Distinguished Alumni
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Media
Roone Arledge
CC’52
Former President, ABC Sports and ABC News
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Arts
Paul Auster
CC’69, GSAS’70
Author
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Arts
Emanuel Ax
CC’70
Grammy Award-Winning Classical Pianist
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Science and Engineering
Richard Axel
CC’67
Nobel Prize-Winning Molecular Biologist
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Academia
Jacques Barzun
CC’27, GSAS’32
Historian of Ideas and Culture; Philosopher of Education; Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
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Arts
Barry Bergdoll
CC’77, GSAS’86
Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Columbia University
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Sports
Caitlin Bilodeau
CC’87
Fencer; Two-time Olympian, Four-Time NCAA All-American
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Politics and Law
Harold Brown
CC’45,GSAS’49
14th Secretary of Defense of the United States
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Butler%2C%20Nicholas%20Murray.jpg?itok=e7xQswGw)
Academia
Nicholas Murray Butler
CC 1882, GSAS 1884
12th President of Columbia University; Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
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Politics and Law
Jose A. Cabranes
CC’61
First Puerto Rican to sit on a United States District Court
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Campbell%2C%20Bill.jpg?itok=ZZx1ghLy)
Business
William Campbell
CC’62, TC’64
Former Chairman, Intuit Corp.; Former Board Director at Apple
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Politics and Law
Dewitt Clinton
CC 1786
Former United States Senator; 6th Governor of New York
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Condon%2C%20Bill.jpg?itok=IQD7tg6P)
Arts
Bill Condon
CC’76
Academy Award-Winning Film Director
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Academia
Virginia Cornish
CC’91
Professor of Chemistry; NSF Career Award Recipient
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Creed%2C%20Alex%20Wallace.jpg?itok=aggUVLsY)
Media
Alexandra Wallace Creed
CC’88
General Manager of News, Entertainment and Studios at Verizon Media
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Academia
Wm. Theodore de Bary
CC’41, GSAS’53
East Asian Studies Pioneer; Columbia University Provost Emeritus; National Humanities Medal Recipient
![Photo of Moira Demos](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Moira_Demos.jpg?itok=npXvEIWQ)
Arts
Moira Demos
CC'96, SOA'08
Emmy Award-Winning Director
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Media
David Denby
CC’65, JRN’66
Film Critic, The New Yorker
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Arts
Brian Dennehy
CC’60
Tony and Golden-Globe Award-Winning Actor; Emmy Nominee
![Photo of Brandon Victor Dixon](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Brandon_Dixon.jpg?itok=9pOjq3BT)
Arts
Brandon Victor Dixon
CC'03
Tony Award-Nominated Actor
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Edelman%2C%20Dan.png?itok=txvlhoM9)
Business
Daniel J. Edelman
CC’40, JRN’41
Founder, Edelman, World’s Largest Public Relations Firm
![Photo of Erik Feig](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Erik_Feig.jpg?itok=tTs3XYyh)
Arts
Erik Feig
CC'92
Founder & CEO of PICTURESTART, former Co-president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group
Academia
Eric Foner
CC’63, GSAS’69
Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Historian
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Fried%2C%20Ben.jpg?itok=aAZfWNfa)
Business
Ben Fried
CC’88
CIO, Google
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Arts
Dan Futterman
CC’89
Academy Award-Nominated Screenwriter and Actor
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Garcetti%2C%20Eric.jpg?itok=YrdswWBr)
Politics and Law
Eric Garcetti
CC’92, SIPA’93
42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Gardner%2C%20Dede.jpg?itok=dxq9F1vF)
Arts
Dede Gardner
CC’90
Academy Award-Winning Producer
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Garfunkel%2C%20Art.jpg?itok=xOtA07JG)
Arts
Art Garfunkel
CC’65
Grammy Award-Winning Musician
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Gehrig%2C%20Lou.jpg?itok=T9EDibhQ)
Sports
Lou Gehrig
CC’25
Member, National Baseball Hall of Fame
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Genachowski%2C%20Julius.jpg?itok=RBPsDup1)
Politics and Law
Julius Genachowski
CC’85
Former Chair, FCC
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Arts
Allen Ginsberg
CC’48
Poet
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Media
Robert Giroux
CC’36
Founder, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
![Neil Gorsuch](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Neil%20Gorsuch_cropped_4.jpg?itok=6Wp9pY38)
Politics and Law
Neil M. Gorsuch
CC’89
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Greenberg%2C%20Jack.jpg?itok=eQQs3V2w)
Politics and Law
Jack Greenberg
CC’45, LAW’48
Attorney, Brown v. Board of Education; 12th Dean of Columbia College
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Politics and Law
Judd Gregg
CC’69
Former United States Senator and Congressman; Two-Term Governor of New Hampshire
![Photo of Ellen Gustafson](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Ellen-Headshot.jpg?itok=KeFWoaEz)
Entrepreneurship
Ellen Gustafson
CC'02
Author; Co-Director of the Summit Institute; President of EG, Inc.; Chief Strategy Officer at Inkwell; Co-Founder of FEED; Founder of 30 Project
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Haber%2C%20Carl.jpg?itok=Mz7Xmsi5)
Science and Engineering
Carl Haber
CC’80, GSAS’85
Experimental Physicist; MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant Recipient
![Photo of Katori Hall](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Katori_Hall%20--%20WEB.jpg?itok=xDB8YDQD)
Arts
Katori Hall
CC'03
Award-winning Playwright and Actress
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Politics and Law
Alexander Hamilton
CC 1778
Founding Father
![Photo of Poppy Harlow](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Poppy_Harlow.jpg?itok=S5O8OqhC)
Media
Poppy Harlow
CC'05
Emmy-nominated CNN Anchor & Correspondent
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Entrepreneurship
Jared Hecht
CC’09
Co-Founder and CEO, Fundera; Co-Founder, GroupMe
![Photo of Toomas Hendrik Ilves by Hindrek Maasik](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Ilves%20headshot_Hindrek%20Maasik.jpg?itok=1AIs1a27)
Politics and Law
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
CC’76
Fourth President of Estonia
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Politics and Law
Eric H. Holder Jr.
CC’73, LAW’76
82nd Attorney General of the United States
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Arts
Jim Jarmusch
CC’75
Independent Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer, Editor and Composer
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Politics and Law
John Jay
CC 1764
Founding Father
Media
Sara Just
CC’88
Senior Vice President and Executive Producer, PBS NewsHour
Academia
Donald Keene
CC’42, GSAS’50
Pulitzer Prize-Nominated Scholar of Japanese Studies
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Kerouac%2C%20Jack.jpg?itok=E_WH6BwH)
Arts
Jack Kerouac
CC’44
Novelist and Poet
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Arts
Tom Kitt
CC’96
Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer
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Politics and Law
Joel Klein
CC’67
Former Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
Media
John Kluge
CC’37
Television Industry Mogul
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Media
Alfred Abraham Knopf
CC 1912
Publisher
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Arts
Jenji Kohan
CC’91
Emmy Award-Winning Television Writer and Producer
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Arts
Ed Koren
CC’57
Cartoonist, The New Yorker
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Kraft%2C%20Robert.jpg?itok=-0gBWo9j)
Sports
Robert Kraft
CC’63
Owner, New England Patriots
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Kushner%2C%20Tony-%20JOAN%20MARCUS.jpg?itok=4wIyhaJK)
Arts
Tony Kushner
CC’78
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright
![Jonathan Lavine](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/9-27-18%20Jonathan%20Lavine%20.jpg?itok=unS2Np8P)
Business
Jonathan Lavine
CC’88
Co-Managing Partner of Bain Capital and Chief Investment Officer of Bain Capital Credit
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Lefkowitz%2C%20Robert.jpg?itok=FdhqQAhR)
Science and Engineering
Robert J. Lefkowitz
CC’62, PS’66
Nobel Prize-Winning Biochemist
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Lo%2C%20Anita.jpg?itok=2KeMXXzq)
Business
Anita Lo
CC’88
Michelin-starred Restaurateur and Chef
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Low%2C%20Seth.jpg?itok=KWfMESwe)
Academia
Seth Low
CC 1870
11th President of Columbia University; 92nd Mayor of New York City
![Photo of Li Lu](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Li_Lu.jpg?itok=IqrHNAD6)
Business
Li Lu
CC'96, BUS'96, LAW'96
Founder and Chairman, Himalaya Capital/LL Investment Partners
![Photo of Sid Luckman, Courtesy: Columbia University Athletics/Columbiana Archives](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Sid%20Luckman%20CU%20Athletics%20YNKXZQVUUIWNEBZ.20080326160203.jpg?itok=uTluTFkL)
Sports
Sid Luckman
CC’39
Member, Pro Football Hall of Fame
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/MacArthur%2C%20John.jpg?itok=HczeJ_mC)
Media
John R. MacArthur
CC’78
President and Publisher, Harper’s Magazine
![Photo of Melissa Mark-Viverito](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Speaker%20Melissa%20Mark%20Viverito%20Headshot.jpg?itok=kA5qikdT)
Politics and Law
Melissa Mark-Viverito
CC'91
Interim President, Latino Victory Fund; Former Speaker & Council Member, District 8, New York City Council
![Photo of Kate McKinnon](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Kate_McKinnon.jpg?itok=ifNO9S8T)
Arts
Kate McKinnon
CC'06
Emmy Award-Winning Actress
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/McNally%2C%20Terrence-%20MICHAEL%20CHILDERS.jpg?itok=z-CHHQB7)
Arts
Terrence McNally
CC’60
Tony Award-Winning Playwright
![Photo of Katie Meili](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Katie_Meili.jpg?itok=KdJUaOwL)
Sports
Katie Meili
CC'13
Swimmer, Olympic Gold and Bronze Medalist
![Photo of Julie (Jacobs) Menin](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Julie_Menin%20--%20WEB.jpg?itok=V8Vi6PWk)
Arts
Julie (Jacobs) Menin
CC'89
Director of the Census for NYC and Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel for Strategic Advocacy
Business
Philip Milstein
CC’71
Principal, Ogden CAP Properties, LLC
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Min%2C%20Janice.jpg?itok=4-yjgbAA)
Media
Janice Min
CC’90, JRN’91
Content Executive, Quibi
![Photo of Graham Moore](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Graham_Moore.jpg?itok=laYkEZpd)
Arts
Graham Moore
CC'03
Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter and Author
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Morris%2C%20Gouveneur.jpg?itok=EPozEMne)
Politics and Law
Gouverneur Morris
CC 1768
Founding Father
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Nadler%2C%20Jerrold.jpg?itok=sUdKyU_4)
Politics and Law
Jerrold Nadler
CC’69
Congressman serving the 10th District of New York
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Navab%2C%20Alex.jpg?itok=HfMKLtsk)
Business
Alexander Navab
CC’87
Former Head of Americas Private Equity, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Obama%2C%20Barack.jpg?itok=lbW_9D-i)
Politics and Law
Barack Obama
CC’83
44th President of the United States
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Oren%2C%20Michael.jpg?itok=7KZjfCC6)
Politics and Law
Michael Oren
CC’77, SIPA’78
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Perlman%2C%20Steve.jpg?itok=y7eMitdX)
Entrepreneurship
Steve Perlman
CC’83
Founder and CEO of Rearden and Artemis Networks LLC
![Photo of Nzingha Prescod](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Nzingha_Prescod.jpg?itok=Yx-nIYJv)
Sports
Nzingha Prescod
CC'15
Fencer, Two-Time Olympian
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Rogers%20%26%20Hammerstein.jpg?itok=kv9HPi8X)
Arts
Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers
CC 1916 and CC’23
Tony Award- and Academy Award-Winning Lyricist and Emmy Award-, Tony Award-, Academy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Rosenshine%2C%20Allen.jpg?itok=po6_4vZd)
Business
Allen Rosenshine
CC’59
Chairman Emeritus, BBDO Worldwide
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Rossetto%2C%20Louis-%20Mark%20Leet.jpg?itok=B919tvmA)
Media
Louis Rossetto
CC’71, BUS’73
Founder and Former Publisher, Wired Magazine
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Schiller%2C%20Jonathan.jpg?itok=iM-oWIX_)
Politics and Law
Jonathan D. Schiller
CC’69, LAW ’73
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Shipman%2C%20Claire.jpg?itok=KqLvCiLc)
Media
Claire Shipman
CC’86, SIPA’94
Senior National Correspondent, Good Morning America
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Siegel%2C%20Robert-%20Doby%20Photography%2C%20NPR.jpg?itok=j3hV34uK)
Media
Robert Siegel
CC’68
Former Host, NPR’s All Things Considered
![Photo of Ron Simons](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Ron-Simons-2.jpg?itok=GOIgWaHu)
Arts
Ron Simons
CC'82
Founder and CEO, SimonSays Entertainment; Tony Award-Winning Producer
Academia
Michael Sovern
CC’53, LAW’55
17th President of Columbia University
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Speyer%2C%20Rob.jpg?itok=XtSjngPC)
Business
Robert Speyer
CC’92
President and CEO, Tishman Speyer
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Stephanopoulos%2C%20George.jpg?itok=21LQjmyg)
Media
George Stephanopoulos
CC’82
Co-Founder, President, and Chief Anchor, ABC News, anchor of "Good Morning America" and anchor of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
![Photo of Julia Stiles](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Stiles%2C-Julia-WEB.jpg?itok=OGIs0OmB)
Arts
Julia Stiles
CC’05
Emmy Award- and Golden Globe-Nominated Actress
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Sulzberger%2C%20Arthur.jpg?itok=d0ijcJUu)
Media
Arthur Sulzberger
CC’51
Publisher, The New York Times
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Teuscher%2C%20Cristina.jpg?itok=kAW3SW7n)
Sports
Cristina Teuscher
CC’00
Swimmer, Olympic Gold Medalist
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Trilling%2C%20Lionel.jpg?itok=EWApYDKQ)
Arts
Lionel Trilling
CC’25, GSAS’38
Literary Critic and Author
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Weilerstein%2C%20Alisa.jpg?itok=U5eL66Fe)
Arts
Alisa Weilerstein
CC’04
Cellist; MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant Recipient
![Photo of Sean Wilentz from Princeton Alumni Weekly](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Sean%20Wilentz%20Princeton%20NB_Wilentz1044Edited_0.jpg?itok=iJyzxoek)
Academia
Sean Wilentz
CC’72
Pulitzer Prize-Nominated American Historian
![](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Williams%2C%20James.jpg?itok=6vD6Uc4b)
Sports
James Williams
CC’07, GSAS’09
Fencer, Two-Time Olympian
![Photo of Beau Willimon](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Willimon%2C-Beau--Mark-Mann-WEB.jpg?itok=InlmHnd4)
Arts
Beau Willimon
CC’99, SOA’03
Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, Writer/Producer/Playwright
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Arts
Herman Wouk
CC’34
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
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Social Service
Sheena Wright
CC’90, LAW’94
First Female CEO, United Way of New York City
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Science and Engineering
George Yancopoulos
CC’80, GSAS’86, PS’87
Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
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Arts
Brian Yorkey
CC’93
Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Lyricist
![Photo of Marco Zappacosta](https://www.college.columbia.edu/alumni/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_headshot/public/Marco_Zappacosta%20--%20WEB.jpg?itok=ZetJUeo4)
Entrepreneurship
Marco Zappacosta
CC'07
Co-Founder and CEO, Thumbtack