Prominent Pikes

Pikes are everywhere. Business, public service, entertainment, arts, media, sports and education—you name it, we're succeeding in it.

Business

Jason Alkire

Fashion Designer and Partner, Haus Alkire Fashion Label

S. Truett Cathy*

Founder and CEO, Chick-Fil-A; Author and Philanthropist

Dr. Stephen R. Covey*

Co-founder and Vice Chairman, FranklinCovey; Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Michael Dubin

CEO and Co-founder, Dollar Shave Club

Ike Evans

President and COO, Union Pacific Corp.

Joe T. Ford

CEO and Co-Founder, ALLTEL Corporation

David Graff

Co-founder and CEO, Hudl

Stephen Jacobs

Executive VP & CEO of North America, Foot Locker, Inc.

Brian Kaiser

Co-founder and CTO, Hudl

Edward A. Pease

Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.; Former U.S. Congressman [R-IN]

Joseph J. Plumeri

Vice Chairman, First Data Board of Directors; Former CEO, Willis Group, Citibank North America, and Primerica

Sir Chef Bruno Serato

Philanthropist, Chef, Restaurant Owner, Author, Speaker

Samuel K. Skinner

Politician, Lawyer, and Businessman; Former President, Commonwealth Edison; Former Secretary of Transporation and Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush

John Wirtz

Co-founder and CPO, Hudl
Sports

Kent Bazemore

Professional Basketball Player

Daniel Berger

Professional Golfer

Bobby Bowden

Former Head Football Coach, Florida State

Pat Bowlan

Owner, Denver Broncos

Bob Bowman

Head Coach, USA Swimming and Arizona State Swim and Dive; Former CEO and Head Coach, North Baltimore Aquatic Club

Marvin Bracy

2016 Olympic Sprinter

Ronald Darby

Professional Football Player, Philadelphia Eagles

Jimbo Fisher

Head Football Coach, Texas A&M

Tripp Gibson

Major League Baseball Umpire

Horace Grant

Former Professional Basketball Player

Hubert Green*

Professional Golfer; World Golf Hall of Fame Member

Todd Hayes

2002 Olympic Bobsledder, Silver Medalist

Kyle Long

Professional Football Player, Chicago Bears

Mike Martin

Head Baseball Coach, Florida State Seminoles

Steve Prefontaine

1972 Olympic Runner

Dabo Swinney

Head Football Coach, Clemson University

Michael Whan

Commissioner, Ladies Professional Golf Association

Okaro White

Professional Basketball Player, Long Island Nets

Eric Winston

President, National Football League Players Association
Arts and Entertainment

Josh Bernstein

Explorer, Author, Survival Expert, Anthropologist, TV Host

Craig Campbell

Country Music Artist

Rubén J. Carbajal

Actor, Hamilton

Rick Dees

Radio Personality, Comedian, Actor, and Voice Artist

Patrick J. Don Vito

Film Editor and Academy Award Nominee, Green Book

Tim Ferriss

Entrepreneur, Author, Podcaster, and Investor

Joe Garvey

Musician, Hinder

Cody Hanson

Musician, Hinder

Andy Hendrickson

CTO, Activision; Former CTO, Walt Disney Animation Studios; Former Head of Technology, DreamWorks Animation

Buddy Jewell

Country Music Artist

Ted Koppel

Broadcast Journalist and ABC News Anchor, Nightline

Tim McGraw

Country Music Artist, Actor

Craig Morgan

Country Music Artist, United States Army Veteran

David Nail

Country Music Artist

Jim Parsons

Actor, The Big Bang Theory

Jim Rash

Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter, and Director

Josh Schwartz

Screenwriter and Television Producer, The O.C., Gossip Girl, Chuck

Will Shortz

Puzzle Creator and Editor, The New York Times

Eric A. Stonestreet

Actor and Comedian, Modern Family

Scott Van Pelt

Sportscaster and Talk Show Host, ESPN
Education

Gordon Gee

President, West Virginia University

Kenneth T. Jackson

Jacques Barzun Professor of History and the Social Sciences-Columbia University, Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City

Dr. Robert L. Jackson

President, Murray State University

Bill LaForge

President, Delta State University

Dan Mahony

President, Winthrop University

Dr. Samuel H. Smith

President Emeritus, Washington State University
Public Service

Brian Babin

U.S. Congressman [R-TX]

Duke Buchan III

U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andora

John Carter

U.S. Congressman [R-TX]

Thad Cochran*

Former U.S. Senator [R-MS]

Charlie Crist

U.S. Congressman [D-FL]

Vice Admiral Kevin "Kid" Donegan

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command; Commander, 5th Fleet; Commander, Combined Maritime Forces

Doug Ducey

Governor of Arizona; Former CEO, Cold Stone Creamery

John H. Gibson II

Former Chief Management Officer of Department of Defense

Brett Hagler

CEO and Co-founder, New Story

Colonel Mike Hopkins

NASA Astronaut ; Colonel, U.S. Air Force

Serge Kovaleski

Investigative Reporter, The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize winner

Jon Kyl

Former U.S. Senator [R-AZ]

Nicholas Lampson

Former U.S. Congressman [D-TX]

Robert Pearson

Former Foreign Service Officer, Ambassador to Turkey; and Director of Human Resources in the Foreign Service

Pat Roberts

U.S. Senator [R-KS]

Karl Rove

Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush

Pete Sessions

Former U.S. Congressman [R-TX]

Alan Wilson

Attorney General of South Carolina

David Young

Former U.S. Congressman [R-IA]