This list of Nova Southeastern University alumni includes notable graduate and non-graduate former students of
Nova Southeastern University.
Government
Executive
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Isabel Saint Malo
Isabel de Saint Malo García de Alvarado (born 27 June 1968) is a Panamanian politician and diplomat. She formerly was the Vice President of Panama and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1 July 2014, to 30 June 2019. De Saint Malo ran with elected ...
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Vice President of Panama
Judiciary
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Sheri Polster Chappell
Sheri Jean Polster Chappell (born May 30, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Biography
Chappell was born Sheri Jean Polster on May 30, 1962, in Wisconsin and attended ...
, Judge for the District Court for Middle District
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Victoria Sigler
Victoria S. Sigler (born 1951) is a judge of the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court. She was the first openly gay circuit judge in Florida.
Early life and education
Sigler was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1951. When Sigler was seven year ...
, Circuit Judge for the State of Florida, 11th Circuit
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Bush Picks Horowitz And Sigler To Fill Openings On Circuit Court Benches
''Sun-Sentinel
The ''Sun Sentinel'' (also known as the ''South Florida Sun Sentinel'', known until 2008 as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', and stylized on its masthead as ''SunSentinel'') is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as well as surrounding Br ...
'' (January 27, 2000).
Law enforcement
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Gregory Tony
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Gregory Scott Tony (born 1978) is an American law enforcement officer and the 17th Sheriff of Broward County, Florida.
Tony was initially appointed sheriff in 2019 by Florida governor Ron DeSantis, to fill a vacancy. In November 2020, T ...
(born 1978),
Sheriff of Broward County, Florida
Legislature
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James Bush III
James is a common English language surname and given name:
*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguat ...
, Florida State Representative 106th District,
Miami, Florida
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Carmine DeSopo
Carmine DeSopo (born November 1, 1940) is an American Republican Party politician who served one term in the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1996 to 1998, where he represented the 7th Legislative District.
Education
DeSopo earned bachelor's d ...
(born 1940), member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
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Martin David Kiar
Martin David "Marty" Kiar (born June 19, 1977) is a Democratic politician who currently serves as the Broward County Property Appraiser. Kiar was formerly the Mayor of Broward County and a Broward County Commissioner, representing the 1st Distr ...
, Florida State Representative 97th District,
Davie, Florida
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Jared Moskowitz, Vice Mayor,
Parkland, Florida
Parkland is a suburban city, 42 miles northwest of Miami, in northern Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Parkland was 34,670. Parkland is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6,166 ...
,US House of Representatives
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Ari Porth, Florida State Representative 96th District,
Coral Springs, Florida
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Nick Thompson, Florida State Representative 73rd District,
Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in southwestern Florida and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 92,245 in 20 ...
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Jim Waldman, Florida State Representative 95th District,
Coconut Creek, Florida
Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Situated north of Miami, it had a population of 57,833 in 2020. It is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city seceded from ...
Academia
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Joe W. Aguillard
Joe Wallace Aguillard (born July 15, 1956) served as the eighth president of the Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana.
Background
Presidential record
Failed Promises of Law, Medical, ...
, president of
Louisiana College in
Pineville,
Louisiana since 2005
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Carole Ward Allen, former Professor and Administrator,
Laney College
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Helen Rose Dawson
Helen Rose Dawson (December 16, 1927 – July 14, 2022) was an American religious sister, college professor and college dean. From 1965 to 1999, she was academic dean and vice president of Villa Julie College, now Stevenson University.
Early ...
, academic dean and vice president of
Villa Julie College (1965 to 1999)
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Maureen Kenny, professor of psychology at
Florida International University
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Arcadia Hernández López, educator and bilingual instruction innovator; earned her doctorate at Nova
Athletics
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Tim Coenraad
Tim Coenraad (born 5 June 1985) is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Nova Southeastern Sharks before playing 14 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Illawarra Hawks. He ...
, professional basketball player for the
Illawarra Hawks in
National Basketball League (NBL)
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Michael Fiers
Michael Bruce Fiers (; born June 15, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics. Fiers has ...
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pitcher in
Major League Baseball (MLB) who has thrown two
no-hitters
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J. D. Martinez
Julio Daniel Martinez (born August 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, a ...
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MLB All-Star right fielder and
2018 World Series
The 2018 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2018 season. The 114th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National Lea ...
champion for the
Boston Red Sox
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Miles Mikolas, MLB All-Star pitcher for the
St Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...
and formerly for the
Yomiuri Giants in
Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB)
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Esau Simpson
Esau Walter Simpson (born 6 October 1990) is a Grenadian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 43rd place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. He also competed in ...
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Grenadian swimmer in the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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Shelley Solomon
Rochelle "Shelley" Solomon (June 19, 1963 – October 7, 2014) was a professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., she was the younger sister of tennis player Harold Solomon. From the age of 11 she lived i ...
(1963–2014), professional tennis player
Entertainment
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Somy Ali
Somy Ali ( ur, سومی علی, ar, سومي علي; born 25 March 1976)Singh, Prashant (30 April 2012Salman helps Somy Ali's charity foundation ''Hindustan Times'' is a Pakistani-American actress, writer, filmmaker, model and activist who has ...
, former
Bollywood actress, writer, model, filmmaker, and activist
*Dr.
Will Kirby, celebrity dermatologist, winner of ''
Big Brother
Big Brother may refer to:
* Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''
** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control
** Big Brother Awards, a sat ...
'' and star of ''
Dr. 90210
''Dr. 90210'' is an American reality television series focusing on plastic surgery in the wealthy suburb of Beverly Hills, California. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2008 on E!. ''Dr. 90210'' gets its name from the zip code of ...
''
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Jillian Wunderlich
The Miss Indiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by those representatives. This pageant is currently produced by Crown Moxie.
The ...
,
Miss Florida Teen USA
The Miss Florida Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Florida ties with Illinois and North Carolina for most Miss Photogenic awards (3). These were won in a ...
2008 and
Miss Teen USA 2008
Miss Teen USA 2008, the 26th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 16, 2008 at Grand Ballroom in the Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. This was the first Miss Teen USA pageant that was not televised, after then-Miss Universe Organiz ...
(Top 15),
Miss Indiana USA 2011 and
Miss USA 2011
Miss USA 2011 was the 60th Anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, held on the Las Vegas Strip at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Paradise, Nevada on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Rima Fakih of Michigan crowned ...
(Top 16)
Law
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Yale Galanter
Yale Lance Galanter (born December 3, 1956) is an American lawyer and legal commentator. He is currently a criminal defense attorney based in Miami, Florida. He is best known for representing O. J. Simpson through his 2008 Las Vegas robbery case.
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(born 1956), lawyer and legal commentator
Military
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Michelle Fraley
Michelle Fraley (''née'' Hernández) is a retired military officer and was the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police. Fraley is also the first Puerto Rican woman to graduate from West Point Military Academy and the first woman to hold the a ...
, retired U.S. Army Col.
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Leroy Gilbert
Leroy Gilbert (born September 28, 1947) is a former officer in the United States Navy and Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard.
Biography
A native of Albany, Georgia, Gilbert is an ordained Baptist pastor. Gilbert holds a B.A. from American ...
, Chaplain of the U.S. Coast Guard
Other
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Scott W. Rothstein
Scott W. Rothstein (born June 10, 1962) is an American disbarred lawyer, convicted felon, and the former managing shareholder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm. He funded an extravag ...
, mastermind behind $1.2 billion
Ponzi scheme
A Ponzi scheme (, ) is a form of fraud that lures investors and pays profits to earlier investors with funds from more recent investors. Named after Italian businessman Charles Ponzi, the scheme leads victims to believe that profits are comin ...
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Louis Sola, Commissioner,
Federal Maritime Commission
The United States Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is an independent federal agency based in Washington, D.C. that is responsible for the regulation of oceanborne international transportation of the U.S. It is chaired by Daniel B. Maffei.
His ...
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