page_title: List of George Washington University alumni
section_title: Other U.S. officials
hierarchical_section_title: List of George Washington University alumni / Politics / United States / Other U.S. officials
caption_attribution_description: English: Eddie Farnsworth speaking at an event in Mesa, Arizona.
context_page_description: The list of George Washington University alumni includes numerous prominent politicians, including the current U.S. Attorney General, four current heads of state or government, CEOs of major corporations, scientists, Nobel laureates, MacArthur fellows, Olympic athletes, Academy Award and Golden Globe winners, royalty, and Time 100 notables.
context_section_description: Bill McGinley, current White House Cabinet Secretary
  Mercedes Schlapp, current White House Director of Strategic Communications
  Russell Vought, current Director of the Office of Management and Budget
  Lauren Vaughan, current Secretary of the District of Columbia
  Tony Sayegh, current United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
  Aaron D. Ford, current Attorney General of Nevada
  Dennis Herrera, current City Attorney of San Francisco
  Corey Johnson, current Speaker of New York City Council
  Atif Qarni, current Virginia Secretary of Education
  Dan Maffei, current Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission
  Eddie Farnsworth, current President pro tempore of the Arizona Senate
  José R. Rodríguez, current Minority Leader of Texas Senate
  Ram Villivalam, current member of the Illinois Senate
  Caroline Simmons, current member of the Connecticut Senate
  Karl Rhoads, current member of the Hawaii Senate
  Rob Wagner, current member of the Oregon State Senate
  Julie Raque Adams, current member of the Kentucky Senate
  Mari Manoogian, current member of the Michigan House of Representatives
  JB McCuskey, current State Auditor of West Virginia
  Charles Manatt, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
  William B. Black Jr., 16th Deputy Director of the National Security Agency
  Gwendolyn King, former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
  Frank Harris Hitchcock, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee
  Lewis Deschler, first Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives
  Dionel M. Aviles, Under Secretary of the Navy, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy
  Victoria Clarke, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
  Kathleen Troia McFarland, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
  B. J. Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (2005–2009)
  John P. Roth, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
  Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense
  Robert O. Work, 32nd United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
  David O. Cooke, "Mayor of the Pentagon"
  Rosel H. Hyde, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
  Tom Bossert, United States Homeland Security Advisor for President Donald Trump
  Charles Colson, White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon
  Gregory G. Garre, United States Solicitor General
  Jack Conway, Attorney General of Kentucky
  Kevin J. O'Connor, former United States Associate Attorney General
  Diana Josephson, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
  Charles James, assistant attorney general and general counsel of Chevron-Texaco
  Catherine M. Russell, Chief of Staff to Jill Biden, wife of Joseph Biden, former Associate Deputy Attorney General
  Bradley Schlozman, former head of the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and current US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
  Alexander Butterfield, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
  Erin Houchin, member of the Indiana Senate
  Katie Walsh, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff
  Donna Lynne, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
  Kenneth W. Starr (1968), United States Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals
  Ross "Rocky" Anderson (JD 1978), former mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
  Willie Bailey, Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
  Gary J. Barczak, former Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  Bill Baroni, Republican State Senator of New Jersey, former Assemblyman, Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law
  Edward Blackmon Jr., Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
  Winston Bryant, former Attorney General of Arkansas
  Charlie Collins, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 84th district
  Roger Cressey, member of the United States National Security Council
  Tim Morrison, member of the United States National Security Council
  M. Jerome Diamond, Vermont Attorney General, 1975–1981
  Randall Edwards (MBA 1990), Oregon State Treasurer
  Harland E. Everson, former Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  Sean Flaherty, D
caption: Eddie Farnsworth, current President pro tempore of the Arizona Senate.
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