Additionally, highly visible former Columbia College students in recent years include President Barack Obama, former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Michael Mukasey, New York Governor David Paterson, New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, political advisor and
commentator George Stephanopoulos, actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Paquin, Casey Affleck, Amanda Peet, Matthew Fox, George Segal, Julia Stiles, Cinta Laura, and Kate McKinnon,
radio personality Max Kellerman, directors Jim Jarmusch, Brian De Palma and Bill Condon, writer
Paul Auster, historian Eric Foner, economist Michael Wolf, the chart - topping alt - rock band Vampire Weekend, and Grammy Award - winning R&B singer and songwriter Alicia Keys.