page_title: School of Foreign Service
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: School of Foreign Service / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Bill Clinton’s flyer as he ran for President of the student body at Georgetown University
context_page_description: The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, also shortened as the School of Foreign Service or SFS, is a school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It is considered to be one of the world's leading international affairs schools, granting degrees at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Notable alumni include U.S. president Bill Clinton, former CIA director George Tenet, and King Felipe VI of Spain, as well as the heads of state or government of many countries. Its faculty has also included many distinguished figures in international affairs, such as former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of defense Chuck Hagel, and former president of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
  Founded in 1919, the School of Foreign Service is the oldest American school for international affairs, predating the U.S. Foreign Service by six years, and is known for the large number of graduates who end up working in U.S. foreign policy.
context_section_description: Abdullah II of Jordan (1987), King of Jordan
  Adel al-Jubeir (1984) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
  John R. Allen, former Commander of International Coalition in Afghanistan, President of Brookings Institution
  Steve Bannon (1983), White House Chief Strategist and Counselor to the President under President Trump
  José Durão Barroso (1987), President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Portugal
  Philip Bilden (1986), U.S. Secretary of the Navy nominee in the Trump administration
  Bill Bryant, Seattle Port Commissioner from 2008 to 2015
  George Casey (1970), U.S. Army Chief of Staff
  Laura Chinchilla Miranda (1959), 46th President of Costa Rica
  Paul Clement (1988), U.S. Solicitor General and Acting U.S. Attorney General
  Bill Clinton (1968), 42nd President of the United States
  Anne Dias-Griffin (1993), hedge fund manager
  Stéphane Dujarric (1988), Spokesman for UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon and António Guterres
  Richard Durbin (1966), U.S. Senator from Illinois, Majority Whip of the United States Senate
  Felipe VI (1991), King of Spain
  Luis Fortuño (1982), Governor of Puerto Rico
  Dexter Goei (1993), CEO of Altice
  Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania
  Alexander Haig (1961), U.S. Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO (1974–79)
  Daniel Henninger, columnist, The Wall Street Journal
  Mushahid Hussain, Opposition Leader in Pakistan, candidate for President of Pakistan in 2008
  James L. Jones (1966), U.S. National Security Advisor under President Obama
  Eugen Jurzyca, Minister of Education of Slovakia
  John F. Kelly (1984), Retired Marine General, the 5th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and White House Chief of Staff in the Trump Administration
  Željko Komšić, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2014
  Taro Kono (1986), Foreign Minister of Japan
  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (1968), President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010
  David Malpass (1982), President of the World Bank
  Denis McDonough (1996), President Obama's Chief of Staff and former Deputy National Security Advisor
  Kayleigh McEnany (2010), CNN Commentator; press secretary to President Trump
  Maeve Kennedy McKean (2009), attorney and U.S. Health official
  Mick Mulvaney (1989), Director of U.S. Office of Management and Budget and White House Chief of Staff under President Trump
  Kirstjen Nielsen (1994), U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President Trump
  Darcy Olsen, CEO of the Goldwater Institute
  Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, Mexican political scientist
  Pat Quinn (1969), Governor of Illinois
  Carl Reiner (1943), actor, film producer, film director, Emmy Award winner
  Tony Ressler (1981), billionaire and owner of the Atlanta Hawks
  Matthew A. Reynolds (1986), former Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (2008–2009)
  Chris Sacca (1997), Founder of Lowercase Capital 
  Arjun Singh Sethi (2003), civil rights writer and lawyer
  Debora Spar (1984), Former President, Barnard College at Columbia University, member Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs, first female President of Lincoln Center
  Courtney Stadd (1981), NASA Chief of Staff from 2001–2003
  Daniel Sullivan (1993), U.S. Senator from Alaska
  George Tenet (1976), Director of the CIA from 1997 to 2004
  Matthew VanDyke, freedom fighter and Prisoner of War (POW) in the 2011 Libyan Civil War
  Marcus Wallenberg, a banker and industrialist
  Margaret Weichert (1989), Deputy Director for Management in the Office of Management and Budget, Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management
  Wang Yi (1998), Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
caption: Bill Clinton, class of 1968, ran for student council president his senior year.
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