Gallagher – entrepreneur, speaker and author
Harry L. Williams – president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
=== Economics and finance ===
Stephen J. Dubner – writer, co-author of Freakonomics
Chris Swecker – Head of Corporate Security for Bank of America and former assistant director, FBI
=== Government and law ===
Robert P. Ashley Jr. – Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen; 19th Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
Chad Barefoot – former North Carolina state Senator who represented the 18th district from 2013 to 2018
Richard E Batson - Retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral; former Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel
Ted Budd – U.S. Senator; former member of U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 13th district
Javiera Caballero – Member of the Durham City Council
Anderson Clayton – American political activist and chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party
Howard Coble – former Republican 6th district U.S. Congressman from Greensboro, North Carolina (only attended Appalachian …
