McCourt School Advisory Board

As Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer and Head of Strategic Advocacy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Neil Bradley is responsible for the organization’s overall advocacy efforts. In addition to managing policy development for the Chamber, Bradley oversees its government affairs activities, political program, and relations with other business organizations.

At the U.S. Chamber, Bradley has led the national discussion on hundreds of high-profile policy issues, influencing legislation at the federal, state, and local levels. He regularly appears on broadcast and cable news networks to present the business community’s priorities.

Prior to joining the Chamber, Bradley spent nearly 20 years working in the House of Representatives, including 11 years working for the House Republican leadership. He served as deputy chief of staff for then-Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA) where he developed the legislative agenda for House Republicans, oversaw policy formulation in the leader’s office, and coordinated committee activity in the House. Bradley held the same position for Eric Cantor (VA) during his tenure as majority leader. Before that, he was policy director for House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (MO).

After leaving Capitol Hill, Bradley founded Chartwell Policy Solutions, LLC, a research, analysis, and advisory firm focused on public policy issues. While working on Capitol Hill, Bradley was regularly named to Roll Call’s list of 50 top congressional staffers. The Hill recognized Bradley on its list of top lobbyists, and the Washingtonian magazine listed him as one of the Most Influential People in Washington.

Bradley, a graduate of Georgetown University, resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with his wife, Kiki, and their son, Peter. He is a native of Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

Robert Doar is the president and Morgridge Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Mr. Doar joined AEI in 2014 to create a new body of work on poverty studies, after serving for more than 20 years in leadership positions in the social service programs of New York State and New York City under Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. AEI’s poverty studies program and the scholars in it have since become leading voices in the national discussion on the importance of work, family, and personal responsibility in human flourishing.

While at AEI, Mr. Doar has served also as a co-chair of the National Commission on Hunger and as a lead member of the AEI-Brookings Working Group on Poverty and Opportunity. He was editor of “A Safety Net That Works: Improving Federal Programs for Low-Income Americans” (AEI Press, 2017) and a contributing author to “This Way Up: New Thinking About Poverty and Economic Mobility” (2018); “Work, Skills, Community: Restoring Opportunity for the Working Class” (2018); and “Opportunity, Responsibility, and Security: A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream” (2015).

In January 2019, Mr. Doar was selected by AEI’s Board of Trustees to be the Institute’s 12th president, succeeding Arthur Brooks on July 1, 2019. Mr. Doar leads one of the nation’s oldest and most respected public policy think tanks, which is dedicated to bolstering free enterprise and innovation, strengthening our communities, defending our nation’s founding values, and revitalizing the foundations of American defense.

David Fogel is the CEO of NCCS, the operating subsidiary of Coinmint, LLC, a leading crypto mining company, and a successful entrepreneur in the financial technology sector. He co-founded SmartPortfolio.com, Inc., which became a leading email financial newsletter business, and previously served as co-founder and president of IndexIQ, an innovative indexing business and exchange-traded fund issuer.

Fogel is an active venture investor, advisor and business executive, and a former corporate attorney with long-term experience and interest in public service, including appointments at the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the State Department. He is a non-resident senior fellow in the Forward Defense practice of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Fogel is a graduate of the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the Georgetown Law Center and the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Maria Ghazal is the President and CEO of the Healthcare Leadership Council, the leading DC-based association of chief executives representing all disciplines of American health care.

Ms. Ghazal previously was Senior Vice President & Counsel for Business Roundtable, a Washington, DC-based association of chief executive officers of America’s leading companies working to promote a thriving U.S. economy and expanded opportunity for all Americans through sound public policy. At Business Roundtable, she played a leadership role in the public policy work of the organization and directed membership outreach, recruitment, and retention. In addition, she oversaw policy development and advocacy for the Business Roundtable Corporate Governance Committee and led the Roundtable’s work on a new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation which sparked a worldwide dialogue on the role of corporations in society.

Prior to joining Business Roundtable in 2005, Ms. Ghazal was Director of Health Policy at the American Benefits Council, served as Director of Government Relations at Verizon and worked as a Legislative Assistant at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Her career began as an Aide to then-Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY).

Ms. Ghazal earned a law degree from American University, a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and a bachelor’s degree from Bates College. She is a member of the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations, Health on Wednesday, the Tax Coalition, and Women Corporate Directors. In addition, Ms. Ghazal serves on the Board of Advisors for the Wake Forest University Center for the Study of Capitalism.

Scott Gottlieb is a physician and served as the 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Gottlieb’s work focuses on advancing public health through developing and implementing innovative approaches to improving medical outcomes, reshaping healthcare delivery, and expanding consumer choice and safety. He serves on the boards of Pfizer Inc. and Illumina, Inc., is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a partner at the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates.

Previously, Dr. Gottlieb served as the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs and before that, as a Senior Adviser to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where he helped advance policies to improve healthcare quality and promote the effective use of new medical technologies. Dr. Gottlieb is widely published in leading medical journals and periodicals, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He has held editorial positions on the British Medical Journal and the Journal of the American Medical Association and is a regular contributor to CNBC. Fortune Magazine recognized him as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” in 2018 and again in 2019.

In 2018, 2019 and then again in 2020 Modern Healthcare named Dr. Gottlieb the “Most Influential Physician Executive and Leaders” in its annual survey of 50 physician executives, and Time magazine named him one of its “50 People Transforming Healthcare in 2018.” Dr. Gottlieb is also the author of “Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic”. Dr. Gottlieb was a practicing hospitalist and he is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He lives in Westport, Connecticut with his wife and three daughters.

Chanelle Hardy is a social justice, tech policy and civil rights expert, working to ensure that corporate and public policies benefit BIPOC and vulnerable communities. As Head of Civil Rights for Google, she leads the company’s civil rights program and engagement with multicultural and civil rights organizations.

Over the past five years at Google, she has led signature initiatives including Google’s $1m donation, 3-D installation built by Google Engineers and celebration of Founding Director Lonnie Bunch of the National Museum of African American History and Culture; a $1m donation and initiative in support of the Morehouse School of Medicine for COVID response and pandemic preparedness; and launching and leading Google’s Next Gen Policy Leaders Program, a learning community for multicultural leaders in tech policy.

Prior to joining Google, Chanelle served as a Chief of Staff on Capitol Hill, SVP of Policy for the National Urban League, and Chief of Staff to the first woman Chair of the Federal Communications Commission. She is a former 5th grade DC Public Schools Teach for America teacher and Consumers Union Policy Fellow, and she serves on the board of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

Dan Helfrich is chairman and chief executive officer of Deloitte Consulting LLP. As CEO, he leads a team of more than 50,000 professionals who help clients solve their most complex problems. Whether it is identifying new market opportunities or talent models, implementing a new cloud-based application or maximizing an existing one, Dan is focused on helping the team deliver measurable, lasting results for clients. Dan is also a member of the US Executive Committee and the US Management Committee of Deloitte.

In his more than 20 years with Deloitte, Dan has led large customer-centric transformations for both public and private sector clients. Previously, Dan led the 16,000-person Government & Public Services practice. He also served as Deloitte Consulting’s strategy & transformation leader and led the Civilian Government sector.

On podcasts and through other media, Dan regularly shares his perspectives on leadership and building a purpose-driven and inclusive culture and challenging traditional business orthodoxies. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University. He is also the voice of the 2019 NCAA Champion Georgetown University Men’s Soccer team. Dan lives near Washington, D.C. with his wife, Kristie, and their four children.

Jim Hock serves as Managing Director, External Affairs to PSP Partners, where he works on business development, marketing, network support, and public affairs. Prior to joining PSP Partners, Hock served in the Obama Administration as Chief of Staff to Secretary Penny Pritzker at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He also served as Senior Advisor and Director of Public Affairs at the Department. In these roles, Hock was instrumental in the management of the agency, creating and framing the Department’s “Open for Business Agenda” and serving as the Department’s key liaison to the White House and other federal agencies and stakeholders.

Prior to that, Hock founded 463 Communications (now called VRGE), a communications agency for technology and clean energy firms within the Next 15 family of companies. Before launching 463, Hock served as spokesman and advisor to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. He also serves on the advisory boards for the McCourt School at Georgetown University, the Mobility Innovation District, and the Mixing Board, a network of leading marketing and communications executives. Hock is also the author of the book Hollywood’s Team and served as a Jesuit Volunteer high school teacher in Los Angeles. Hock has a Master of Arts in Public Policy from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University.

Courtney Diesel O’Donnell is an advisor and social impact leader with over two decades of global experience driving change through public affairs, strategic communications, stakeholder management and partnership development across the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Most recently, Courtney served as Director of Global Partnerships at Airbnb, where she led a global team that established alliances to encourage sustainable tourism, support economic empowerment, and promote female entrepreneurship around the world. 

In the Obama-Biden Administration, she served as Communications Director to Dr. Jill Biden, supporting the Second Lady’s work on a number of initiatives, including raising awareness and support for America’s military families and veterans, promoting community colleges, and advocating for access to higher education. Courtney was previously a member of the Clinton Foundation senior management team, advising President Clinton and key Foundation stakeholders on communications and outreach strategies. On the Biden-Harris presidential campaign, Courtney served as Chief of Staff to Douglas Emhoff and advised on women’s engagement. She has worked on multiple state, national and global campaigns, from presidential contests to global appeals for humanitarian aid. 

In June of 2021 President Biden appointed Courtney to serve as a Member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. Courtney serves on the Advisory Boards of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University and the Thomson Reuters Foundation. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and is a contributing editor to Marie Claire Magazine.

Luke Schoenfelder is the founder of Latch. As the former chief executive, Luke guided the vision and mission for Latch, helping to create better experiences for everyone at a modern building. Under his guidance, Latch evolved from an industry-defining smart access company to a powerful software and hardware ecosystem that empowers building owners, property managers, and residents with more flexibility and convenience in how they interact with their space.

From launching Latch’s first access device to partnering with technology leaders like Google Nest, Luke expertly expanded Latch’s presence in the market. As a partner to the country’s top developers including Brookfield, RXR, and Alliance Residential, Luke guided the Latch team to develop and deploy comprehensive solutions that surpassed customer expectations and continually defined the brand as an industry innovator. Luke spearheaded Latch’s fundraising efforts and his leadership helped Latch increase its revenue, bringing in more than $319 million in booked revenue since launch. ‍

As a seasoned entrepreneur, Luke has extensive experience reimagining how people interact with their environments. Prior to founding Latch, he partnered with the Clinton Global Initiative and Habitat for Humanity to deploy his modular homes in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. He also founded GridPotential, a company that developed smart electricity meters with built-in SIM cards designed to track energy usage and charge users through their mobile phones, to get people the utilities they needed in underdeveloped environments.

Prior to founding Latch, Luke spent four years at Apple within the Retail and Worldwide Government Affairs departments, working directly with the executive team, leading sales in the DC metro region, and supporting international market expansion.

He is a graduate of Georgetown University and also holds a Master’s degree from the Imperial College of London, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar.

Dr. Georganne Vartorella (C’73, M’82) is a physician and graduate of Georgetown University and Georgetown School of Medicine. After a successful private practice in internal medicine, Vartorella focused her expertise and experience on advocating for equitable access, delivery and payment of optimal care. As president and founder of Patient Advocacy MD, Vartorella works with employers and human resource teams, insurance payers and brokers, large health care systems and small concierge care groups, as well as directly with patients and families.

Currently, she is working with community organizations in Northeast Ohio to develop programs that support and provide resources for caregivers of the elderly and patients with chronic and advanced illness. She and her husband, Richard, who has a lifelong interest in and love of the ocean, are also directing their efforts and energy to explore and support solutions that ensure the sustainable health and preservation of the deep sea.