Alumni Blog Archive

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Carmelo Melendez stands at a podium.

GW Alumnus Awarded Highest Honor for Career Civil Servants

Carmelo Melendez received the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Service.
Aron Kershner

GW Alumnus and Goldman Sachs Managing Director Aron Kershner Emphasizes Importance of Communication

Quantitative investment portfolio manager is also an adviser of GW’s Investment Institute.
Jason Thomas headshot

GW Business Alumnus Published a Report on Top Economic Issues for 2023

Jason Thomas, M.S. ’08, Ph.D. ‘12, managing director and head of global research at The Carlyle Group authored a report “5 Questions for 2023."
Thomas J. Doherty headshot

Successful GW Engineering Alumnus Champions Giving Back

Thomas J. Doherty, SEAS B.S. ‘89, challenges former scholarship recipients to support future generations.
Meg Holland headshot.

GSEHD Alumna Wins AAUA Award for Best Dissertation

Meg Holland, M.A. ’16, Ed.D. ’22, and the assistant dean in GSEHD, received the Leo and Margaret Goodman-Malamuth Award for her dissertation.
Seung Bach headshot

GW Business Alumnus Named Dean of the Makato College of Business

Seung Bach, M.B.A. ’98, will begin the new position on July 1.
Elena Meyers Taylor at the podium

Alumna and Olympic Champion Appointed to Presidential Council

Elana Meyers Taylor was appointed to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition.
Cheryl Gittens headshot.

GSEHD Alumna Joins the Clinton Foundation as a Senior Director

Cheryl Gittens, Ed.D. ’13, joined the Clinton Foundation as senior director of learning program and partnerships.
The Leah Brock McCartney Project

GW Alumni Fundraise for Campus Art Project Honoring First Black Alumna

Two recent alumni are leading a community-wide fundraising initiative to commemorate Leah Brock McCartney with a public art project.
Alumnus Mark Shenkman and his wife, Rosalind, stand outside of his namesake residence hall on the Foggy Bottom campus.

GW Monumental Alumnus Mark Shenkman Earns Museum of American Finance’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Trustee emeritus and Leadership Advisory Council member is known as a trailblazer in loan and high-yield bond markets.