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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.
![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}])
Reporter, Washington Post
- Media
![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
![Ethan Slater '10]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571682793/gdsorg/s5i1ynnzh1t8z8v891f0/Ethan_Slater_10_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571682793/gdsorg/s5i1ynnzh1t8z8v891f0/Ethan_Slater_10_500x375.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571682793/gdsorg/s5i1ynnzh1t8z8v891f0/Ethan_Slater_10_500x375.jpg","width":800}])
Broadway Actor
- 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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![Gina Gionfriddo ’87]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571239834/gdsorg/yrr1j95xtj5bq9sxgkwr/Gina_Gionfriddo_87.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571239834/gdsorg/yrr1j95xtj5bq9sxgkwr/Gina_Gionfriddo_87.jpg","width":500}])
Playwright & Television Writer
- Writers
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![Andy Greer ‘88]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571240053/gdsorg/yhvhxforttnxxca0n64j/Andy-Greer-88.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571240053/gdsorg/yhvhxforttnxxca0n64j/Andy-Greer-88.jpg","width":500}])
Author & Recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
- Writers
![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
![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
![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
![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}])
Executive VP of Comedy and Drama Development, 20th Century Fox TV
- Artists
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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