York Times Columnist
Shilpi Somaya Gowda ’92
New York Times Bestselling Author
Tom Thriveni ’10
Former Writer, The Late Late Show with James Corden
Nonprofit
Dennis Whittle ’83
Co-Founder, GlobalGiving
Jonathan Reckford ’84
CEO, Habitat for Humanity International
Chesca Varcoe Colloredo-Mansfeld ’87
Co-Founder and Former CEO, MiracleFeet
Deviré Robinson ’06
VP, Center for Nonprofit Sustainability, Foundation for The Carolinas
The Arts
Thomas Sayre ’73
Sculptor and Painter
Katie Ziglar ’79
Director, Ackland Art Museum
Janora McDuffie ’99
Actor, Voice Over Artist, Host, and Speaker
Haley Swindal Tantleff ’08
Broadway Producer and Actress
Education
Brien Lewis ’90
President, Transylvania University
Michael Ulku-Steiner ’92
Head of School, Durham Academy
Fred Wherry ’96
Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Princeton University
Rachel Mazyck Pfeifer ’02
Executive Director, Academics at Baltimore City Public Schools
Climate & Sustainability
Brad Ives ’86
Director, Institute of Energy Innovation, Louisiana State University
Jessica Lin-Powers ’00
Associate Director of Energy, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Jesse Moore ’01
CEO and Co-Founder, M-KOPA
James Ellsmoor ’16
CEO, Island Innovation
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Niki Shamdasani ’15
Co-founder and CEO of Sani
A Lifelong Community
Contributions by Morehead-Cain Alumni are the true secret to the continued success of the Program.
Mentoring
Program
The Morehead-Cain Mentoring Program leverages the power of our network by cultivating connections between current scholars and alumni.
Morehead-Cain Network
Morehead-Cains connect to share opportunities, join affinity groups, organize events, and more.
Alumni
Forum
Every three years, hundreds of alumni return to campus for a weekend of reunion and learning.
Scholar &
Alumni Stories
Learn how scholars are making an impact on campus and beyond, read alumni stories, and more.
Alumni Map
Morehead-Cain Alumni live and work in virtually every state in the U.S. and in more than forty countries around the world. Hover over the map or use the search below to see where they are!