Hoyas in Public Service

Georgetown celebrated the hundreds of Hoyas working and serving in Congress with an event at the Capitol with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. John Barrasso (C’74) and four other members.

John T. Monahan (C’83, L’87), whose career has focused on government programs that serve vulnerable populations in the United States and internationally, has held executive appointments across three presidential administrations.

Alvaro Bedoya, founding director of Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology and visiting professor, researches the importance of privacy for people of color, immigrants and working people.

Professor of Public Policy and Economics Adriana Kugler, who researches public policies, unemployment and immigration, previously served as chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor during the Obama Administration.

The McCourt School’s Institute of Politics and Public Service fellows program connects students to the biggest names in politics through weekly discussion groups, office hours and student strategy teams.

Timothy Torres (G’21), an active-duty U.S. Army officer, will use economic, diplomatic, policy and storytelling tools to help the next generation avoid the kinds of wars he fought in.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (SFS’09), D-Georgia, discussed how his Georgetown experience informs his career in public service at the School of Foreign Service’s first in-person event since the pandemic began.

Joel Caston, a longtime mentor, instructor and leader at the DC Jail, will represent the jail’s residents and neighbors on a Ward 7 Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

GU Politics hosted some of Washington’s heavy hitters in journalism and politics to close out its fifth year of connecting Georgetown students with leaders in public service.

The commitment from alumnus and entrepreneur Frank H. McCourt Jr., advances the school’s efforts to build a diverse pipeline of leaders poised to strengthen our civic architecture.