This list of School of Foreign Service alumni includes the alumni of undergraduate and graduate programs of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. The school's total alumni number over 30,000.
Among its alumni count dozens of ambassadors, diplomats, politicians, and public figures including former U.S. President Bill Clinton, King Felipe VI of Spain, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño, among numerous others.
Note:
Individuals who may belong in multiple sections appear only in one, typically that of greater significance. An empty class year or school/degree box indicates that the information is unknown.
* Indicates the alumnus or alumna attended but did not graduate (includes years of attendance)
Legend:
- SFS – Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (undergraduate)
- MSFS – Master of Science in Foreign Service (graduate)
- SSP – Master of Arts (M.A.) in Security Studies (graduate)
- GHD – Master of Global Human Development (graduate)
- MAAS – M.A. in Arab Studies (graduate)
- MASIA – M.A. in Asian Studies (graduate)
- MAGES – M.A. in German and European Studies (graduate)
- MAERES – M.A. in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (graduate)
- MALAS – M.A. in Latin American Studies (graduate)
Academia edit
| Name | Class year | Program/ degree |
Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debora L. Spar | 1984 | SFS | President of Barnard College, 2008–present | [1] |
| B. Joseph White | 1969 | SFS | President of the University of Illinois, 2005–09 President of the University of Michigan, 2002 (interim) |
[2] |
Business edit
| Name | Class year | Program/ degree |
Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Goei | 1993 | SFS | CEO of Altice | [3] |
| Anne Dias-Griffin | 1992 | SFS | Chicago-based investor and philanthropist | [4] |
| Darcy Olsen | 1993 | SFS | CEO of the Goldwater Institute | |
| Tony Ressler | 1981 | SFS | Co-founder of Apollo Global Management and Ares Management; co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Brewers. | [5][6] |
| Chris Sacca | 1997 | SFS | Venture capitalist, philanthropist, political activist | [7] |
| Marcus Wallenberg | 1977 | SFS | International banker and industrialist | [8] |
Government edit
Heads of state and government edit
| Name | Class year | Program/ degree |
Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah II bin al-Hussein | 1987 | MSFS |  King of Jordan, 1999–present
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[9] |
| Ricardo Arias | 1935 | SFS |  President of Panama, 1955–56
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[10] |
| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | 1968 | SFS |  President of the Philippines, 2001–10
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[11] |
| José Manuel Barroso | 1998 | MSFS |  President of the European Commission, 2004–2014  Prime Minister of Portugal, 2002–04
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[12] |
| Bill Clinton | 1968 | SFS |  President of the United States, 1993–2001
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[13] |
| King Felipe VI | 1995 | MSFS |  King of Spain, 2014–present
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[14] |
| Željko Komšić | 1982 | SFS |  Tripartite President of Bosnia, 2006–present
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[15] |
| Dalia Grybauskaitė | 1990 |  President of Lithuania, 2009–present
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[16] | |
| Alfonso López Michelsen | SFS |  President of Colombia, 1974–78
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[17] | |
| Galo Plaza | 1929 | SFS |  4th Secretary General of the Organization of American States, 1968–75  President of Ecuador, 1948–52
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[18] |
United States Government Officials edit
United States executive branch officials edit
- Steve Bannon (1983), White House Chief Strategist Counselor to the President, Trump administration.
- Philip Bilden (1986) Secretary of the Navy nominee in the Trump administration
- Matthew A. Reynolds (1986), former Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (2008–2009)
- Margaret Weichert (1989) Deputy Director for Management in the Office of Management and Budget, Director of Federal Office of Personnel Management
- Paula Tufro (MSFS’06), former Director for Development and Democracy, National Security Council
- Dennis Wilder (MSFS’79), former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asian Affairs, National Security Council
- David Addington (SFS’78), Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney
- Courtney Beale (SFS’02), Senior Director for Global Engagement at the National Security Council
- Victoria Espinel (SFS’89), former Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of the President; Chief Executive of the Software Industry Trade Group BSA
- Jason Foley (MSFS’99), Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA) in USAID’s Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs
- Dana Gresham (SFS’94), Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation
- Julius Lloyd Horwich (SFS’86), Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education
- Bill Jackson (MSFS’84), Representative for Textiles, Office of US Trade Representative; former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
- Retired General James L. Jones (USMC) (SFS’66), former National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama
- Mark Medish (SFS’84), former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on National Security Council, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
- Christopher Milligan (SFS’87), Counselor to the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID), former Acting Mission Director USAID/Madagascar
- Wendy Silberman Cutler (MSFS’83), Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
U.S. cabinet secretaries edit
| Name | Class year | Program/ degree |
Cabinet Position |
Administration | Other Positions | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Clement | 1988 | SFS | Attorney General, 2007 (acting) | George W. Bush | Solicitor General, 2005–2008 | |
| Alexander Haig | 1961 | MSFS | Secretary of State, 1981–1982 | Ronald Reagan | Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 1974–1979 | |
| James L. Jones | 1966 | SFS | National Security Advisor, 2009–2010 | Barack Obama | Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2003–2006 | |
| John F. Kelly | 1984 | SSP | Chief of Staff, 2018–2019 Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017 |
Donald Trump | ||
| Denis McDonough | 1996 | MSFS | Chief of Staff, 2013–2017 | Barack Obama | Deputy National Security Advisor, 2010–2013 | |
| Mick Mulvaney | 1989 | SFS | Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 2017–present Chief of Staff, 2019–present (acting) |
Donald Trump | U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 2011–2017 | |
| Kirstjen Nielsen | 1994 | SFS | Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017–2019 | Donald Trump | ||
| George Tenet | 1976 | SFS | Director of Central Intelligence, 1996–2004 | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
U.S. ambassadors edit
- Ambassador Dennis Hankins (SFS’81), Ambassador to Guinea
- Ambassador Parker T. Hart (SFS’40), former Ambassador to Yemen, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
- Ambassador Maura Harty (SFS’81), former Ambassador to Paraguay, former Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs; President & CEO of the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
- Ambassador Todd Haskell (SFS’84), Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo
- Ambassador John Herbst (SFS’74), former Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Ukraine; Director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
- Ambassador Stuart Holliday (SFS’88), former Ambassador to the UN for Special Political Affairs; President & CEO of Meridian International Center
- Ambassador Michael S. Hoza (SFS’79), former Ambassador to Cameroon
- Ambassador Makila James (ISD Associate 2002-’03), former Ambassador to Swaziland
- Ambassador Eric G. John (SFS’82), former Ambassador to Thailand; President of Boeing Korea; Vice President of Boeing International
- Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson (SFS’32), former Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Thailand and Japan
- Ambassador Mark Johnson (SFS’68), former Ambassador to Senegal
- Ambassador Kelly Keiderling (SFS’88), Ambassador to Uruguay
- Ambassador Thomas Kelly (SFS’84, CLAS’84), former Ambassador to Djibouti
- Ambassador Lisa Kubiske (MSFS’79), former Ambassador to Honduras; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development
- Ambassador Alphonse LaPorta (SFS’60), former Ambassador to Mongolia
- Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin (SFS’79), former Ambassador to Singapore; CEO of Export Now
- Ambassador Edward B. Lawson (SFS’24, MSFS’25), former Ambassador to Iceland and Israel
- Ambassador Hugo Llorens (SFS’77), former Ambassador to Honduras; Consul General, Sydney, Australia
- Ambassador Eileen Malloy (SFS’75), former Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan; Senior Advisor on Minsk Implementation, U.S. Embassy Kyiv
- Ambassador John Maisto (CLAS’61), former Ambassador to the Organization of American States, Nicaragua, Venezuela
- Ambassador Deborah-Ann McCarthy (MSFS’79, G’79), former Ambassador to Lithuania; Executive Director of the CSIS/ICAPAA (International Career Advancement Program Alumni Association)
- Ambassador Jackson McDonald (SFS’78), former Ambassador to Gambia and Guinea
- Ambassador Jack McFall (SFS’29), former Ambassador to Finland
- Ambassador Gerald McGowan (SFS’68, L’74), former Ambassador to Portugal
- Ambassador Richard Mills, Jr. (SFS’81), former Ambassador to Armenia
- Ambassador Stephen Mull (SFS’80), former Ambassador to Poland; former U.S. Lead Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation
- Ambassador Richard Boyce Norland (SFS’77), former Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Georgia
- Ambassador Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. (SFS’50), former Ambassador to Barbados, Guatemala, Peru and Argentina
- Ambassador Virginia Palmer (SFS’83), Ambassador to Malawi
- Ambassador Mark Robert Parris (SFS’72), former Ambassador to Turkey
- Ambassador Joan Polaschik (MSFS ’93), former Ambassador to Algeria
- Ambassador Otto Reich (CLAS’73), former Ambassador to Venezuela; former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; CEO, Otto Reich Associates
- Ambassador Eric Rubin (ISD Associate 1999-’00), Ambassador to Bulgaria
- Ambassador Todd D. Robinson (SFS’85), former Ambassador to Guatemala
- Ambassador V. Manuel Rocha (MSFS’78), former Ambassador to Bolivia; President of Barrick Gold Corp. Pueblo Viejo
- Ambassador Richard Schmierer (ISD Associate 2005-’06), former Ambassador to Oman; Chairman of the Board, Middle East Policy Council
- Ambassador Nancy Soderberg (MSFS’84), former Ambassador to the United Nations; former Deputy National Security Advisor; President & CEO of Soderberg Global Solutions
- Ambassador Mark C. Storella (ISD Associate 2002-’03), former Ambassador to Zambia
- Ambassador James C. Swan (SFS’84), former Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Djibouti
- Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz (SFS’91), Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
- Ambassador Patrick Theros (SFS’63), former Ambassador to Qatar; President of the U.S.-Qatar Business Council
- Ambassador Krishna Urs (SFS’80), Ambassador to Peru
- Ambassador Viron Vaky (SFS’47), former Ambassador to Costa Rica, Colombia and Venezuela
- Ambassador Richard David Vine (SFS’49), former Ambassador to Switzerland; Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
- Ambassador C. David Welch (SFS’75), former Ambassador to Egypt; President of the Europe, Africa & Middle East division, Bechtel
- Ambassador Melissa F. Wells (SFS’56), former Ambassador to Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Estonia
Senior Officials at U.S. Department of State
- Paula Dobriansky (SFS’77), former Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs; former Special Envoy to Northern Ireland
- Patrick F. Kennedy (SFS’71), former Under Secretary for Management, State Department
- A. Wess Mitchell (MAGES’04), Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Co-Founder and former President, Center for European Political Analysis (CEPA)
- Matthew Reynolds (SFS’82), former Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
- Anne C. Richard (SFS’82), former Assistant Secretary of Population, Refugees and Migration, State Department
- Ambassador Philip Verveer (SFS’66), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
- Kenneth D. Ward (SFS’79), U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
U.S. governors edit
| Name | Class year | Program/ degree |
Governorship | Other Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toney Anaya | 1963 | SFS |  Governor of New Mexico, 1983–1987
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Attorney General of New Mexico, 1975–1978 | |
| Luis Fortuño | 1982 | SFS |  Governor of Puerto Rico, 2009–2013
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| Pat Quinn | 1971 | SFS |  Governor of Illinois, 2009–2015
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Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 2009–2015 Treasurer of Illinois, 1991–1995 |
U.S. senators edit
| Name | Class year | Program/ degree |
Office | Other Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Durbin | 1966 | SFS | U.S. Senator, Illinois, 2015–present
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Senate Democratic Whip, 2005–present U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1983–1997 |
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| Dan Sullivan | 1993 | MSFS |  U.S. Senator, Alaska, 1997–present
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Attorney General of Alaska, 2009–2010 Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, 2006–2009 |
U.S. representatives edit
| Name | Class year | Program/ degree |
Office | Other Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bauman | 1959 | SFS |  U.S. Representative, Maryland, 1973–1981
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| Henry Cuellar | 1978 | SFS |  U.S. Representative, Texas, 2005–present
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Secretary of State of Texas, 2001–2002 | |
| Debbie Dingell | 1977 | SFS |  U.S. Representative, Michigan, 2015–present
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Former president of the General Motors Foundation | |
| Mike Gallagher | 2012 | SSP |  U.S. Representative, Wisconsin, 2017–present
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| Stephanie Murphy | 2004 | MSFS |  U.S. Representative, Florida, 2017–present
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| Glenn Nye | 1996 | SFS |  U.S. Representative, Virginia, 2009–2011
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| Stacey Plaskett | 1988 | SFS |  Delegate, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2015–present
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| Phillip Sharp | 1964 | SFS |  U.S. Representative, Indiana, 1975–1995
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President of Resources for the Future, 1995–2005 | |
| Xochitl Torres Small | 2007 | SFS | U.S. Representative, New Mexico, 2019–present
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| Lori Trahan | 1995 | SFS |  U.S. Representative, Massachusetts, 2019–present
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Other United States political figures, civil servants, and activists edit
- Bill Bryant, Seattle Port Commissioner from 2008 to 2015
- Jon Ossoff, SFS '09, 2017 Democratic nominee for representative from Georgia
- Nancy Soderberg, American foreign policy strategist, member of National Security Council during Clinton Administration
- Corey Stewart, 2018 Republican nominee for senator from Virginia
Other government officials outside of the United States edit
| Name | Class year | Program/ degree |
Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adel al-Jubeir | 1984 | MSFS |  Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, 2015–2018
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| Eugen Jurzyca |  Minister of Education of Slovakia, 2010–2012
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| Tarō Kōno | 1985 | SFS |  Foreign Minister of Japan, 2017–present
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| Mushahid Hussain | 1985 | SFS |  Minister of Information and Broadcasting of Pakistan, 1997–1999Minister of Communications of Pakistan, 1993 |
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| Wang Yi | 1998 | * |  Foreign Minister of China, 2013–present
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Journalism and Media edit
- Tania Bryer (SFS '84), CNBC Executive Producer and Host
- Lulu Garcia-Navarro (SFS '94), host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday.
- Kayleigh McEnany (2010), CNN Commentator
- Daniel Henninger, columnist, Wall Street Journal
- Carl Reiner (1943), actor, film producer, film director, Emmy Award winner
- Shéhérazade Semsar de Boisséson (SFS '89, MSFS '90), CEO of Politico Europe
Law edit
- Gurbir Grewal (SFS ’95), New Jersey Attorney General
- Bill Schuette, Michigan Attorney General, 2011—2019; Rep from Michigan 1985-1991
Military edit
- John R. Allen, former Commander of International Coalition in Afghanistan, Brookings Institution President
- George Casey (1970), U.S. Army Chief of Staff
Royalty (not head of state) edit
Other edit
- Stephane Dujarric (1988), Spokesman for UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon and Antonio Guterres
- Arjun Singh Sethi (2003), civil rights writer and lawyer
- Courtney Stadd[30] (1981), NASA Chief of Staff from 2001–2003, sentenced to 41 months in federal prison
- Matthew VanDyke, freedom fighter and Prisoner of War (POW) in the 2011 Libyan Civil War
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