GW Alumni

The mission of GW Alumni is to strengthen alumni relationships, promote GW spirit and values, and inspire a connected global community by... 

• Creating an integrated, engaged, and spirited alumni community 

• Developing timely, consistent, and inspiring communication 

• Providing enriching, diverse, and inclusive engagement opportunities 

All GW graduates are automatically members of GW Alumni. Former undergraduate students who completed at least 60 credit hours and former graduate students who completed at least 15 credit hours may also be eligible to be members of GW Alumni. There are no membership dues and no registration is required.

Meet the GW Alumni Council

The GW Alumni Council includes accomplished alumni from diverse backgrounds who were invited to serve based on their common passion for and commitment to GW. Madeleine Jacobs, BS ’68, HON ’03, is the Chair of the GWAC.

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Joseph Alicata

GSPM MPS ’19 
Senior Policy Analyst, Government Affairs & Regulatory Strategy, Bloomberg LP
Oak Park, IL

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Asha Aravindakshan

GWSB BBA ’02
Chief Operating Officer, GlobalGiving Foundation
Elmont, NY

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Sabrina Ashjian

GWSB BBA ’01
Board Chair, Pacific Coast Region, American Red Cross
Camarillo, CA

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Vishal Aswani

SEAS BS ’10
Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
U.S. Department of Defense
Alexandria, VA

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Ryan Barnette

CCAS BA ‘06
Anesthesiologist,
Cedars Sinai
Los Angeles, CA

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Char Beales

CCAS BA ’73
President & CEO (Ret.),
CTAM Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing
Arlington, VA

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Mollie Bowman

SMPA BA ’16, MA ’17 
Managing Director, Living Links Washington, DC

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Bret Caldwell

CCAS BA ‘92, GSPM MA ‘96
Deputy Chief Of Staff
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Leesburg, VA

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Seung Chung

GWSB MS ’95
Co-Founder and CEO, Cashmere Agency
Los Angeles, CA 

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Prasun Desai

SEAS MS ’90
Senior Advisor, NASA
Fairfax, VA

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Natasha Dupee

CCAS BA ’12, GWSPH MPH '23
Executive Director, Women's Policy & Initiatives
Mayor’s Office, Washington, DC
Washington, DC

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David Earl

CCAS BA ‘09, ESIA MA ‘16
Director, Development for Center of Politics,
University of Virginia
Alexandria, VA

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Maria Fera

CCAS BA ‘15
Associate Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate,
Columbia University
Astoria, NY

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Maxwell Gocala-Nguyen

GSEHD MA ‘16
Director, Undergraduate  Recruitment & Engagement, George Mason University
Bristow, VA

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Madeleine Jacobs

CCAS BS ’68, HON ’03
President, Strategic Science
Gaithersburg, MD

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Sonni Holland

CCAS BA ’93
President and CEO, Charles Hayden Foundation
Sayreville, NJ

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Bethann Kagan

GWSB BBA ‘89
Partner, Shein Law Center
Wynnewood, PA

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Steve LaForte

ESIA BA ‘86, LAW JD ‘93
Director, Corporate Affairs & General Legal Counsel,
Cascadia Healthcare
Eagle, ID

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Christopher "Rusty" Mills

GWSB MBA ’93
Vice President (Ret.), XaaS and Cybersecurity Sales, Calian
Highlands Ranch, CO

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Amanda Notarangelo

ESIA BA ’09
Marketing Manager,
Holland & Knight LLP
Cambridge, MA

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Seung Oh

SEAS BS ’00
Business Development, Amazon
Seattle, WA 

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Felicia Rodriguez

ESIA BA ’07, ESIA MA ‘13
Programme Coordinator, Financing for Sustainable Development,
OECD
Paris, France

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Calvin Sanders

ESIA BA ‘18, GWSB MBA ‘20
Chief Financial Officer,
BOLT Staffing
Sonoma, CA

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Traci Scott

GSPM MA ‘96
National Security Coordinator Communications and Research, MITRE
Alexandria, VA

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Sharmishta Sivaramakrishnan

ESIA BA ’16
Senior Manager, Global Operations, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Singapore and Rwanda

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April Taylor

GWSPH BS ’02
Chief Operating Officer, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

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Kalpana Vissa

SPH BS ‘18, SPH MPH ‘20
Special Assistant,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General
Washington, DC