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T H E G E O R G E W A S H I N G T O N U N I V E R S I T Y
2020
2020 GRADUATION CELEBRATIONTHE SIXTEENTH OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
College of Professional Studies
The Graduate School ofPolitical Management
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER
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ALBERT R. WYNN
Albert R. Wynn is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Maryland’s 4th Congressional District. While in the House, he served on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, most recently as Chairman of its Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, and as a member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. While on the Energy and Commerce Committee, Albert also served on the Health and Telecommunications Subcommittees. In the early part of his congressional career, he was a member of the Financial Services Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee. He was appointed a Senior Democratic Whip and served as Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee (PAC).
Albert helped craft the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, in part, by adding a provision authorizing $10 billion in federal grants for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (ECBG) program to support city, county, and state initiatives for energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy. He was also able to obtain increased funding for hydrogen fuel cell research with an amendment to the FY08 Energy Appropriations Bill. As a conferee on the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Albert authored language providing for the expansion of electricity transmission networks to ensure greater reliability, increase competitive electricity rates, and promote a stronger national electricity grid. In conference, he led efforts, which added almost $3 billion to the authorization for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Albert also sponsored an amendment creating 15 demonstration projects for hydrogen production from solar, wind and nuclear energy sources.
As a member of the Subcommittee on Health, Albert worked on myriad health issues, including health information technology, the Medicare prescription drug program, Food and Drug Administration reauthorization, medical device approvals and generic drug issues. In the 110th Congress, working with various stakeholders, he advocated for the inclusion of dental benefits for children under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Albert was highly involved in the strategic planning to fund construction of the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge linking Maryland and Virginia. He also secured appropriations for a major expansion of the Washington, D.C. subway system. Additionally, Albert obtained funding for numerous federal highway and environmental projects.
As a member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Albert helped shape policy on issues of net neutrality, spectrum management and auctions, cable TV pricing and service, broadband deployment, media ownership, Federal Communications Commission oversight, telecommunication mergers, and media content.
While in Congress, Albert served as a Senior Democratic Whip, Regional Whip, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, member of the Democrats’ message team, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Task Force on Small Business, and Co-Chair of the Hydrogen and Wireless Caucuses. While there, he was selected to serve as delegate to numerous interparliamentary meetings involving both the Caribbean and EU organizations.
Prior to being elected to Congress in 1992, Albert was a Maryland State Senator and a Maryland State Delegate.
STUDENT SPEAKER
HEATHER LORRAINE SALIB, PARALEGAL STUDIES
Heather Salib is proud to be graduating from the College of Professional Studies with a master’s degree in Paralegal Studies from The George Washington University. Heather previously attained an associate degree in Radiologic Technology before going on to attain a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration. Shortly after completing her undergraduate degree, Heather joined the Peace Corps. While in the Peace Corps, Heather lived and served in the Volta Region of Ghana, West Africa working on HIV/AIDS education, girl child development, and health and hygiene education. Shortly after the close of service from the Peace Corps, Heather married and started a family. When Heather’s twin girls began middle school, it became increasingly clear that their childhood was flying by. With the girls heading to high school, Heather began to wonder what the future held for her after so many years out of the workforce. The future boiled down to one question, “What do you
love to do?” Heather decided the best thing to do was to enhance her education to become professionally relevant. She decided the Paralegal Studies Master of Professional Studies was the perfect fit. This incredibly rewarding program prepared Heather in more ways than she could have imagined. After a brief internship at a law firm to fulfill the program’s practicum requirement, Heather was hired by that law firm. After two years of hard work, making amazing life-long friends, and being associated with an unbelievable list of professors and instructional assistants, Heather is ready for an amazing and exciting future.
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AWARDS
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DR. RICHARD F. SOUTHBY POLICE SCIENCE PRIZE
Recipient: Kimberly Cecelia Lawrence, Police and Security Studies
Dr. Richard F. Southby was a faculty member at the George Washington University from 1979 to 2006, having served as department chair, associate dean, interim dean of the former School of Public Health and Health Services, distinguished professor of global health, and executive dean in the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Health Affairs. He was granted emeritus status by the Board of Trustees in 2006. Dr. Southby was the founding director of the Police Science Program in the College of Professional Studies.
The Dr. Richard F. Southby Police Science Prize is presented to an exceptional graduating student from the Bachelor of Professional Studies in Police and Security Studies program.The prize was established by Dr. Southby's wife, Dr. Janet R. Southby, Colonel, U.S. Army, Ret.
FOUNDING DEAN ARTERTON AWARD
Recipient: Kevin Michael Ryan, Legislative Affairs
The Founding Dean Arterton Award is given to the graduating student who epitomizes professional distinction and ethical conduct in political management. F. Christopher Arterton, who served as dean of the Graduate School of Political Management from its founding in 1987 to 2010, established this award to celebrate the core ideals valued by a school of professional politics.
Before joining the GSPM, Professor Arterton taught political science at Yale, MIT, and Wellesley, achieving national recognition as a scholar of American politics and as a professional pollster. As the founding dean of the GSPM, Arterton advanced his vision that, beyond teaching abstract theory, institutions of higher education have an affirmative obligation to prepare their students for practical participation in democratic governance and electoral politics. In the process, Dean Arterton created the new academic discipline of political management. Having led the merger of the school into the George Washington University, Arterton subsequently expanded the school’s curriculum of political management to include programs in legislative affairs, strategic public relations, and the politics of governance. During the 23 years of Dean Arterton’s leadership, the GSPM emerged as the foremost academic institution of applied democratic politics in the world.
MARK AND DEBBIE KENNEDY FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM AWARD
Recipient: Christopher John Matthai, Legislative Affairs
During his time leading the Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) from 2013 to 2016, the Honorable Mark Kennedy encouraged students to devote themselves to expanding the reach of freedom around the globe with the goal of making democracy work more effectively. The Mark and Debbie Kennedy Frontiers of Freedom Award recognizes the GSPM graduating student who best exhibits actions or preparations to promote or protect the expansion of political and economic freedom beyond the borders of the United States.
AWARDS
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UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS
Undergraduate Recipient: Aaron Young, Integrated Information, Science and TechnologyGraduate Recipient: Adriane Simone Brown, Strategic Public Relations
The College of Professional Studies Distinguished Scholar Awards recognize the undergraduate and graduate students who best demonstrate the college’s core competencies of strategic thinking, communication, collaboration, leadership, and ethics.
COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD
Recipient: Karen Vahouny, Strategic Public Relations
This honor is awarded to the part-time faculty member in the College of Professional Studies who has provided extraordinary service to the students and the college. The award recognizes both enlightened teaching and meritorious efforts to advance the college and its programs.
GRADUATES
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The university confers degrees three times per year but only has one commencement ceremony. The following students are candidates for degrees in course by completing degree requirements in August 2019, January 2020, or May 2020. Those who will complete degree requirements and have their degree conferred in the 2020 summer semester are marked by an asterisk.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE | CYBERSECURITY
Farhan Ahammad
Vissal Awan
Betul Bagdatli
Marija Banovic
Charlene Magbanua Bertrand
Cynthia Rosalie Borowski
Roberto Cacceda
Kevin Damion Carter
Mario Alexandre Cedillos,Jr.
Harim Cho
Riasad Chowdhury
Bahram Dinyarian Rahatabad
Jose Dominguez-Covarrubias
Foster Yaw Donyina
Lee Arthur Dowiat
Morwan Eldyrani
Anani Folly
Amina Gray
Roy Dean Hare, Jr.
Ethan Joseph Hatfield
Hamza Hussain
Manzoor Hussain
Hawa Ibrahim
Youstina Ibrahim
Reazan Medya Jaff
Karzan Jalil
Phillip Allan James
Justin Michael Johnson
Gul Waiswali Khan
Suneha Kheeva*
Je Hoon Kim
Jeong Yeon Kim
John Michael Knight
Kristina Kukarkina
Parker Ryan Lamb
Montipa Lim
Junaid Mahmud
Aya Airi Mizuki
Mohommed Zameer Mohommed Nazeer*
Shovon Datta Mojumder
Ahoura Moslehi
Lina Thi Nguyen
Arjun Nigam
Clara Isabella Novalis
Sharise Nicole Odems
Tofik Anfaro Oumer
Amarpreet Kaur Pannu
Arshpreet Kaur Pannu
Shawn Virak Pea
Farod Preston
Sameer Qureshi
Ronald Rease, Jr.
Akhil Alpoor Reddy
Jose Alberto Renteria Garza
Lizbeth Rimor
Christopher A. Rivera*
Abdul Sami
Paul Jurek Shafernich
Nacera Jasmine Shepherd
Dariush Shirvanian
Mallaly Shpoon
Gaurav Sanjay Solanki
Rania Soussi*
Kristique Lynn Storm
Sean Curtis Sweeney
Maxem Jordan Timan
Jacqueline Jahaira Vasquez Vargas
Henry Hyoung Seok Yoon
Syed Hamza Zaidi
BACHELOR’S DEGREE | INTEGRATED INFORMATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Suzan Elnur Abdalla
Amina Abdirisak Aden
Jamal Aden
Renzo Alberto Alvarez
Hasnaa Arrad
Ximena V. Balbuena
Rowland J. Bartlett
Mohan Chander Bhatt
Gatnte Bogale-Alemayehu
Jerry Fabio Butron
Madhat Shams Choudhury
Mashood Chowdhury
John Robert Diantonio
Alex Kyle Fill
Sharmarke Mohamud Hassan*
Abdirahman Abdirahim Hussein
Alex Huynh
Brayan Jerez
Andres Roberto Jovel
Norna Kan
Subhan Khalid
Birendra Kunwar
Dieter Gottfried Linder, Jr.
Brinelle Arrianna Dominique Logan
Wiyaou Mangazie
Rui Miao
Steven Moore
Niclor Pieri Mouloumba Cissala
Jihye Won Muniz
Bao Chia Thien Nguyen
Thuy Minh Nguyen, Sr.
Vincent Nguyen
Jeffrey Brock Nusser
Ujjwal Oli
Johanna Cenayda Ordonez
Elmi Salad
Maria Shamshad
Halla Suhail Shuqair
Hau Thanh Truong
Aaron Young
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BACHELOR‘S DEGREE | POLICE AND SECURITY STUDIES
Tabitha Alberti
Danny Lee Kopp
Kimberly Cecelia Lawrence
Devan Antoine Martin
Randall Alex Martinez
Frank Anthony Molino
Bruce David Ridlen
Philip Francis Schlosser
Orlando E. Treadwell
Jeremiah Weiss
MASTER’S DEGREE | CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Cecilia Cassandra Addison*
Daren Allen Anders
Afifa Asghar
Yegana Faramaz Balayeva-Baghirova
Christopher Barone
Nandanie Beharry
Rachel Amber Blanchette
Brian Emerson Bodell
Robert A. Buckles
Kevin Pavel Carter
Paulina Leanna Caton
James E. Cheeks II
Foday Junior Conteh
James Daniels
Yenmy Maricela Escobar
Amber Elizabeth Ferreira
Marissa Marie Fowler
Erik Dionicio Giron Guerrero
James Hall
Krisjon Alan Hanson
Amanda Beatrice Hernandez
Patrick Ramon Hernandez
Rick A. Herrmann
Jibran Hussain
Marie Anne Kacmarek
Shamsuddin Karimi
Tanweer Shehzad Khattak
Chul Kim
Cleandra LeSane*
Teiko Adjoa Padiki McCollough
Gabrielle Helena McCracken
Brian Arthur McGee
Lynn A. Mcknight*
Shannon Anne Moser
Alberto Wenceslas Mounguengui
Chimezie Chris Ngobili
Paul Oleksiak
Courtney M. O’Neil
Brenda Elizabeth Pacheco
Mary Eileen Paradis*
Mai Vu Hong Pham
Michael Joseph Ramirez
Jessica Nell Rehberg
Shaun Rodman
Sivashanmugam Sarangapani Sendhilvelan
Anthony Glen Smith
Ike Kim Smith
Seil Son
Jessica Taylor
Shaniqua Shanea Taylor*
Craig Thomas, Jr.
Hyacinthe U. Toupe
Everett Vance*
Robel Damtachew Worku
Brian Michael Worley
MASTER’S DEGREE | HOMELAND SECURITY / SECURITY AND SAFETY LEADERSHIP
Maath Salim Abdalhadi
Kristen Paige Alesi
Chiri Ann Armistead
Koffi Tossinou Azondjrede
Michael Edward Bagley
Ashley Kristina Barrett
Edgar Enrique Bravo, Jr.
Jessica Rose Bretton
Brett Jonathan Burton
Stephen Carroll
Brendan Cuddihee, Jr.
Patrick Cunningham
Rolando Jose De Hoyos
Jorge Luis De La O Moreno*
Christopher Anthony Esquivel
JoAnne Fischer
Alycia Jacklyn Foley
Zachary Scott Freeto
Donald Jeffrey Fuhr
Nicholas James Groesbeck
Travis Edmund Hafner
Peri Jacobsen
Kris Jimos
Nana Jonah
Kamilya Azamatovna Kamilova
Kathryn Nicole Komlenic
Noor Lach-Hab
Annie Bounthavalang Lansing
Kevin Carl Lehman, Jr.
Andrew Newton Lloyd
Hector Rolando Luque Montoya
Olga Maddalena
Lorenzo Massaro
Darrius Lee McDougal
Alfredo Molina
Ernst Motte
Grace Tragroh Nyeplu
Philip Charles Perkins
Louis Gabriel Rivera*
Jorge Luis Rivero
Christopher John Seijido
Benjamin William Simpson
David Scott Sorensen
Arcelia Staggers
Jenna M. Steele
Samantha Rae Stewart
Alexis Kathryn Sunderland
Rochelle Patricia Thomas
Alan Tubb
Benjamin Thomas Vasquez
Gabriel Francisco Vazquez
Andrey Volfson*
Laura Elizabeth Willard
Richard Zak
GRADUATES
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GRADUATES
MASTER‘S DEGREE | LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Andrew Asbury
Diana Faith Carter
Mollie Goodrich Connell
Thornton Matheson
Maggie Olson
Rebecca Wall
MASTER‘S DEGREE | LAW FIRM MANAGEMENT
Brian L. Dickson
Kyisha Dixon
Senta Virna Erbe
Heather Conway Hammond
Brenna Hampton
Rafael Macedo De Araujo
Michelle Gentry Mattera
Kurt R. Morris
Lindsay Anne Owen
Anna Eleanor Simonton
MASTER‘S DEGREE | LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Patrick Ryan Alban
Zachary Barnes
Zachary Barnett
Jeremy David Barton
Garrett Wiliam Beer
Aileen Gordy Berquist
Noah F. Brandt
Caitlin Chiaramonte
Luke A. Corbett
Wesley George Dempster
Abigail Paige Dennis
Mason Devers
Gregory Stephen Early
Ethan Easterwood
Tristan G. Felchlin
Shea Joseph Fordham*
Jake Patrick Glancy
Merrennaghe Charudh Imanga Gooneratna*
Matthew Grill
Natalia Gruenbaum
Aaron Ray Hall*
Christopher Lawrence Harvey
Paul Michael Harvey
Joseph Henderson
Steven J. Henderson
Jonathan Heppen
Michael Douglas Hoffman
Jenny Hopkinson
Ty Huffman
Naomi Faye Hunter*
Rachel Elisabeth Jenkins
Meredith Anne Jones
Mary Kathleen Lienesch
Stephen Andrew Linton-Smith
Emily Marge*
Adrienne Marks
Christopher John Matthai
John Thomas McMullen, Jr.
Dustin Wayne Medley
Anthony Michael Montoya
Eric Lamar Moton
Craig Adam Overholt
Hinson Parker Peters
Shawn Michael Pierce
Julian Marie Plamann
Andrew Pruitt
Ramon Alberto Ramirez-Velazquez*
Amanda Leigh Nash Rankin
Marc Douglas Reiter*
Kristin Lee Richmond
Jason Edward Roberts
Lindsey Maxwell Robinson
Nicholas Cody Rush
Casey Bonds Ryan
Kevin Michael Ryan
Alberto Sanchez*
Jasmine Kahani Shanti
Samara Shaeleeann Sheff
Eugene Shestakov
Nicholas James Stokely
Kevin Kuo-jia Sun
Travis Wilson Tarbox
Jeremy Tillman
Maya Ruth Troupe
Matthew Edward Valnoski
Shane Nelson Waller
Kendyl Grace Willox
MASTER‘S DEGREE | PARALEGAL STUDIES
Gwendolyn M. Adams
Jennifer Rae Bailey
Jessica Bynum
Wynter Ashley Heckstall Clarke
Theresa CoCo-Santos
La’Keisha Deas
Crystal Dawn DeVoss Mahany*
Tho Duc Dinh
Erika Michelle Dixon
Kimberly Donnelly
Farah Magdy Elherazy*
Tonisha Erskine
Sorelle Patricia Tchatue Fankam
Elizabeth Anne Foster
Glenda Rose Furlough
Elizabeth Sue Griffin
Angela Habina
Katherine Verra Haemelinck
Jenny Anne Harris
Adrena Jones
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MASTER‘S DEGREE | PARALEGAL STUDIES (CONTINUED)
Terme Kazmierski
Kellylou Kirby
Nikkita Marie Klein
Steven Lee Luhr
Keith Matthew McNally*
Theron Miller
Marissa Victoria Mondelli
Tonya Renee Neeley
Brian O’Connor
Teresa Elaine Pool
Lawrence Nii-Sarpei Quaye
Yris Y. Reyes Newby
Heather Lorraine Salib
Rachel Morgan Schmidt
Michael A. Seifert
Rachel Shaw
Tiffany Nicole Shockley
Nicolette Marie Sikes
Robin Stolinski
Haley Vona
Sarah Wessel
Crystal Crismond Woodward
Emily Kay Zimmer*
MASTER’S DEGREE | POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND GOVERNANCE
Hector Astudillo Flores
Viridiana De la Torre Escobar*
Edwin Ramiro Giraldo
Irma del Carmen Gomez Martinez
Rodrigo Andres Hernandez Carrillo
Hector Virgilio Esau Jaramillo Rojas, Sr.*
Gerardo Ivan Lara Rendon
Javier Lozano Alarcon
Jorge Daniel Ludena Figueroa
Pablo Rafael Manjarrez Gil
Camilo A. Matus
Patricio Fernando Morelos Moreno
Francisco Moreno
Pia Daniela Mosquera
Alberto Nava Lopez, Sr.
Gabriela Panchana Briones
Maibort Petit Zahler
Guilherme Costa Queiroz
Hostos Jose Rizik Lugo*
Maria Sara Rocha Medina
Erick Roberto Rojas Montiel, Sr.
Luisa Raquel Sotero Franceschini
Maria Jose Torres
Maria del Carmen Urias Palma
Juan Mateo Zuniga
MASTER’S DEGREE | POLITICAL MANAGEMENT
Olga Beatriz Acosta
Margaret Adair
Jacob Bryan Kaomakaokala Aki
Diego Armando Area, Sr.
Dylan Cole Arnold*
Ekoyo Atkins
Brandon Scott Austin
Raymundo Beltran III
Colette Berard
Elizabeth Anne Best-Bradford
Mohamed Khairul Azman Bin Abdul Azeez*
Rebecca Clare Birdsong
Meghan Bishop
Keshia Blandford*
Gina Rose Bogdal*
Rianne S. Bonner
Lucinda Andrea Borque
Russell Lamon Boyd II
Sarah Anne Boyer
Lashonda Joy Bradford
Adam Joseph Brown
Marcy Michelle Brown
Chrisenda Dee Burns
Asunta Rufina Caceres Weninger DeLindsey
Brian Edward Callahan
Matthew Kenneth Cameron*
Kimberlyn Rosa Carter
Michael Patrick Casey
Robin Faith Ceppos
Vijay Chintakayala
Chadi Chit Dirani
Leon Cisneros
Michael Lisso Clark
Patricia Maria Colon
Gary Lee Crone
Joel Croskey
Haiqian Dai
John Peter D’Angelo IV*
Jeremiah James Devlin-Ruelle
Daniel Patrick Dunphy
Natasha Mackenzie English
Elizabeth Xandra Falino
Maggie Lynn Fitzgerald
Brittany Michelle Ford
Darren Matthew Forman
Jesse Michael Freedman
Dylan N. Frick
Lara Godfrey
AnnMarie M. Graham
Jordan Beth Hatch*
Ashley Hayes
Margaret Frances Helmus
Miyoko Elizabeth Hikiji
Lindsey Aline Holman
Jessica Taylor Horton
Emily Anne Hughes
Nada Mahmoud Abd Al Hamed Hussein
Sam Kumao Iguchi
Lydia Grace Jebaraj
Caroline L. Jones
Sarina Danielle Kaplan*
Joshua J. Kim
Jason Robert Kofender*
Sydnee Koshar
Caitlin Helen Krutsick
Emma Catherine Leach
Samuel Zachary LeDoux
McHenry Lee
Kathiana Charline Lejeune
Alexaundria Dominique Leonard
Luke Lorenz
Brandon Yee Louey
Kelsey Ann Lubatkin
Caelen Marinelli*
Tara Shannon McCall
Michael McDonald
GRADUATES
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GRADUATES
MASTER’S DEGREE | POLITICAL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
Tyler Lynne McFadden
Joseph McGee
Matthew Jarred Modzelewski
Benjamin Ryan Murray
Joseph E. Newman
Michael James Norris
Meghan Cusick Olson
Erika Marie Ose
Meghan Cain Parente
Adam William Parkinson
Lara Ellen Plecas
Catherine Joan Proulx
Donald R. Purdum, Jr.*
Brandon Reagin
Yamilette Rivera-Ledee
Andrew Mandell Riviere*
Nelson Shaquille Rodriguez-Garcia*
Vlajko Senic*
Lianna Serko
Hani Shehata
Carrie Lee Sherer
Dustin Stewart
Clifton Niles Talvo
Alexandria Layne Tapia
Elexius Iremanie Taylor
Paola Andrea Torres
Kayiraba Toure
Anthony Louis Tusino
Keith Isaac Michael Wagner
Sarah Ann Wall
John Lyle Walters, Jr.
Erick Watt-Udogu
Doran Robert Wildridge
Rachele S. Willis
Peter William Zupan
MASTER’S DEGREE | PUBLISHING
Chad Edward Adams
Janessa Alvarez
Matthew Ausloos*
Mary Beatrice Banks
Tiara Denise Beatty
Aliza Rose Becker*
Emma Dianne Bowers*
Lauren Brady
Kameron Bryant-Sergejev*
Mary Elizabeth Campbell*
Chelsea Elizabeth Carney*
Sacha Cassandra Chadwick*
Susan Chavez*
Megan Leann Cheap
Tiffany Lashaun Clark*
Amy Susanne Delcambre
Vallen Chasley Driggers
Cassidy Lane Dwelis
Emily Everhart
Chloe Elisabeth Fells*
Komal Ganjoo
Lara Kay Gentchos
Nicole Christine Glenn
Stephanie Green*
Christopher Jerome Harris*
Kerrie L. Howard*
Lisa Kimura Hoxer*
Elizabeth Jones*
Alyson Nicole Keenze*
Elizabeth Paige Laska
Melissa Lutchkus*
Sarah Maples*
Mari Sabelle Mason*
Elizabeth McElroy
Maria Grace McGreal*
Amanda McHugh
Amy Megill*
Melanie Elise Michel
Jessi Renae Miller*
Melissa Partain Moore*
Sara Noakes*
Sherri Oliver
Shannon Elizabeth O’Reilly*
Karl Overman*
Kellen Wallace Owings
Nicole Sheree Palmer
Kristy Patterson
Heather Pontius
Erin Nichole Jones Price*
Gabriella Elena Rincon
Katherine Jane Roddy
Sara Lynn Schultz
Emily Schwoyer*
Josephine E. Sciortino
Alisha Nicole Scott
Melissa Ann Simon
Jonathan David Sims
Sydney Nichole Skipworth
Mark Stone*
Morgan Rebecca Stout
Dustin Sullivan*
Danyu Tang*
Keri Ann Travis
Lan Hong Tu
Tara Ann Useller
Jennifer Leigh Velten*
Jessica Walker
Brian William Whitney*
Caron Wong
Elizabeth Marie Woznica
Lauren Nicole Younker
MASTER’S DEGREE | STRATEGIC PUBLIC RELATIONS
Hayley Advokat
Carrie Leigh Arnold
Jonathan David Atkinson*
Adriane Simone Brown*
Richard Anthony Bruner
Caroline Ann Bullard
Max Chacon
Michelle Lynn Cornell
Christine Elizabeth Phoenix Victoria Culver
Stacey F. DiNuzzo
Anthony John Eastin
Darnisha Autrelle Green
Laura Christine Holloway*
Philip Howard
Wanqi Hu
Troy A. Kowatch
Zhanar Kubekbayeva
Jordun Antoinette Lawrence
Kristen Alane Lemel
Altavia Tiese Lowery
Christian Bartholomew Martinez
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MASTER’S DEGREE | STRATEGIC PUBLIC RELATIONS (CONTINUED)
Veronique Masterson
John Josef Mogor
Jacob Anthony Murphy
Nicole Nishida
Lillyvette Montalvo Ostenson
Sergio Patrick
Mina Radman*
Kelly Pruitt Roberts
Alexa Lauren Rogers
Amanda Marie Scard
Zhuolan Shen
Annette Michelle Smalls*
Madison Lynn Smith
Ekaterina Sobol*
Gabriel Stecker*
Kayla Marie Stump
Daniel Phillip Sweet
Rose Josephine N. Thuo
Niambe Agatha Tomlinson
Danielle Ivonne Vazquez
Kelsey Danielle Woody
Yue Yin
MASTER’S DEGREE | SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING
Jack Bamidele Akinlosotu
Danielle Paige Ambersley
Kevin Estey Brown
Nory Elisa Flores
Rebecca Dianne Garman
Ashwini Siddheshwar Halkude
Douglas Alan Krietemeyer
Hollis Savannah Maye-Key
Hannah Seabright Morrison
Kathryn Leigh Thompson
Hrag Tomassian
The celebration program is meant to be a guide to the ceremony. Although every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, the program is not an official record of an individual’s degree status. The Office of the Registrar of the university maintains the official list of all graduates.
GRADUATES
A LETTER TO OUR GRADUATES
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From the Office of the Dean
We offer a hearty congratulations to the graduates of 2019-2020. We recognize the challenges you faced balancing personal and professional responsibilities as you completed your rigorous academic program at the George Washington University. We share the pride you, your family, friends, and colleagues justly feel on this special occasion. Congratulations and welcome to the GW community of graduates.
Christopher J. Deering Interim Dean
Lara M. Brown Associate Professor and Director, GSPM
Adele AshkarMelissa R. FeuerK. Cyrus Homayounpour Associate Deans
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The College of Professional Studies would like to acknowledge the service and dedication of the officers of its student associations:
Graduate School of Political Management Student Association
Joshua Kim, President Rachele Willis, Vice President Asunta Weninger, Alumni Relations Director Erin McHale, Communications Director Dustin Shepler, Financial Director
Sustainable Urban Planning Student Organization
Douglas Krietemeyer, President Hannah Morrison, Vice President
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OUR COLLEGE
About the College of Professional StudiesThe academic programs of the College of Professional Studies (CPS) are designed with the requirements of adult learners and working professionals in mind. CPS offers undergraduate and graduate programs that address the competency requirements of adults working in emerging and rapidly changing professions. The college’s innovative programs are typically co-developed through collaboration among university content specialists and outside partners: government agencies, professional associations, consulting organizations, and business and industry leaders.
About the Graduate School of Political ManagementGW’s Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) is the first and foremost school dedicated to the study of applied politics, offering graduate programs in political management, legislative affairs, strategic public relations, and global advocacy, as well as international programs in Latin America. The school seeks to educate students and professionals in the tools, principles, and values of participatory democracy, preparing them for careers as ethical and effective advocates and leaders at the international, national, and local levels. The GSPM has a global network of more than 3,000 alumni, who are leaders and change-makers in politics, government, communications, and public affairs. The school connects its students with this impressive network to help them advance and succeed in their careers.
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