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McCourt alumna’s social enterprise receives investment from DC government

Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) and 1863 Ventures announced 16 local businesses as first-round recipients of.…

June 27, 2022

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McCourt Center alum details a $41 million program to combat the climate crisis

A note from Dr. Kathy Kretman, director of the Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership and member of the Woodwell Climate Research Center’s President’s Council…

May 23, 2022

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General News

McCourt alumna named president & CEO of Easterseals

Kendra Davenport, alumna of the McCourt School’s Executive Master in Policy Leadership program , has been selected as president and CEO of Easterseals, one of the nation’s…

March 4, 2022

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Love on the Hilltop

In celebration of love this Valentine’s Day, the McCourt School is pleased to share the stories of four alumni couples whose relationships began as friends and blossomed into…

February 14, 2022

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McCourt alumna returns to the Hilltop as Associate Director of the Massive Data Institute

The Massive Data Institute (MDI) at the McCourt School of Public Policy recently welcomed McCourt alumna Anjelika Deogirikar Grossman (MPP‘14) as its new associate director. …

January 31, 2022

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Turning passion into action: A McCourt Center alum’s journey from nonprofit mentor to executive director

For almost 25 years, the Youth Leadership Foundation (YLF) has provided one-on-one mentoring and tutoring services to kids across the District. Under Janaiha Bennett’s…

November 1, 2021

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CMS Administrator Brooks La-Sure on the importance of health equity and putting people first

“It’s important to remember in all of our work that we’re including every voice. By listening to different voices you start to change how you think about things,” said…

October 25, 2021

Alumni
Discovery & Impact

Answering the Call: McCourt Alumnus Manages National COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

McCourt Alumnus Army Maj. Doug Meyer (MPM’19) manages the United States COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts supporting the federal response and progressing pandemic.…

March 15, 2021

Alumni

Disrupting Generational Poverty through Equity Audits

Omolara Fatiregun (MPP ’02) is kept up at night by a troubling statistic. The McCourt School alumnus knows that 84 percent of children who grow up in poverty end up remaining…

February 15, 2021