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- Alumni Changing
- the World
Innovators and communicators, advocates and thinkers—GDS alumni are leaders in a wide variety of fields and sectors. Though their career paths are varied and their work diverse, one thing they all have in common is their grounding in GDS. Georgetown Day School graduates leave the School with a love of learning, an abhorrence of bigotry and intolerance, a broadly rounded fund of knowledge, the ability to enter the great conversations of life, and the willingness and capacity to bring needed change to a troubled world.
We’re proud of our GDS alumni. Below, get to know some of these remarkable individuals.
![Aaron Dodson ’11]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599736089/gdsorg/bqgkpbsbrzri84v4u4yt/Aaron-Dodson-11.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599736089/gdsorg/bqgkpbsbrzri84v4u4yt/Aaron-Dodson-11.jpg","width":500}])
Assistant Editor, ESPN’s The Undefeated
- Writers
![Abigail Alpern Fisch ’16]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571677473/gdsorg/pfnajkvksmmx3hpjpvsa/Abigail-Alpern-Fisch-Final.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571677473/gdsorg/pfnajkvksmmx3hpjpvsa/Abigail-Alpern-Fisch-Final.jpg","width":500}])
Founding Student Coordinator, Tufts University Peace and Justice Society
- Education
![Alice Randall ’77]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1624024768/gdsorg/rtsb335ymujjowisiwri/AliceRandall77-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1624024768/gdsorg/rtsb335ymujjowisiwri/AliceRandall77-3.jpg","width":500}])
New York Times bestselling novelist, songwriter, and professor
- Writers
![Andrew Sean Greer ’88]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1615982531/gdsorg/rhbfx9gcm5npzed7my6p/AndrewSeanGreer88-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1615982531/gdsorg/rhbfx9gcm5npzed7my6p/AndrewSeanGreer88-2.jpg","width":500}])
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
- Writers
![Anna Shneiderman '97]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571678014/gdsorg/v1p0a0ixkjmjyjatjxuq/Anna_Schneiderman_97_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571678014/gdsorg/v1p0a0ixkjmjyjatjxuq/Anna_Schneiderman_97_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Co-Founder, Ragged Wing Ensemble and The Flight Deck
- Artists
![Asher Gelman ’02]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571679908/gdsorg/hgpil2rx1gaoazg8kyey/Asher_Gelman_02_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571679908/gdsorg/hgpil2rx1gaoazg8kyey/Asher_Gelman_02_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Director, Choreographer, Actor, Dancer & Playwright
- Artists
![Beth Bernstein-Yamashiro ’83]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571680847/gdsorg/ubaxzlhj7ktcxm6dfz1u/Beth_Berenstein_Yamashiro_83_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571680847/gdsorg/ubaxzlhj7ktcxm6dfz1u/Beth_Berenstein_Yamashiro_83_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Principal, Environmental Charter School
- Education
![Brian Fung '06]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571244461/gdsorg/qhvjbsziqlamsjoqgclx/Brian-Fung-06.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571244461/gdsorg/qhvjbsziqlamsjoqgclx/Brian-Fung-06.jpg","width":500}])
Technology Reporter, CNN
- Media
![Cam Robert '11]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599735832/gdsorg/slocj7bulxhpts9scaws/Cam-Robert-11.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599735832/gdsorg/slocj7bulxhpts9scaws/Cam-Robert-11.jpg","width":500}])
Freelance Filmmaker, Photographer, and Director
- Writers
![Chantal Coudoux '06]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571681110/gdsorg/f7o9xtiylo8tnyclxm2x/Chantal_Coudoux_06_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571681110/gdsorg/f7o9xtiylo8tnyclxm2x/Chantal_Coudoux_06_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Deputy Director, Collective Action for Safe Spaces
- Advocates
![Christopher Toregas '05]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571681737/gdsorg/n2yviqtdtk1dpzlxfrhu/Christopher_Toregas_05_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571681737/gdsorg/n2yviqtdtk1dpzlxfrhu/Christopher_Toregas_05_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Founding Partner, The CC Group at Morgan Stanley
- Business
![Corinna Riginos '96]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571241608/gdsorg/y7xcenkhertyl8iplvpo/Corinna-Riginos-96.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571241608/gdsorg/y7xcenkhertyl8iplvpo/Corinna-Riginos-96.jpg","width":500}])
Conservation Scientist, The Nature Conservancy – Wyoming
- STEM
![Daryn Dodson ’98]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599738030/gdsorg/gh0psyzrf3cpmhebfxwe/daryn-dodson-98.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599738030/gdsorg/gh0psyzrf3cpmhebfxwe/daryn-dodson-98.jpg","width":500}])
Founder, Illumen Capital
- Business
- DEI
![Headshot of David Reich ’92]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599682024/gdsorg/h1mhi2nafeth26zr5zm7/David-Reich-92.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599682024/gdsorg/h1mhi2nafeth26zr5zm7/David-Reich-92.jpg","width":500}])
Professor of Genetics and Principal Investigator, Harvard Medical School’s Reich Lab
- STEM
![Dr. Kiran Kedlaya ’92]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571682564/gdsorg/cdeimkfovjtkse4ac8b8/Kiran_Kedlaya_92_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571682564/gdsorg/cdeimkfovjtkse4ac8b8/Kiran_Kedlaya_92_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Professor of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego
- STEM
![Dr. Rachel Marcus '85]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571682514/gdsorg/nqgofc9vvszfrpthij5a/Rachel_Marcus_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571682514/gdsorg/nqgofc9vvszfrpthij5a/Rachel_Marcus_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Co-Founder, Latin American Society of Chagas
- STEM
![Elliot Ackerman ’98]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1616068076/gdsorg/mci75syhofjssnog2ow5/ElliotAckerman98.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1616068076/gdsorg/mci75syhofjssnog2ow5/ElliotAckerman98.jpg","width":500}])
Novelist, journalist, and recipient of the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart
- Writers
![Ethan Slater '10]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603192746/gdsorg/s5i1ynnzh1t8z8v891f0/Ethan_Slater_10_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603192746/gdsorg/s5i1ynnzh1t8z8v891f0/Ethan_Slater_10_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Broadway Actor
- Artists
![Gina Gionfriddo ’87]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603130298/gdsorg/yrr1j95xtj5bq9sxgkwr/Gina_Gionfriddo_87.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603130298/gdsorg/yrr1j95xtj5bq9sxgkwr/Gina_Gionfriddo_87.jpg","width":500}])
Playwright & Television Writer
- Writers
![Jacob Marlin ’84]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599738763/gdsorg/ldf5ugxicm9de6zclqkg/Jacob-Marlin-84.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599738763/gdsorg/ldf5ugxicm9de6zclqkg/Jacob-Marlin-84.jpg","width":500}])
Executive Director, Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education
- Advocates
- STEM
![Jamie Raskin ‘79]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571683230/gdsorg/oeprvmsi9accjwsuufdx/Jamie_Raskin_79_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571683230/gdsorg/oeprvmsi9accjwsuufdx/Jamie_Raskin_79_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
U.S. Congressman, Maryland's 8th District
- Advocates
![Jeff Goldberg ’94]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571242619/gdsorg/gau2veisekmgimifztii/Jeff-Goldberg-94.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571242619/gdsorg/gau2veisekmgimifztii/Jeff-Goldberg-94.jpg","width":500}])
Vice President, Live Wire Media Relations, LLC
- Media
![Jes Christian ’10]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599734297/gdsorg/itiqs6vijzc5v9wiaiv7/Jes-Christian-10.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599734297/gdsorg/itiqs6vijzc5v9wiaiv7/Jes-Christian-10.jpg","width":500}])
Founder and CEO, Hypesole
- Athletes
- Business
![Jim Ginsburg '83]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573740303/gdsorg/pdkut8rqsmjsonrulyad/Jim_Ginsburg_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573740303/gdsorg/pdkut8rqsmjsonrulyad/Jim_Ginsburg_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Six-Time Grammy-Winning Nonprofit Record Label Founder
![Serious-looking man standing in front of red background]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617967559/gdsorg/soqh4xhrlyja4gg0aqzo/Johnny-Temple-84.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617967559/gdsorg/soqh4xhrlyja4gg0aqzo/Johnny-Temple-84.jpg","width":500}])
Musician and prominent independent literary publisher
- Writers
![John Sherman ’93]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571683728/gdsorg/c8mpd9ggz0bhhw4yneo5/John_Sherman_93_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571683728/gdsorg/c8mpd9ggz0bhhw4yneo5/John_Sherman_93_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Founder, Storyfarm
- Entrepreneurs
![Kelly AuCoin '85]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571683923/gdsorg/f72p4b7popxzvhjmefiw/Kelly_AuCoin_85_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571683923/gdsorg/f72p4b7popxzvhjmefiw/Kelly_AuCoin_85_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Actor
- Artists
![Kirin Sinha '11]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573739263/gdsorg/sj35pdxbfq4rapwxqkow/Kirin_Sinha_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573739263/gdsorg/sj35pdxbfq4rapwxqkow/Kirin_Sinha_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Founder and CEO of Illumix
- STEM
![Laura Spero '98]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571684340/gdsorg/rkdit5s3jp8psceyk2or/Laura_Spero_98_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571684340/gdsorg/rkdit5s3jp8psceyk2or/Laura_Spero_98_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Founder and Executive Director, Jevaia Foundation
- Advocates
![Laura Wides-Muñoz '91]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571242407/gdsorg/tnbrhkz4srx0nn89ktq1/Laura-Wides-Muoz-91.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571242407/gdsorg/tnbrhkz4srx0nn89ktq1/Laura-Wides-Muoz-91.jpg","width":500}])
Executive Editor, News Practices, ABC News
- Media
![Lauren Jonas ’01]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571684416/gdsorg/q8gz3iedayeokubmlnhm/Lauren_Jonas_01_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571684416/gdsorg/q8gz3iedayeokubmlnhm/Lauren_Jonas_01_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Principal, Success Academy Charter Schools
- Education
![Leah Daniels '98]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571684700/gdsorg/zp5koh6otb0vwlrkw4at/Leah_Daniels_98_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571684700/gdsorg/zp5koh6otb0vwlrkw4at/Leah_Daniels_98_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Owner, Hills Kitchen
- Entrepreneurs
![Lisa Gross '00]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571685187/gdsorg/iagpagwcwicdwud32ntg/Lisa_Gross_00_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571685187/gdsorg/iagpagwcwicdwud32ntg/Lisa_Gross_00_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Founder/CEO, The League of Kitchens
- Entrepreneurs
![Playful photo of Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore ’91]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617970845/gdsorg/wd1klbfa4fl1gmxgmdmc/Mattilda-Bernstein-Sycamore-91-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617970845/gdsorg/wd1klbfa4fl1gmxgmdmc/Mattilda-Bernstein-Sycamore-91-2.jpg","width":500}])
Author of NPR’s Best Books of 2018 and Oprah Magazine’s Best LGBTQ Books of 2020
- Writers
![Melanie Nix ‘87]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571244694/gdsorg/gnvccx8awb7jvfu87yki/Melanie-Nix-87.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571244694/gdsorg/gnvccx8awb7jvfu87yki/Melanie-Nix-87.jpg","width":500}])
Founder, huMAN Expressions & Co-founder, Breast Cancer Comfort Site
- Entrepreneurs
![Melissa Gilliam ’83]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573739759/gdsorg/xdz1jiu7icxoc5kledjg/Melissa_Gilliam_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573739759/gdsorg/xdz1jiu7icxoc5kledjg/Melissa_Gilliam_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Vice Provost at the University of Chicago
![Michael Schaffer '91]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571239242/gdsorg/ud3yql6kocg9spi3uano/Michael_Schaffer_91.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571239242/gdsorg/ud3yql6kocg9spi3uano/Michael_Schaffer_91.jpg","width":500}])
Editor, Washingtonian Magazine
- Writers
![Nicole Lewis '05]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571242121/gdsorg/rmqzmjrjf3fktd4sktnn/Nicole-Lewis-05.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571242121/gdsorg/rmqzmjrjf3fktd4sktnn/Nicole-Lewis-05.jpg","width":500}])
Staff Writer, The Marshall Project
- DEI
- Media
![Sam Boardman ’14]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599736312/gdsorg/kuaszrfy4wzjebkhbva8/Sam-Boardman-14.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599736312/gdsorg/kuaszrfy4wzjebkhbva8/Sam-Boardman-14.jpg","width":500}])
Professional Cyclist, Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
- Athletes
![Sarah Rosenbloom ’93]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571685536/gdsorg/atbn9wiledjdvwkek4mp/Sarah_Rosenbloom_93_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571685536/gdsorg/atbn9wiledjdvwkek4mp/Sarah_Rosenbloom_93_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Founder and Director, The Toa Nafasi Project
- Advocates
![Sarah Tannenbaum Sherman ’93]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571680273/gdsorg/osugpd3zsvcr3ip6mavx/Anna_Tannenbaum_Sherman_93_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571680273/gdsorg/osugpd3zsvcr3ip6mavx/Anna_Tannenbaum_Sherman_93_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Founder, Vote Me Too
- Advocates
![Schuyler Bailar ’14]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599734510/gdsorg/tqkggfkkh859fozdmxxn/Schuyler_Bailar_14.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599734510/gdsorg/tqkggfkkh859fozdmxxn/Schuyler_Bailar_14.jpg","width":500}])
Founder, Pink Mantaray
- Advocates
- Athletes
![Suha Al-Khalifa ’95]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619441774/gdsorg/lkwe5uh1ei4ophexq8dd/Suha-Al-Khalifa-95.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619441774/gdsorg/lkwe5uh1ei4ophexq8dd/Suha-Al-Khalifa-95.jpg","width":500}])
Screenwriter, novelist, and psychotherapist
- Writers
![Symone Gosby ’11]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1597692157/gdsorg/em36vgq1mjf1vany1ard/homepage_alum_symone.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1597692157/gdsorg/em36vgq1mjf1vany1ard/homepage_alum_symone.jpg","width":500}])
Program Coordinator for Asia, Vital Voices Global Partnership
- Advocates
![Terence Carter ’97]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571671907/gdsorg/jxxpykvu4f53aouwht0s/terence-carter-final.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571671907/gdsorg/jxxpykvu4f53aouwht0s/terence-carter-final.jpg","width":500}])
Co-President and Head of Television, Westbrook Studios
- Artists
![Family photo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617972689/gdsorg/kaih3phcpcnbtv9rriaw/Judith-Martin-70-6.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1617972689/gdsorg/kaih3phcpcnbtv9rriaw/Judith-Martin-70-6.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1617972689/gdsorg/kaih3phcpcnbtv9rriaw/Judith-Martin-70-6.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617972689/gdsorg/kaih3phcpcnbtv9rriaw/Judith-Martin-70-6.jpg","width":1000}])
Nationally syndicated advice writers and novelists
- Writers