List of Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University alumni

Embry Riddle has a large pool of alumni ranging from high Military officials, Politicians, Airline Business leaders, Intelligence Agency officials, White House Advisors. Along with 6 NASA Astronauts and 1 Canadian Space Agency Astronaut. Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University is the only accredited aviation-oriented university in the world.[1] The university offers bachelor's and master's degrees at two residential campuses and through Embry–Riddle Worldwide. Associate degrees and non-degree programs are also offered by Embry–Riddle Worldwide.

Alumni

Astronaut Terry Virts Commander of International Space Station.

Astronaut Alvin Drew

Daniel Ponce De Leon

Astronaut Nicole Stott

28th Vice Commandant of USCG John Currier

Canadian Astronaut Josh Kutryk

22nd chief of staff of the Air Force. First African-American appointed as Chief of Staff and first African-American to lead any branch of the United States Armed Forces.

Alumni	Class[2] −	Notability
Edward K. Beale	2007	Award-winning Author and retired United States Coast Guard Commander.
Gregory A. Biscone	1993	United States Air Force Inspector General and Deputy Director of Operations at United States Central Command[3]
Kevin Bratcher	?	A Republican Kentucky House of Representatives he is the House Majority Whip[4]
Charles Q. Brown Jr.	1994	General, US Air Force, 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force. He's the first African-American to be appointed as Chief of Staff and the first African-American to lead any branch of the United States Armed Forces.[5]
Daniel C. Burbank	1991	Astronaut and US Coast Guard Captain[6]
Dan Carter (politician)		A Republican Connecticut House of Representatives[7]
Jeffrey B. Cashman	1996	Air National Guard Brigadier General[8]
Donna L. Cottrell	1997	US Coast Guard Rear Admiral, Serves as the Coast Guard District 9 Commander. Former Director, Joint Interagency Task Force West, the U.S. Pacific Command’s executive liaison.[9]
John Currier	1998	US Coast Guard Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard[10]
Stephen L. Davis	1997	US Air Force Brigadier General,Director of Global Operations, U.S. Strategic Command[11]
Benjamin Alvin Drew	1995	Astronaut;US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel[12]
Glen Doherty		Navy SEAL killed in 2012 Benghazi Attack working for a contracted CIA group.[13]
Jerry Doyle		Nationally syndicated talk show host, television actor and founder of the content platform EpicTimes.	[14]
Michael Durant	1995	US Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 helicopter pilot shot down and taken prisoner during the Battle of Mogadishu, recounted by the film Black Hawk Down; awarded the POW Medal, Purple Heart, Bronze Star and three times the Distinguished Flying Cross[15]
Katherine Ebbs	2015	Australian soccer player[16]
Connally Edozien	2001	Nigerian football player who currently plays for the Carolina RailHawks FC[17]
Greg Feith	1996	Retired Senior Air Safety Investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board[18]
David Floyd		American politician and a former Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives for District 50[19]
Craig Fugate		Former Administrator of Federal Emergency Management Agency	[20]
Ronald J. Garan, Jr.	1995	Astronaut and US Air Force Colonel[21]
Amber Gell		Rocket Scientist, NASA engineer[22]
Vicente Gonzalez (politician)	1992	American attorney and politician serving as the United States Representative for the 15th district of Texas.[23]
Alan Gustafson	1996	NASCAR Cup Series crew chief[24]
Nancy Hann		Rear Admiral Deputy Director of the NOAA Corps. [25]
Hubert C. Hegtvedt	1997	U.S. Air Force Major General, Deputy Director for Global Policy and Partnerships, at The Pentagon.
Richard D. Heinz	2001	US Navy Rear Admiral, Director of Logistics, J4, on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. European Command.[26]
Sara Hradecky	2004	24th Canadian Ambassador to the United States of Mexico
Jared Isaacman		American businessman and pilot. Founder of Draken International, He is also the co-founder and CEO of Harbortouch. In 2009 had set a world record for flying around the globe.[27]
Alvin B. Jackson	?	Utah Senator, father of NBA player Frank Jackson
James F. Jackson	1990	Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and Chief of Air Force Reserve Command[28]
Moriba K. Jah	1999	American aerodynamicist. A former spacecraft navigator for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he served on Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, and Mars Express (joint mission with European Space Agency).[29][30]
Brent A. Jones		Politician Nevada Assembly member, lawyer, and CEO of Affinity Lifestyles
Janis Karpinski	?	US Army, former Brigadier General[31]
Tony Kurtz		Politician and businessman Wisconsin State Assembly member, Founder/CEO, Kaynick Solutions LLC
Joshua Kutryk	2009	Canadian Astronaut with Canadian Space Agency and Royal Canadian Air Force Lt. Colonel[32]
Susan Kilrain	1982	Astronaut and Navy Commander[33]
Vivek Lall		Chief Executive of US defense and nuclear giant General Atomics Global Corporation on Sunday. Former Vice President, Aeronautics Strategy and Business Development at Lockheed Martin.[34]
Irene Leverton	Flight Classes	She was a aviation pioneer, a member of the Ninety-Nines. In 1961, she was selected for the Women in Space Program. Selected to be one of the Mercury 13 project women.[35]
Erik Lindbergh		American aviator, adventurer, and an public speaker. He is the grandson of pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh the first person to fly non-stop and solo between New York and Paris in 1927.[36]
Alan Lindenmoyer	1983	NASA engineer, Manager of NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO) at Johnson Space Center,[37]
Todd J. McCubbin	2004	U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
Kelly McCarthy	1999	Montana House of Representatives[38]
Nick Mingione	2000	University of Kentucky Wildcats baseball Head Coach[39]
Scott O'Grady	1989	Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Nominee. US Air Force F-16 pilot who evaded capture after being shot down over Bosnia in 1995[40]
Kraig Paulsen	1994	Iowa State Representative and minority whip[41]
Jake Pavelka		Television Personality and actor
August Pfluger		He is the Representative for Texas's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.[42]
Daniel Ponce de Leon		Professional baseball pitcher
John I. Pray	1987	Retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General, chief executive officer and President of Operation Homefront. [43]
Carol Rabadi	1999	Captain of the first all Arab female flight crew for Royal Jordanian.
John Ragan	?	Tennessee House of Representatives and Chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures Nuclear Legislative Working Group
Fouad Mahoud Hasan Al Rabia	1988	Executive of Kuwait's national airline, was held prisoner extrajudicial detention at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp without formal charges[44]
Timothy Ray	1998	US Air Force General, Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command. Concurrently serves as the Commander of Air Forces Strategic – Air, United States Strategic Command[45]
Robertus Remkes	1987	US Air Force Major General and Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy for the United States European Command[46]
Tom Reeder		Wyoming House of Representatives
Fernando L. Ribas-Dominicci	1985	US Air Force Major, killed during Operation El Dorado Canyon[47]
Anthony J. Rock	1995	lieutenant general of the U.S. Air Force and last served as the Inspector General of the Air Force assigned within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force[48]
Marc H. Sasseville	1996	U.S. Air Force Brigadier General, Chief, National Guard Bureau. Joint Chief of Staff member[49]
Fred Strahorn	?	A Democrat Ohio House of Representatives Minority leader of 131st Ohio General Assembly
Keith J. Stalder	1994	United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General[50]
Cheryl Stearns	1985	Is an American skydiver. Stearns is noted for having won Bronze in Overall in Individual Style and Accuracy at the XXV World Parachuting Championships. She would go onto winning the gold medal in the category "Overall, Women" in 1978 and 1994[51]
Nicole P. Stott	1987	Astronaut[52]
Robert L. Sumwalt		14th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board
Fred Strahorn	?	A Democrat Ohio House of Representatives Minority leader of 131st Ohio General Assembly
Merryl Tengesdal	2008	US Air Force Colonel, Was the first and only African American woman to fly the United States Air Force's U-2 spy plane and Former Director of Inspections.[53]
Terry W. Virts	1997	Astronaut, International Space Station Commander and US Air Force Colonel[54]
Victor Wainwright		Blues singer, songwriter, and pianist.[55]
Shaesta Waiz		An American pilot, is the first female certified civilian pilot from Afghanistan, and the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine aircraft.[56][57]
Patrice Washington	1982	Florida; first woman pilot of Bahamasair; first black woman captain of a major U.S. air service and first black female pilot hired by the United Parcel Service.
Dave Wallace	1977	Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Mississippi County, Arkansas; decorated United States Army officer of the Vietnam War[58]
Brandon Webb (author)		Author, and former United States Navy SEAL and SEAL Sniper course Head Instructor, Founder and CEO of Hurricane Group Inc, which includes sofrep.com.[59]
Jack Weinstein	1987	US Air Force Major General[60]
Robert E. Wheeler	1995	U.S. Air Force Brigadier General[61]
Chuck Wilson (pilot)	1985	United States Air Force (retired) Colonel, Former Director of the Office of International Security Operations (ISO) with the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. Former Senior Air Force advisor at the State Department. Shortly after the September 11 attacks, was promoted to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) at the Pentagon.[62]
Margaret H. Woodward	1997	Major General in the United States Air Force. Commander of the 17th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, she was responsible for all US air actions that involved Africa.[63]
Daniel P. Woodward	1980	U.S. Air Force Brigadier General and pilot[64]
Lezlye Zupkus		A Republican Connecticut House of Representatives[65]

Degree recipients

Thomas Patten Stafford

Honorary alumni	Honorary degree received[2]	Notability
Cho Yang-Ho	1998	Chairman and CEO of Korean Air[66]
Andrew P. Iosue	1983	Retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander, Air Training Command (COMATC) from 1983 to 1986[67]
Lehman, William	1992	Former U.S. Congressman who attended Embry-Riddle as an aviation maintenance student[68]
Edgar Mitchell	1996	Astronaut and US Navy Captain[69]
Lloyd W. Newton	1997	Retired United States Air Force four-star general; served as Commander, Air Education and Training Command (COMAETC) from 1997 to 2000; first African-American pilot in the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds[70]
Thomas Patten Stafford	1970	Former astronaut and retired US Air Force Lieutenant General[71]
Steven F. Udvar-Házy	1998	Founder and CEO of International Lease Finance Corporation[72]

See also

• Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University

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