SW Advantage Alumni

Over 100,000 students have run their own business under Southwestern's guidance since the 1970's alone. A few notable alumni of the Southwestern Company / Southwestern Advantage Internship program include:


Rick Perry - Governor (TX); 2012 Presidential Candidate


David Rosen - Finance Director for Sen. Hillary Clinton and Gore presidential campaigns


Ronnie Musgrove - Governor (MS)


Marsha Blackburn - Congresswoman (TN)


Ken Starr - Whitewater Prosecutor; President of Baylor University


Lamar Alexander - Governor, Senator (TN); US Secretary of Education


Jeff Sessions - Senator, Attorney General (AL)


Fuller Warren - Governor (FL)


Max Sherman - Senator (TX); Special Council to Governor of TX; President of West TX State Univ.


Judge John McBride - US District Judge (TX), appointed by President Bush


Judge Harry Phillips - House of Representatives (TN); Asst State Attorney General


Ted Welch - Republican National Committee Finance Chairman


Donna Wiesner - CEO of BrainTrust (marketing for political projects)


Max Lucado - Best-selling Christian author


Mac Anderson - Founder/CEO of Successories, Simple Truths, and McCord Travel


Clyde Lear - CEO of Learfield Communications (leader in collegiate sports marketing)


Charles Moose - Maryland Police Chief (led investigation of DC Sniper)


Marty Fridson - "How To Become a Billionaire"; #1 ranked investment strategist


James Wedgeworth - President of Charter 1 Realty; #1 agent in Hilton Head, SC


Wade Shealy - Fortune 500 real estate consultant; manager of $2.5B in resort developments


Bruce Henderson - Founder of Boston Consulting Group


Mike Myers - Univ of TX Track & Soccer Stadium named after him; owns 7 Texas banks


Tim Luzader - former President of NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers)


John Wagner - President of Hunt Sports Group; owns Dallas & Columbus pro-soccer teams


Jon Yarbrough - Founder/President of Video Gaming Technologies (VGT)


Jim Ayers - Owner/Chairman of FirstBank


Terek Al Farra - Consultant to European Union


Bill Cochran - Northwestern Mutual, built $11.7B base; Board of Trust for Vanderbilt University


Quayle Hodek - Founer/CEO of Renewable Choice Energy


Michael Hale - Lead Engineer at NASA (Ames)


Don Shafer - Founder/Chairman of BancVue & Banking Solutions (major internet banking provider)


Todd Ballenger - Founder of Capital Savings Co, Advantage Capital Mortgage, and PlanMax Financial


Tom Black - CEO of Tecniflex & Imagic Corp (serves over 4,000 banks in 49 states)


Rick Desoto - Vice-President of Paine Weber


Chad Hoeft - Vice-President of Citi-Bank


Mary Jo Grench - Vice-President of Merryl Lynch


Richard Johnson - Founder of hotjobs.com (now monster.com)


Dave Andrezjek - Vice-President of Netscape


Deb McCroskey - Director of the Vanderbilt Health Clinic


Chuck Leyrer - Director of Worldwide Marketing for IBM


Spencer Hays - Exec Chair of Southwestern Co; Owner of Oxxford Clothes, Tom James Co, Athlon Sports


Henry Bedford - Chairman/CEO of Southwestern family of companies


Dan Moore - President of Southwestern Company / Southwestern Advantage


Carl Roberts - President of Southwestern Business Resources


Jeff Dobyns - President of Southwestern Investment Services (#1 Raymond James office nationwide)


Pat Roach - President of Southwestern Real Estate Company


Peter Ferre - President of Southwestern Legacy Financial Services


Rory Vaden - Co-Founder of Southwestern Consulting, World Championship of Public Speaking finalist


Dustin Hillis - Co-Founder of Southwestern Consulting


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