Notable Alumni of Southern New Hampshire University

Samia Suluhu Hassan 1960–

Sixth President of Tanzania

Elaine Duke 1958–

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Also attended: Chaminade University of Honolulu, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

Andrea Jenkins 1961–

Former Minneapolis City Council president, poet and activist

Also attended: Hamline University, Metropolitan State University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Marc R. Pacheco 1952–

Massachusetts state senator

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Suffolk University

Selemani Jafo 1973–

Tanzanian member of parliament and minister

Mashimba Ndaki 1962–

Tanzanian politician and former livestock minister

Felix G. Arroyo 1979–

Former Boston city councillor

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Boston

Pam Patenaude 1961–

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Also attended: Saint Anselm College

Mohd Sidek Hassan 1951–

Former Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia

Annette Robinson 1940–

Former New York State Assembly member

Gene G. Chandler 1947–

Republican New Hampshire state representative

Also attended: The University of Olivet

Lolesia Bukwimba 1971–

Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament

Michael Downing 1954–2015

Rockingham County sheriff and former New Hampshire senator

Also attended: Franklin Pierce University

Andre Martel 1946–2016

Businessman and Republican politician

Also attended: Emerson College, Wellesley College, Princeton University

Rebecca Adamson 1950–

Founder of First Nations Development Institute

Kameisha Jerae Hodge 1989–

Writer, poet and publisher

Also attended: Lafayette College

Janelle Asselin 1983–

Comic book editor and writer, founder of Rosy Press

Also attended: Pace University-New York

Richard B. Pelzer 1965–2019

Public speaker and memoirist

Tyrone Mears 1983–

English football coach and former right-back

Dean Sewell 1972–

Former Jamaican footballer

Peter Holland 1991–

Canadian former NHL ice hockey player

Preston Burpo 1972–

Soccer goalkeeper and coach

Rob Paternostro 1973–

Head coach of the Leicester Riders

Chris Tsonis 1991–

Professional soccer player