Samuel E. Beall III (1973) is the founder of Ruby Tuesday restaurants and chairman and chief executive officer of Ruby Tuesday Inc. He is former president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Morrison Inc.

Donna Banks (1979, 1980) is senior vice president for global innovation of the Kellogg Company.

Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. (1970) is chairman of O’Melveny & Myers, an international law firm of more than 900 lawyers. From 1987 to 1989, he was chief White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution and general counsel to the John F. Kennedy [...]

Phillip W. Moffitt (1968, 1970) is the former editor-in-chief of Esquire Magazine. He is founder and president of the Life Balance Institute.

James A. Haslam II (1952) is chairman of the board of Pilot Travel Centers LLC and chairman of the board and president of Pilot Corp., both headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. In 2006, he and his wife, Natalie (1952), made a $32.5 million gift to the university.
Haslam received the University of Tennessee Distinguished Alumnus Award [...]

Charles Ergen (1974) started EchoStar Communications Corporation in 1980. EchoStar launched DISH Network in 1996. He has been named to Forbes magazine’s Top Ten CEOs list.