- Charlotte Beers
Charlotte Beers was the only executive in the advertising industry to have served as Chairman of two of the top-ten worldwide advertising agencies: J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather. In 1999, Mrs. Beers was Chairman of J. Walter Thompson Worldwide. She was Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather from 1992-1997.
- Manfred Gerstenfeld
Manfred Gerstenfeld (1937 -) is currently (since 2000) the Chairman of the Board of Fellows at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a Jerusalem based think tank. He has an extensive background in Jewish public affairs. In his professional career he was an international business strategist for 40 years, advising corporations and governments at the highest level in 20 countries. He is a chemist and economist by training, holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, …
- Manning Marable
Manning Marable (b. 13 May 1950 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American political scholar. He holds the position of Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, and History at Columbia University, where he founded and directed the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. He has published widely, and is politically active in a variety of progressive causes.
- Paul Starr
Paul Starr (born May 12, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University. He is also the co-editor (with Robert Kuttner) and co-founder (with Robert Kuttner and Robert Reich) of "The American Prospect", a notable liberal magazine which was created in 1990. In 1994 he founded the Electronic Policy Network, or Moving Ideas, which is an online public policy resource.
- Paul Gigot
Paul A. Gigot is a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative political commentator and the editor of the editorial pages for "The Wall Street Journal". He is also the moderator of the public affairs television series "Journal Editorial Report", a program reflecting the "Journal"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s editorial views which airs on Fox News Channel.
- Paul Goodman
Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman (born November 17, 1959) British politician and journalist He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wycombe. Paul Goodman was born in London and raised in East Sheen, and was educated at the Cranleigh School, Surrey before attending the University of York where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1981. In 1977 he worked for a year as a researcher to the Conservative MP at Petersfield Michael Mates.
- James Hughes
James J. Hughes Ph.D. is a bioethicist and sociologist teaching health policy at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Hughes holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago, where he served as the assistant director of research for the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.
- Bill Kurtis
Bill Kurtis (born September 21, 1940) is a television journalist and producer best known as the host of numerous A&E crime and news documentary shows, including "Investigative Reports", "American Justice", and "Cold Case Files". Previously he anchored "The CBS Morning News" and was a popular news anchor of the CBS affiliate in Chicago.
- Thomas Eagleton
Thomas Francis Eagleton was a United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968 until 1987. He is best remembered for briefly being a Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, sharing the ticket under George McGovern in 1972. He taught Public Affairs at Washington University for over a decade and taught a seminar on the Presidency and the Constitution at Saint Louis University School of Law.
- Gerald L. Baliles
Gerald L. Baliles Retired Partner Regulated Industries & Government Relations
- Megan McClung
Major Megan M. McClung (April 14, 1972- December 6, 2006) was the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War. Maj McClung was serving as the head of U.S. Marine Corps public affairs for Al Anbar Province, Iraq when she was killed.
- Nick Herbert
Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert, known as Nick Herbert, (born April 7, 1963) is a British politician and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs. He is currently Shadow Justice Secretary. Nick Herbert was educated at Haileybury and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read law and land economy. He was appointed as the director of public affairs at the British Field Sports Society in 1990 and remained in that position for six years.
- Peter Hutchinson
Peter Hutchinson (born December 17, 1949) is an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Minnesota. He ran as an Independent candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 2006. He received the endorsement of the Independence Party of Minnesota. Hutchinson was born in Faribault, Minnesota, but moved to Rochester, New York with his family at a young age. He attended Dartmouth College, where he received a bachelor's degree in government and urban studies, …
- Paul Gardner
Paul Gardner is a Minnesota DFL state representative from District 53A in Minnesota. He was first elected in 2006 in a huge upset, defeating 16 year incumbent, Phil Krinkie. His district covers the northern suburbs of Lino Lakes, Circle Pines, Lexington and Shoreview. He has earned a Master's in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. degree in History from Grinnell College.
- Gary Okihiro
Gary Y. Okihiro is director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University. He is author of several books in U.S. and African history, most recently of THE COLUMBIA GUIDE TO ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY (2001), and COMMON GROUND: REIMAGINING AMERICAN HISTORY (2001).
- Nina Burleigh
Nina Burleigh is an American author and journalist born in Chicago. She has published two books and written for numerous magazines and newspapers, including "Time" and "The Washington Post". Her third book, Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt, will be published by Harper Collins in December. She currently covers human interest stories for People Magazine and writes an occasional blog at Huffington Post.
- Graham Brady
Graham Brady was born in Salford in 1967. He was educated at Altrincham Grammar School and Durham University where he studied law. Graham first became active in the Conservative party when aged 16 he joined a campaign to save the local grammar schools. Prior to entering Parliament in 1997 Graham was Public Affairs Director at the Waterfront Partnership. He had previously worked at the Centre for Policy Studies and Shandwick Plc.
- Naomi Robson
Naomi Robson (born 4 December 1961, California) is an Australian journalist who is best known as the former presenter of the east-coast edition of "Today Tonight", an Australian public affairs program which screens weeknights on the Seven Network, from 1997 to 2006. She was succeeded in this job by Anna Coren. In 2007, she participated for the 16th year in that network's "Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal Telethon".
- Elliot Schrage
Elliot Schrage is a lawyer and business advisor with 20 years of experience at the intersection of global business strategy and public policy. At Google he is responsible for corporate communications and public affairs, which encompass media relations, stakeholder outreach and policy strategy.
- Mark Monmonier
Mark Monmonier , A&S '64, Distinguished Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, was named a fellow by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. He also recently published "The Internet, Cartographic Surveillance, and Locational Privacy" in Maps and the Internet.
- Cornelius M. Kerwin
Cornelius M. "Neil" Kerwin (born 1949) is an American educator in public administration and is the acting president of American University. A 1971 undergraduate alumnus of American University, Kerwin continued his education with a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of Rhode Island in 1973. In 1975, Kerwin returned to his alma mater and joined the faculty of the School of Public Affairs, then the School of Government and Public Administration.
- Max Keeping
Winston Maxwell Keeping, C.M. known as Max Keeping, is the Vice-President of news and public affairs at CTV Ottawa where he is also the long-time male anchor of the 6:00 p.m. local news broadcast. Keeping is a community leader and since the early 1970s one of the most famous public personalities in Ottawa, Canada.
- Craig Oliver
Craig Oliver (born 1938) is a reporter for Canada's CTV television network. He is currently variously identified as chief political correspondent and chief parliamentary correspondent, and is co-anchor of the weekly public affairs series "Question Period". Oliver was born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Oliver was previously CTV's Ottawa bureau chief. He was a personal friend to the late Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
- Merit Janow
Merit E. Janow is the director of the International Economic Policy (IEP) concentration at SIPA (since 1998) and co director of Columbia's APEC Study Center (since 1994). Professor Janow explains how the IEP concentration is slightly more structured than other concentrations, careers IEP concentrators generally end up pursuing, whether IEP is only for students with economics backgrounds and the general strengths of the SIPA program.
- Herb Rubenstein
Herb Rubenstein has worked in public service for almost 30 years since receiving his Masters in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in 1977. He has worked at the National Academy of Sciences, the American Institutes for Research, for the Carter and Reagan Administrations and has his law degree from Georgetown University. He is an entrepreneur and teaches entrepreneurship and leadership at Colorado State University.
- Rod Donald
Rodney David (Rod) Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. He also served as the Green Party spokesperson on Buy Kiwi Made, Commerce, Electoral Reform, Finance and Revenue, Land Information, Regional Development and Small Business, Superannuation, Sustainable Economics, State Services, Statistics, Tourism, Trade, and Waste.
- Mary Lou Makepeace
Mary Lou Makepeace was the mayor of Colorado Springs from 1997 to 2003, serving between Robert M. Isaac, the city's first elected mayor, and Lionel Rivera, the present one. She is the current director of the The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado. Makepeace graduated from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 1979 with a Masters degree in Public Affairs.
- Perdita Huston
Perdita Constance Huston (May 2, 1936 - December 4, 2001) was an American journalist and women's rights activist. She is commemorated by the international Perdita Huston Human Rights Award. Born in Portland, Maine, Huston studied in France and later worked in Africa. She was director of public affairs for TIME magazine in French-speaking countries, and in 1978 became a Regional Director of the Peace Corps.
- Ravi Baichwal
Ravi Baichwal is a Canadian news anchor. He was a CTV Newsnet Morning anchor weekdays from 6 AM to 10 AM since 2002. He was also a correspondent for CTV National News and sat as substitute anchor as well substitute hosting on "Canada AM", Report on Business Television and contributed to radio. He was previously an anchor and reporter for CTV British Columbia. He began his journalism career in Calgary as a researcher for the CBC.
- Marvin R. Baxter
Marvin R. Baxter (born January 9, 1940) is, as of 2006, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (appointed 1991). Baxter was born in Fowler, California, and was raised on his family's farm. He attended California State University, Fresno, earning a degree in economics. Upon graduation, he became a Coro Foundation Fellow in Public Affairs (1962-63), and attended the Hastings College of the Law, from which he earned his law degree in 1966.
- Patrick Killen
Patrick Killen (born 1979) is an American public affairs and political consultant.
- Donna Shalala
Donna E. Shalala became professor of political science and president of the University of Miami on June 1, 2001. President Shalala has more than 25 years of experience as an accomplished scholar, teacher, and administrator. Prior to joining the University, she served as secretary of Health and Human Services during the Clinton administration for eight years-the longest term in U.S. history.
- Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (April 28, 1742 - May 28 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom. He was the fourth son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder (1685-1753), Lord President of the Court of Session, and was born at Dalkeith in 1742. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh. Becoming a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1763, …
- Melanie Riley
Melanie Claire Riley (born 2 November 1968) is a corporate and public affairs expert who co-founded Bell Yard, a "crisis communications and reputation management consultancy", with Richard Elsen in 2002. In 2001 Riley joined Cicero Consulting as an Associate Director from Golin/Harris Ludgate Public Affairs where she was a divisional director. Riley is also a director of 66 Harbut Road Ltd. Bell Yard was hired by the so-called NatWest Three from August 2004.
- Floyd Henry Allport
Floyd Henry Allport (* August 22, 1890 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; † October 15, 1978 in Los Altos, California, USA) was professor for social psychology and political psychology at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (in Syracuse, NY, USA) from 1924 bis 1956, and visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley. He is considered the founder of social psychology as a scientific discipline.
- Carol Bellamy
Carol Bellamy, president and CEO of World Learning, will deliver the commencement address at Vermont Law School’s 31st commencement ceremony. The public is invited to attend the ceremony, which will begin at 10:30 AM on the South Royalton town green. Bellamy also serves as president of the School for International Training.
- Elbert L. Lampson
Elbert L. Lampson was an interesting figure and striking personality in Ohio politics and public affairs during the second half of the nineteenth century. Hailing from Jefferson, Lampson was a former lieutenant-governor of Ohio and former state Senator. A lawyer by profession, his time had been taken up with a diversity of interests. He was a banker, and for many years was a newspaper publisher.
- Albert Carnesale
Albert Carnesale is UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and holds professorial appointments in UCLA's School of Public Affairs and Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. His research currently focuses on issues in international affairs and security and in higher education. Carnesale served as Chancellor of UCLA from July 1, 1997 to June 30, 2006.
- Stacy Schiff
Stacy Madeleine Schiff (born October 26, 1961) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and guest columnist for [[The New York Times]]. Biography Schiff is a graduate of Phillips Academy preparatory school, and earned her B.A. degree from William ...
- Carmen Twillie Ambar
Carmen Twillie Ambar is the ninth woman to lead the nation's largest public undergraduate women's college. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Ambar was assistant dean for graduate education at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, overseeing the operation of its three graduate programs.