The list of Elliott School of International Affairs people includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with the Elliott School of International Affairs of the George Washington University, located in Washington, D.C.
Among its alumni count numerous ambassadors, diplomats, politicians, and public figures, including Chang Dae-whan (former Prime Minister of South Korea), Tammy Duckworth (sitting U.S. Senator), Rose Gottemoeller (current Deputy-General of NATO), Ciarán Devane (current Chief Executive of the British Council), and John Shalikashvili (former Supreme Allied Commander). Notable faculty has included Christopher A. Kojm, chairman of the National Intelligence Council under President Obama, Moudud Ahmed, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Amitai Etzioni, former president of the American Sociological Association, William J. Crowe, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and S. M. Krishna, Foreign Minister of India, among numerous others.
Alumni
Journalism
Adam Ciralsky- Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning journalist of 60 Minutes and NBC News Kasie Hunt (BA '06) – MSNBC and NBC News correspondent Diana B. Henriques (BA '69) – Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times journalist Matt Medved – Spin editor-in-chief Josh Rogin – CNN political analyst, Bloomberg View foreign policy analyst Kim A. Snyder (BA 83) – Variety Magazine contributor, director of Sundance Film Festival-nominated documentary I Remember Me
Diplomacy
Michael Punke – U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization
Kurt Volker (MA '87) – U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Joseph Prueher (MA '69) U.S. Ambassador to China
Edward "Skip" Gnehm – U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait and Australia
Richard L. Baltimore – U.S. Ambassador to Oman
Lyle Franklin Lane – U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay and Paraguay
Robert P. Jackson – U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Cameroon
David H. Shinn (MA '64) – U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso
Francis Terry McNamara (MA '72) – U.S. Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe Marisa Lino (MA '72) – U.S. Ambassador to Albania Cresencio S. Arcos Jr. – U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Elliott Charng – Taiwanese Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, and India
Law
Andrew P. Bakaj (BA '03) – Former Department of Defense and CIA Official; lead counsel for the Whisteblower during the Impeachment Inquiry and the subsequent Impeachment of President Donald Trump. Miguel Méndez (AB '62) – Stanford Law School legal scholar, Deputy Director of California Rural Legal Assistance Denise Krepp (BA '95) – Chief Counsel for the United States Maritime Administration Neil Thomas Proto (MA '69) – General Counsel to President Jimmy Carter on Nuclear Safety, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in London
Politics
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (F.S. '03), current President of Croatia (2015–present) Chang Dae-whan (MA '74) – Prime Minister of South Korea Tammy Duckworth (MA '96) – U.S. Senator from Illinois Jeremiah Denton (MA '64) – U.S. Senator from Alabama Sam Johnson (MS '74) – U.S. Congressman from Texas Bob Barr (MA '72) – U.S. Congressman from Georgia Arifa Khalid Pervaiz – Congresswoman of the National Assembly of Pakistan Sara Gideon (BA '94) – Speaker of the House of Representatives of Maine K. T. McFarland (BA '73) – Deputy National Security Advisor Khatuna Kalmakhelidze (MA '07) – Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance of the Republic of Georgia William Timmons – South Carolina State Senator Caroline Simmons – member of President Barack Obama's Transition Team Stephen Maitland – Pennsylvania State Representative David Crowley – Cincinnati, Ohio City Councilman and Vice-Mayor Linda Melconian – Massachusetts State Senator Robert J. Winglass – Maine State Representative Jennifer Shasky Calvery – Director of the U.S. Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Philip S. Smith – member of the Republican National Committee William Timmons – South Carolina State Senator
Economics
Richard Carson – most-cited environmental economist in the world
Business
Michael Punke – Vice President of Amazon Web Services, former U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Danny Sebright – President of the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council, former Policy Director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense David A. Nadler – Vice-Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies