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Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle

From heads of state to pillars of the community, AU has a surplus of notable alumni. AU graduates continue a legacy of transforming ideas into impact across the globe.

We know it's impossible to capture all worthy stories in one place, but here we share some of the many contributions made by AU's changemaking graduates.

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Arts & Sciences

Lonnie Bunch

Lonnie BunchCAS/BA 鈥74, CAS/MA 鈥76

14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

For me, AU has really been a place of possibility. To me鈥攃reating possibilities for students, creating possibilities for faculty to cross disciplinary lines鈥攖hat鈥檚 one of the greatest strengths of AU.
  • Edmund Gordon, SPA/MA 鈥50,听Co-architect, Federal Head Start Program; Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Yale University; Interim Dean at Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Dambisa Moyo, CAS/BS 鈥91, Kogod/MBA 鈥92,听Economist; Author; Member, House of Lords
  • Lara Prescott, SPA/BA 鈥04,听Author of New York Times bestseller听The Secrets We Kept
  • Jeff Sine, SIS/BA听鈥76,听Co-Founder and Partner, Raine; Broadway Producer; three-time Tony Award winner
  • Ann Beattie, CAS/BA听鈥69,听Novelist
  • John Fahey, CAS/BA 鈥62^,听Musician
  • Dominic Giampaolo, CAS/BS 鈥91,听Software Engineer, Developer of the Be File System
  • Irene Glowinski, CAS/BS 鈥75,听Former Deputy Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, NIAID,听National Institutes of Health
  • Donald Harward, CAS/MA 鈥63,听Sixth President, Bates College
  • Monica Jeffries Hazangeles, CAS/MA 鈥96,听President and CEO, Strathmore
  • Cornelius Kerwin, SPA/BA 鈥71,听14th President of 69传媒 University
  • Dr. Carol Leary, CAS/PhD 鈥88,听President Emerita, Bay Path University
  • Carmen Maria Machado, CAS/BA 鈥07,听Finalist for the National Book Award; Author, Her Body and Other Parties听
  • Brittany Packnett Cunningham, SOE/MAT 鈥09,听Activist, Educator, Writer, Leader
  • Becca Peixotto, CAS/MA 鈥13, CAS/PhD 鈥17,听Archaeologist
  • Margo Seibert, SIS/BA 鈥05,听Drama Desk Award-nominated Actress; the original Adrian in Broadway's Rocky the Musical
  • Molly Smith, CAS/MA 鈥76,听Former Artistic Director, Arena Stage
  • Dana Thomas, SOC/BA 鈥88,听Author of New York Times bestseller Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
  • John Wineglass, CAS/BA 鈥94,听Emmy Award-winning composer
  • Tanekeya Word, CAS/MA 鈥11,听Visual Artist

^ deceased

Business & Economy

Mong-Yong Chung

Mong-Yong ChungKogod/MBA 鈥91

Chairman, Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings

  • Facundo Bacardi, Kogod/BSBA 鈥90, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bacardi Limited
  • Michael Chasen, CAS/BS 鈥93,听Co-Founder and Former CEO, Blackboard Inc.; Founder and CEO, Class
  • Gary Cohn, Kogod/BSBA 鈥82,听Vice Chairman, IBM
  • Dean Factor, Kogod/BSBA 鈥87,听CEO and Co-Founder, Smashbox Cosmetics and Smashbox Studios
  • Marco Gobbetti, Kogod/BSBA 鈥81,听CEO,听Salvatore Ferragamo; Former CEO, Burberry
  • Jesse Itzler, SPA/BA 鈥90,听Entrepreneur, Author, Owner of the Atlanta Hawks
  • Robert Kogod, Kogod/BS 鈥62,听Former Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Charles E. Smith companies
  • Almar Latour, SOC/MA 鈥96,听CEO, Dow Jones
  • Dambisa Moyo, CAS/BS 鈥91, Kogod/MBA 鈥92, Hon. DHL 鈥22,听Economist; Author; Member, House of Lords
  • Michael Santomassimo, Kogod/BS 鈥96,听Chief Financial Officer, Wells Fargo
  • Mark Bucher, SPA/BA 鈥90,听Co-Founder, Medium Rare Steak Frites
  • Richard Clark, Kogod/MBA 鈥70,听Former President and CEO, Merck & Co.
  • Francesco Vanni d鈥橝rchirafi, Kogod/BS 鈥81,听Chairman, Euroclear Group听
  • Melissa Di Donato, Kogod/MBA '96,听CEO,听Kyriba
  • Victoria Harker, Kogod/MBA 鈥90,听Former Executive Vice President and CFO,听TEGNA Inc.
  • Wilbert Hopper, CAS/BS 鈥56^,听Former President and CEO, Petro-Canada
  • Nicole Nason, SPA/BA 鈥92,听Vice President of Federal Affairs for Commercial Aviation, Sustainability, and Corporate Policy at Boeing; Former Director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Katrina Parrott, Kogod/BSBA 鈥80,听Founder, iDiversicons
  • Jeff Perkins, SPA/BA 鈥96,听CEO, Soundstripe
  • David Steward II, Kogod/BS 鈥98,听CEO, Polarity; CEO, Lion Forge Animation
  • Gary Veloric, Kogod/BS 鈥82,听Founder, The Red Stripe Plane Group听
  • Cheong Ee Wee, Kogod/BS 鈥77,听CEO, United Overseas Bank

^ deceased

Entertainment & Media

Susan Zirinsky

Susan Zirinsky SOC/BA 鈥74

President, See It Now Sttudios; Former President, Interim Executive Editor, CBS News; inspiration for Holly Hunter鈥檚 character in the film Broadcast News

69传媒 University gave me a solid journalistic foundation which has served me well throughout my career. Even before graduation, the school helped launch me into the heart of the news industry at a critical moment of history in our country. I am forever grateful.
  • Caroline Aaron, CAS/BA 鈥74,听Actress and Producer;听Shirley Maisel in听The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Alisyn Camerota, SOC/BA 鈥88,听Journalist and Author
  • Susan Davis, CAS/BA 鈥01,听Congressional Correspondent, NPR; Co-host, NPR Politics Podcast
  • David Gregory, SIS/BA 鈥91,听CNN Political Analyst, Former moderator of NBC's听Meet the Press,听Former Chief White House Correspondent,听NBC News
  • Goldie Hawn, att听鈥63-64, HD听鈥02,听Academy Award-winning Actress
  • Star Jones, SPA/BA 鈥83,听Television Personality, Lawyer, Journalist, Fashion Designer, Author
  • Barry Josephson, SPA/BA 鈥78,听Film Producer (Enchanted, Ladykillers, Like Mike,听and FOX TV鈥檚听Bones), Former Music Manager, three-time Oscar Nominee
  • Barry McCaffrey, SPA/MA 鈥71,听NBC News and MSNBC Military Analyst, Drug Czar under President Bill Clinton, retired US Army General
  • Ayman Mohyeldin, SIS/BA 鈥00, 鈥⊿IS/MA 鈥01,听Journalist, NBC News and MSNBC; Host,听Ayman; Former anchor,听Ayman Mohyeldin Reports
  • Ed O鈥橩eefe, SPA/BA 鈥05,听Senior White House and Political Correspondent, CBS News; Former congressional reporter,听The Washington Post
  • Kathy Reichs, CAS/BA 鈥70,听Author (Bare Bones, D茅j脿 Dead); Writer/Producer, FOX-TV鈥檚听Bones
  • Suzanne Scott, SPA/BA 鈥88,听CEO, Fox News
  • Judy Sheindlin, SPA/BA 鈥63,听Television Court Show Judge,听Judge Judy
  • Cecilia Vega, SOC/BA 鈥99,听Emmy Award-winning journalist; Correspondent,听60 Minutes
  • Charlie Wachtel, SOC/BA 鈥08,听Co-Writer,听BlacKkKlansman;听Academy Award Winner
  • Trey Yingst, SOC/BA 鈥16,听Chief Foreign Correspondent,听Fox News
  • Max Brooks, SOC/MA 鈥97,听Author and Actor
  • Patrick Butler, SOC/MA听鈥96,听President and CEO, America鈥檚听Public Television Stations (APTS)
  • Neil Cavuto, SOC/MA 鈥82,听Fox News Commentator, Author of听Your Money or Your Life
  • Elizabeth Chomko, CAS/BA 鈥04,听Actor, Director, Playwright, Screenwriter
  • Meg DeLoatch, CAS/BA 鈥90,听Former Executive Producer, CBS鈥檚听The Neighborhood
  • Patricia de Stacy Harrison, CAS/BA 鈥68,听President and CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Former Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • Bob Edwards, SOC/MA 鈥72^,听First Host of NPR鈥檚听Morning Edition, Former听Host of听The Bob Edwards Show,听Former Host of NPR鈥檚听All Things Considered,听Peabody Award winner
  • Richard Ernest Thompson, CAS/BA 鈥71,听Playwright,听On Golden Pond; Academy Award Winner
  • Hallie Eisenberg, SPA/BA 鈥14,听Actress
  • Darryl Frank, SOC/MA 鈥91,听Co-President and Executive Producer, Amblin Television; Former Co-head, Dreamworks Television
  • Pauline Frederick, BA 鈥30, MA^,听Pioneering woman in 69传媒 journalism, reporter for ABC Radio and correspondent for ABC TV, where in 1946 she was promoted as first and only woman in television news
  • Danielle Gelber, SIS/MA 鈥82,听President and Founder, Acoustic Productions; Former Executive Vice President, Wolf Films and NBC Universal; Former Senior Vice President, Showtime; Former Senior Vice President, FOX
  • Eric听Gertler, WCL/JD 鈥90,听Executive Chairman and CEO,听US News and World Report
  • Clark Howard, SPA/BA 鈥76,听Host of听The Clark Howard Show,听Author
  • Tom Karsch, SPA/BA 鈥80,听Former Executive Vice President and General Manager, Turner Classic Movies
  • Pam Kaufman, SOC/BA 鈥85,听President and CEO of International Markets, Global Consumer Products & Experiences, Paramount Global; Former听President, ViacomCBS Consumer Products
  • Florence King, CAS/BA 鈥57^,听Writer for听The National Review听and best-selling author
  • Rick Leventhal, SOC/BA 鈥86,听Former Senior Correspondent, Fox News
  • Barry Levinson, SOC/BA 鈥67,听Director, Film Producer, and Screenwriter; Winner of several Emmys and an Academy Award
  • Louis Lomax, CAS/MA 鈥44^,听First African 69传媒 Television Journalist;听Author
  • Robert Morton, SOC/BA 鈥75,听Former Producer,听Late Night with David Letterman;听Emmy Award Winner
  • Nancy Meyers, SOC/BA 鈥70,听Film Writer and Director (The Parent Trap, It鈥檚 Complicated, Something鈥檚 Gotta Give, What Women Want, Saving Private Ryan,听and听The Intern)
  • Sophia Nelson, WCL/JD 鈥94,听Author, Journalist, CNN Pundit,听USA TODAY contributor; Host of 鈥淥ne America鈥 podcast
  • Mike O鈥橫eara, SOC/BA 鈥82,听Host,听The Mike O鈥Meara Show,听Former Co-Host,听Don and Mike Show
  • Jennifer Palmieri, SPA/BA 鈥88,听Co-Host/Producer Emmy-Nominated SHOWTIME's听The Circus; New York Times #1 Best-Selling Author;听Former White House Communications Director
  • Tara Palmeri, SOC/BA 鈥08,听Senior Political Correspondent for subscription news platform Puck
  • Nicole Petallides, SOC/BA 鈥93,听Anchor, TD Ameritrade Network; Former Anchor,听FOX Business Network
  • Giuliana Rancic, SOC/MA 鈥97,听Celebrity News Personality, E! Networks; Daytime Emmy Award winner
  • Janet Rodriguez, SOC/BA 鈥06,听Internal Communications Manager, WhatsApp; Former Fellow, AU's Sine Institute of Policy and Politics
  • Benjamin Salisbury, SOC/BA 鈥03,听Actor,听The Nanny
  • Willard Scott, CAS/BA 鈥55^,听Television Personality,听The Today Show;听Original Creator and Potrayor of Ronald McDonald
  • Steve Scully, SOC/BA 鈥82,听Host, Sirius XM's听The Briefing with Steve Scully; Former Host, Political Editor, Senior Producer, C-SPAN's听Washington Journal
  • Tom Shales, SOC/BA 鈥67^,听Former TV critic,听The Washington Post; 1988 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Criticism听
  • Cal Thomas, CAS/BS 鈥77,听Former Panelist, Fox News Channel鈥檚听Fox News Watch
  • Ernest Thompson, CAS/BA 鈥71,听Playwright, Actor, Academy Award Winner
  • Kenneth Walsh, SOC/MA 鈥70,听White House Correspondent,听US News & World Report; Former president of the White House Correspondents鈥 Association; author听
  • Russell Williams II, SOC/BA 鈥74,听Production Sound Mixer; two-time Academy Award Winner (first African 69传媒 to win two Academy Awards in any category); Professor and Distinguished Artist in Residence, 69传媒 University
  • Brian Wilson, SOC/MA 鈥97,听Former Anchor and Reporter, Fox News

^ deceased

Government, Politics, & Law

Sarah McBride

Sarah McBride SPA/BA 鈥13

First Openly Transgender Member of Congress

It was through my experiences, as a whole, here at 69传媒 that I was able to find not only my voice, but my courage--the courage to fight for what I believe to be right and the courage to both live my truth and dream big dreams all at the same time. It is because of this university that I am literally the person I am today.
  • Julius Maada Bio, SIS/BA 鈥99, SIS/MIS 鈥01, President, Sierra Leone
  • Muriel Bowser, SPA/MPP 鈥00, Mayor, Washington, DC
  • Julia Brownley, Kogod/MBA 鈥79, US Representative for California鈥檚 26th Congressional District
  • Koko Kondo (born Tanimoto), CAS/BA 鈥69, Prominent atomic bomb survivor (Hiroshima), international peace activist
  • Lori Lightfoot, WSP听鈥83, Former Mayor of Chicago; First LGBTQ+ Black woman elected mayor of a major US city
  • James McGovern, CAS/BA 鈥81, SPA/MPA 鈥84, US Representative for Massachusetts鈥櫶2nd Congressional District
  • Keith Mitchell, CAS/PhD 鈥80, Former Prime Minister, Grenada
  • Connie Morella, CAS/MA 鈥67, Former United States Ambassador to the OECD, Former US Representative for Maryland鈥檚 8th Congressional District
  • Stacey Plaskett, WCL/JD 鈥94, Delegate to the House of Representatives from the US Virgin Islands鈥 at-large district
  • Paul Ryan, WSP 鈥91, Former Speaker, US House of Representatives
  • Haley Stevens, SPA/BA 鈥05, CAS/MA 鈥07, US Representative for Michigan's 11th Congressional District
  • Pongpol Adireksarn, SIS/MA 鈥66, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand
  • Liliana Ayalde, SIS/BA 鈥78, Former United States Ambassador to Brazil
  • Masrour Barzani, SIS/BA 鈥97, Prime Minister, Kurdistan Region
  • Justin Bibb, SPA/BA 鈥09, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
  • Walter Boomer, Kogod/MS 鈥73, Marine Corps General and Commanding Officer of all Marines in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
  • Terrence Boyle, WCL/JD 鈥70, Former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  • Chaturon Chaisang, CAS/MA 鈥90, Former Minister of Justice, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Education, Thailand
  • Allen Michael Chastanet, CAS/MA 鈥90, Former Prime Minister, Saint Lucia
  • Sam Cho, SIS/BA 鈥13, Commission President, Port of Seattle;听听Director of Strategic Initiatives,听Office of the Mayor, City of Seattle, Washington听
  • John B. Craig, SIS/BA 鈥67, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism under President George W. Bush, Former United States Ambassador to Oman
  • Arturo Cruz, Jr., SIS/BA 鈥74, Former Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States
  • Amy Dacey, SPA/MA 鈥95, Executive Director, AU鈥檚 Sine Institute of Policy & Politics; Former CEO, Democratic National Committee
  • Cari Dominguez, SIS/BA 鈥71, SIS/MA 鈥77, 12th Chair of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • Kenneth Duberstein, SPA/MA 鈥66^, White House Chief of Staff under President Ronald Reagan
  • David Dunn, SIS/MA 鈥74, Former United States Ambassador to Togo and Zambia
  • Iv谩n Duque M谩rquez, WCL/LLM 鈥04, Former President of Colombia
  • Norm Early, SPA/BA 鈥67^听, Colorado鈥檚 First Black District Attorney
  • Adam Ebbin, SPA/BA 鈥85, First Openly Gay State Senator (Virginia)听
  • Murat Salim Esenli, SPA/BA 鈥84, Ambassador from Turkey to Italy, Former Ambassador from Turkey to China
  • Eileen Filler-Corn, WCL/JD 鈥93, 56th (and first woman) Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
  • Arthur Flemming, SPA/MA 鈥28^, Former United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Kogod/MA 鈥02, Former Prime Minister, Guinea
  • Quentin Fulks, SPA/MA 鈥15听, Principal Deputy Campaign Manager Biden/ Harris 2024
  • Marc Ginsberg, SPA/BA 鈥73, Former United States Ambassador to Morocco
  • Christopher Goldthwait, SIS/BA 鈥71, Former United States Ambassador to Chad
  • Reno Harnish, SIS/MA 鈥75, Former United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan
  • Shammara Henderson, CAS/BA 鈥04听, Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals;听first African 69传媒 woman to serve on New Mexico's Court of Appeals
  • Claude Hilton, WCL/JD 鈥66, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • Lawrence Hogan Sr., SOC/MA 鈥66^, Former US Representative for Maryland鈥檚 5th Congressional District
  • Yumi Hogan, CAS/MFA 鈥10, Former First Lady of Maryland
  • Cameron Hume, WCL/JD 鈥75, Former United States Ambassador to Algeria, South Africa, and Indonesia
  • Hubert Horatio 鈥淪kip鈥听Humphrey III, SPA/BA 鈥65, Former politician, son of United States Vice President Hubert Humphrey
  • Herman Jay Cohen, SIS/MA 鈥62, Former United States Ambassador to Gambia and Senegal, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
  • Petra Kelly, SIS/BA 鈥70^, Founder, Germany鈥檚 Green Party
  • Sheik听Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, SPA/BA 鈥92, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Bahrain
  • John Albert Knebel, WCL/JD 鈥65, United States Secretary of Agriculture under President Gerald Ford
  • Patricia Laverley, SIS/BA 鈥93, SPA/MPA听鈥03, Deputy Minister of Finance,听Republic of Sierra Leone
  • The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee, SOC/BA 鈥73, WCL/JD 鈥76, WCL/Hon. LLD 鈥03听, Judge, US District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia (Retired)听
  • Nizar Bin Obaid Madani, SIS/MA 鈥71, SIS/PhD 鈥77, Former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Juan Mari Bras, WCL/JD 鈥54^, Founder, Puerto Rican Socialist Party
  • Betsy Markey, SPA/MA 鈥83, Former Executive Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade; Former US Representative, Colorado鈥檚 4th Congressional District; Former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security
  • A. Donald McEachin, SPA/BS 鈥82 ^, US Representative for Virginia鈥檚 4th Congressional District
  • Jennifer Morgan, SIS/MA 鈥92, Germany鈥檚 first Special Envoy for International Climate Action
  • Dambisa Moyo, CAS/BS 鈥91, Kogod/MBA 鈥92, Hon. DHL 鈥22听, Economist; Author; Member, House of Lords
  • Samuel Lewis Navarro, Kogod/MBA 鈥81, Former First Vice President and Foreign Minister, Panama
  • Ron Nessen, CAS/BA 鈥59^, White House Press Secretary under President Gerald Ford
  • Vincent Obsitnik, Kogod/MBA 鈥69, Former United States Ambassador to Slovakia
  • Alice Paul, WCL/LLM 鈥27, 听PhD 鈥28^, Feminist, Author of the Equal Rights Amendment
  • Joan Plaisted, SIS/BA 鈥67, SIS/MA听鈥69, Former United States Ambassador to Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Kiribati; Former Senior Advisor to the US Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Sharon Prost, WCL/JD 鈥79, Former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Lily Qi, Kogod/MBA 鈥01, Delegate,听Maryland General Assembly; First Chinese Immigrant Elected to Office in Maryland
  • Omar Samad, SOC/BA 鈥90, Former Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive of Afghanistan; Former Afghan Ambassador to Canada, then France;听Former CNN analyst
  • Nicholas Sarwark, WCL/JD 鈥08, Former Chairman, US Libertarian Party
  • Donna Shalala, WSP 鈥61, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; Former President, University of Miami; Former US Representative for Florida's 27th Congressional District
  • Warren Silver, WCL/JD 鈥73, Former State Supreme Court Justice, Maine
  • Julianne Smith, SIS/MA 鈥95听, US听Representative to NATO
  • Sean Spicer, WSP 鈥92, Former White House Press Secretary
  • Paul Strauss, SPA/BA 鈥86, WCL/JD 鈥93, Shadow Senator from the District of Columbia
  • Kantathi Suphamongkhon, SIS/MA 鈥78, Former Foreign Minister and听Member of Parliament, Kingdom of Thailand
  • Clyde Taylor, SIS/MA 鈥61, Former Executive Director of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation; former US Ambassador to Costa Rica; former听US Ambassador to Paraguay
  • Lawrence Palmer Taylor, CAS/MA 鈥69, Former United States Ambassador to Estonia
  • Desson Thomson, SOC/BA 鈥80, White House Speechwriter for President Barack Obama
  • Vaishali Udupa, WCL/JD 鈥00, Former听Commissioner for Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Richard Verma, WCL/JD 鈥93, Former United States Ambassador to India
  • Reggie Walton, WCL/JD 鈥74, Senior Judge, US District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Susan听Wild, SPA/BA 鈥78, US Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District
  • Dessima Williams, SIS/MA 鈥85, President of the Senate of Grenada, Former Ambassador to the United Nations听from Grenada
  • Curtin Winsor, Jr., SIS/MA 鈥64, SIS/PhD 鈥71, Former United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
  • Yiaway Yeh, SPA/BA 鈥00, Former City Councilmember and Mayor, Palo Alto, California听

^ deceased

Nonprofits

Valerie Guarnieri

Valerie Guarnieri SIS/MA 鈥96

Deputy Executive Director for Programme and Policy Development, United Nations World Food Programme

I鈥檝e had these opportunities鈥攁 great adventure鈥攖o travel the world, provide real meaningful support to people, live and work in many countries.
  • Mark Bergel, CAS/MS听鈥87, CAS/PhD听鈥96, Co-Founder, The Shared Humanity Project; Founder, A Wider Circle
  • Mark Bucher, SPA/BA 鈥90, Founder, Feed the Fridge and We Care, Inc.听
  • Ram贸n Cruz, SIS/BA 鈥98, President, Sierra Club
  • Janethe Pe帽a, SIS/BA听鈥02, Founder, Executive Director, and CEO, DC Doors
  • Wendy Young, WCL/JD 鈥88, SIS/MA 鈥89, President, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
  • Dan Mathews, CAS/BA 鈥85, Former Senior Vice President, PETA; Author
  • Rachel Micah-Jones, WCL/JD 鈥03, Founder and Executive Director, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante Inc.
  • John Prendergast, SIS/MA 鈥90, Founding Director,听The ENOUGH Project;听Co-founder,听The Sentry;听Former Director for African Affairs, The National Security Council

Sports

David Aldridge

David Aldridge SOC/BA 鈥87

Editor, The Athletic; Former Sportscaster and Columnist, TNT

  • Debra Lerner Cohen, CAS/BA '77,听Principal Owner, Washington Nationals
  • Avram Glazer, WCL/JD 鈥85, Executive Co-Chairman, Manchester United Football Club; Owner, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Bryan Glazer, SOC/BA 鈥86, Owner and Co-Chairman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Darcie听Glazer听Kassewitz, CAS/BA 鈥90, Owner and President, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Foundation and Glazer Vision Foundation
  • Joel Glazer, SPA/BA 鈥89, Owner and Co-Chairman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Andre Ingram, CAS/BA 鈥07, Professional Basketball Player, NBA G League; Point Guard, Los Angeles Lakers
  • Mark Murphy, Kogod/MBA 鈥83, President and CEO, Green Bay Packers; Former Safety, Washington Redskins
  • Obaahemaa (Ohemaa) Nyanin, SOC-SIS/BA 鈥09, SPA/MS 鈥09, General Manager, WNBA's Golden State Valkyries
  • Penny Vinik, SIS/BA 鈥84, Co-Owner, Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Kermit Washington, CAS/BA 鈥73, Former Professional Basketball Player; First-Round Draft Choice of the Los Angeles Lakers, 1973
  • Nur Ali, SIS/BA 鈥98, Race Car Driver, ARCA Racing Series
  • Julie Andreeff Jensen, SPA/BA 鈥95, WCL/JD 鈥02, Founder and Co-CEO, Jasper Advisors; Former Senior Vice President for External Engagement and Communications, Washington Commanders
  • Gabriella Cs茅pe, Kogod/BSBA 鈥96, Swimmer, 1988 and 1992 Olympics
  • Andy Dolich, SPA/BA 鈥69, President, Dolich Consulting; COO, Fan Controlled Football League; Former COO, San Francisco 49ers; Former President and COO, Golden State Warriors; Former Executive Vice President, Oakland Athletics
  • Jamie Erdahl, SOC/BA 鈥11, Reporter, NFL Network and CBS Sports
  • Josh Glenn, SIS/BA 鈥08, Professional Wrestler, NCAA Champion, Three-Time All-69传媒
  • Steven Goldstein, Kogod/BSBA 鈥93, Race Car Driver, Formula 2000 Champion
  • Frank Herzog, SPA/BA 鈥72, Voice of the Washington Redskins, 1979鈥2004
  • Sunny Hobbs, SIS/BA 鈥92, Professional Race Car Driver
  • Frederik Hviid, CAS/BA 鈥97, Swimmer, 1996 and 2000 Olympics
  • Avery John, Kogod/BSBA 鈥98, Former Professional Soccer Player
  • Kurt Kuykendall, SPA/BS 鈥74, Former Professional Soccer Player;听subject of the movie听For the Glory
  • Debra Lerner Cohen, CAS/BA 鈥77, Principal Owner, Washington Nationals
  • Sergio L贸pez Mir贸, CAS/BS 鈥92, Bronze Medalist, Swimming, 1988 Olympics
  • Caylee Watson, SPA/BA 鈥17, Swimmer, 2016 Summer Olympics
  • Ron Weber, SPA/BA 鈥54, SPA/MA 鈥64, Original Voice of the Washington Capitals, 1974-1997; Hockey Hall of Fame, Broadcasters' Wing Honoree
  • Bram Weinstein, SOC/BA 鈥95, Voice of The Washington Commanders

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photo courtesy of Sarah McBride

Alumni

AU Alumni Among 2024 Election Winners听

Sarah McBride, SPA/BA 鈥13, will become the first openly transgender member of Congress.

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Camila DeChalus, White House Reporter for CNN

Communications

From AU to the White House: Camila DeChalus鈥 Journey to Political Journalism

Camila DeChalus, SOC/BA 鈥16 reflects on the challenges of covering the White House for CNN, the value of diverse perspectives, and her path to uncovering stories that shape our world.

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Bram Weinstein stands along the sidelines of Northwest Stadium. Photo by Jeff Watts.

Athletics

A Voice for the Fans

Bram Weinstein, SOC/BA 鈥95, the radio voice of the Washington Commanders, helps preview the DC football team鈥檚 upcoming season.

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