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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.

Arts & Sciences

Lonnie Bunch

Lonnie BunchCAS/BA ’74, CAS/MA ’76

14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

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

^ deceased

Business & Economy

Mong-Yong Chung

Mong-Yong ChungKogod/MBA ’91

Chairman, Hyundai Sungwoo Holdings

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

^ deceased

Entertainment & Media

Susan Zirinsky

Susan Zirinsky SOC/BA ’74

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

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

^ deceased

Government, Politics, & Law

Sarah McBride

Sarah McBride SPA/BA ’13

First Openly Transgender Member of Congress

It was through my experiences, as a whole, here at American 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 ’99, SIS/MIS ’01, President, Sierra Leone
  • Muriel Bowser, SPA/MPP ’00, Mayor, Washington, DC
  • Julia Brownley, Kogod/MBA ’79, US Representative for California’s 26th Congressional District
  • Koko Kondo (born Tanimoto), CAS/BA ’69, Prominent atomic bomb survivor (Hiroshima), international peace activist
  • Lori Lightfoot, WSP’83, Former Mayor of Chicago; First LGBTQ+ Black woman elected mayor of a major US city
  • James McGovern, CAS/BA ’81, SPA/MPA ’84, US Representative for Massachusetts’2nd Congressional District
  • Keith Mitchell, CAS/PhD ’80, Former Prime Minister, Grenada
  • Connie Morella, CAS/MA ’67, Former United States Ambassador to the OECD, Former US Representative for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District
  • Stacey Plaskett, WCL/JD ’94, Delegate to the House of Representatives from the US Virgin Islands’ at-large district
  • Paul Ryan, WSP ’91, Former Speaker, US House of Representatives
  • Haley Stevens, SPA/BA ’05, CAS/MA ’07, US Representative for Michigan's 11th Congressional District
  • Pongpol Adireksarn, SIS/MA ’66, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand
  • Liliana Ayalde, SIS/BA ’78, Former United States Ambassador to Brazil
  • Masrour Barzani, SIS/BA ’97, Prime Minister, Kurdistan Region
  • Justin Bibb, SPA/BA ’09, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
  • Walter Boomer, Kogod/MS ’73, Marine Corps General and Commanding Officer of all Marines in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
  • Terrence Boyle, WCL/JD ’70, Former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  • Chaturon Chaisang, CAS/MA ’90, Former Minister of Justice, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Education, Thailand
  • Allen Michael Chastanet, CAS/MA ’90, Former Prime Minister, Saint Lucia
  • Sam Cho, SIS/BA ’13, Commission President, Port of Seattle;Director of Strategic Initiatives,Office of the Mayor, City of Seattle, Washington
  • John B. Craig, SIS/BA ’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 ’74, Former Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States
  • Amy Dacey, SPA/MA ’95, Executive Director, AU’s Sine Institute of Policy & Politics; Former CEO, Democratic National Committee
  • Cari Dominguez, SIS/BA ’71, SIS/MA ’77, 12th Chair of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • Kenneth Duberstein, SPA/MA ’66^, White House Chief of Staff under President Ronald Reagan
  • David Dunn, SIS/MA ’74, Former United States Ambassador to Togo and Zambia
  • Iván Duque Márquez, WCL/LLM ’04, Former President of Colombia
  • Norm Early, SPA/BA ’67^, Colorado’s First Black District Attorney
  • Adam Ebbin, SPA/BA ’85, First Openly Gay State Senator (Virginia)
  • Murat Salim Esenli, SPA/BA ’84, Ambassador from Turkey to Italy, Former Ambassador from Turkey to China
  • Eileen Filler-Corn, WCL/JD ’93, 56th (and first woman) Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
  • Arthur Flemming, SPA/MA ’28^, Former United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Kogod/MA ’02, Former Prime Minister, Guinea
  • Quentin Fulks, SPA/MA ’15, Principal Deputy Campaign Manager Biden/ Harris 2024
  • Marc Ginsberg, SPA/BA ’73, Former United States Ambassador to Morocco
  • Christopher Goldthwait, SIS/BA ’71, Former United States Ambassador to Chad
  • Reno Harnish, SIS/MA ’75, Former United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan
  • Shammara Henderson, CAS/BA ’04, Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals;first African American woman to serve on New Mexico's Court of Appeals
  • Claude Hilton, WCL/JD ’66, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • Lawrence Hogan Sr., SOC/MA ’66^, Former US Representative for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District
  • Yumi Hogan, CAS/MFA ’10, Former First Lady of Maryland
  • Cameron Hume, WCL/JD ’75, Former United States Ambassador to Algeria, South Africa, and Indonesia
  • Hubert Horatio “Skip”Humphrey III, SPA/BA ’65, Former politician, son of United States Vice President Hubert Humphrey
  • Herman Jay Cohen, SIS/MA ’62, Former United States Ambassador to Gambia and Senegal, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
  • Petra Kelly, SIS/BA ’70^, Founder, Germany’s Green Party
  • SheikSalman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, SPA/BA ’92, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Bahrain
  • John Albert Knebel, WCL/JD ’65, United States Secretary of Agriculture under President Gerald Ford
  • Patricia Laverley, SIS/BA ’93, SPA/MPA’03, Deputy Minister of Finance,Republic of Sierra Leone
  • The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee, SOC/BA ’73, WCL/JD ’76, WCL/Hon. LLD ’03, Judge, US District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia (Retired)
  • Nizar Bin Obaid Madani, SIS/MA ’71, SIS/PhD ’77, Former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Juan Mari Bras, WCL/JD ’54^, Founder, Puerto Rican Socialist Party
  • Betsy Markey, SPA/MA ’83, Former Executive Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade; Former US Representative, Colorado’s 4th Congressional District; Former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security
  • A. Donald McEachin, SPA/BS ’82 ^, US Representative for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District
  • Jennifer Morgan, SIS/MA ’92, Germany’s first Special Envoy for International Climate Action
  • Dambisa Moyo, CAS/BS ’91, Kogod/MBA ’92, Hon. DHL ’22, Economist; Author; Member, House of Lords
  • Samuel Lewis Navarro, Kogod/MBA ’81, Former First Vice President and Foreign Minister, Panama
  • Ron Nessen, CAS/BA ’59^, White House Press Secretary under President Gerald Ford
  • Vincent Obsitnik, Kogod/MBA ’69, Former United States Ambassador to Slovakia
  • Alice Paul, WCL/LLM ’27, PhD ’28^, Feminist, Author of the Equal Rights Amendment
  • Joan Plaisted, SIS/BA ’67, SIS/MA’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 ’79, Former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Lily Qi, Kogod/MBA ’01, Delegate,Maryland General Assembly; First Chinese Immigrant Elected to Office in Maryland
  • Omar Samad, SOC/BA ’90, Former Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive of Afghanistan; Former Afghan Ambassador to Canada, then France;Former CNN analyst
  • Nicholas Sarwark, WCL/JD ’08, Former Chairman, US Libertarian Party
  • Donna Shalala, WSP ’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 ’73, Former State Supreme Court Justice, Maine
  • Julianne Smith, SIS/MA ’95, USRepresentative to NATO
  • Sean Spicer, WSP ’92, Former White House Press Secretary
  • Paul Strauss, SPA/BA ’86, WCL/JD ’93, Shadow Senator from the District of Columbia
  • Kantathi Suphamongkhon, SIS/MA ’78, Former Foreign Minister andMember of Parliament, Kingdom of Thailand
  • Clyde Taylor, SIS/MA ’61, Former Executive Director of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation; former US Ambassador to Costa Rica; formerUS Ambassador to Paraguay
  • Lawrence Palmer Taylor, CAS/MA ’69, Former United States Ambassador to Estonia
  • Desson Thomson, SOC/BA ’80, White House Speechwriter for President Barack Obama
  • Vaishali Udupa, WCL/JD ’00, FormerCommissioner for Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Richard Verma, WCL/JD ’93, Former United States Ambassador to India
  • Reggie Walton, WCL/JD ’74, Senior Judge, US District Court for the District of Columbia
  • SusanWild, SPA/BA ’78, US Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District
  • Dessima Williams, SIS/MA ’85, President of the Senate of Grenada, Former Ambassador to the United Nationsfrom Grenada
  • Curtin Winsor, Jr., SIS/MA ’64, SIS/PhD ’71, Former United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
  • Yiaway Yeh, SPA/BA ’00, Former City Councilmember and Mayor, Palo Alto, California

^ deceased

Nonprofits

Valerie Guarnieri

Valerie Guarnieri SIS/MA ’96

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

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

Sports

David Aldridge

David Aldridge SOC/BA ’87

Editor, The Athletic; Former Sportscaster and Columnist, TNT

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

Alumni News

photo courtesy of Sarah McBride

Alumni

AU Alumni Among 2024 Election Winners

Sarah McBride, SPA/BA ’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’ Journey to Political Journalism

Camila DeChalus, SOC/BA ‘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 ’95, the radio voice of the Washington Commanders, helps preview the DC football team’s upcoming season.

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