Schar School of Policy and Government

Emily Olson is the Director of Operations for a relatively new DC-based nonprofit – the Schools, Health & Libraries (SHLB) Coalition – Olson uses the knowledge she earned in grad school to get her organization’s wheels turning.

Last Spring, when a joint committee of the California Assembly held a special hearing on the outside compensation for executives who serve on corporate boards within the University of California and California State University systems, they turned to Judith Wilde as one of the lead witnesses. Dr. Wilde, who was recently appointed as Chief Operating Officer for the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, is one of the leading authorities on the structure of employment agreements for university presidents.

In fulfillment of the pledge made by President Obama during his 2013 Africa trip, the U.S. Government announced its commitment of $3 million to fund anti-wildlife trafficking efforts in South Africa. This funding comes through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), and demonstrates the increased U.S. focus on combating the scourge of wildlife trafficking, as laid out in the 2014 National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking.

A new survey shows George Mason University ranks seventh in the country for placing graduates in the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service. George Mason’s listing of 522 active-duty alumni working in posts around the world followed Harvard University’s 554, at sixth place. Topping the list was Georgetown University with 1,190. The full list is here.

George Mason University Executive Vice President and Provost S. David Wu has announced that Mark J. Rozell, Professor of Public Policy and Acting Dean of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, will be the founding dean of the School.  In addition, he will hold the Ruth D. Hazel and John T. Hazel, M.D., Faculty Chair in Public Policy.

Two years ago George Mason University merged its School of Public Policy with the Department of Public and International Affairs. The newly created School of Policy, Government and International Affairs brought under one roof a powerhouse research and teaching faculty and dozens of programs preparing 2,000 students to address any real-world policy problem.

George Mason University professor Louise Shelley has been named an inaugural 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Janice R. Lachance served as this year’s Schar School of Policy and Government Harold Gortner Distinguished Speaker.  Hon. Lachance, who is a former Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Alison Germak was already working in the communications department at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) when she decided to pursue a master’s from George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government.

Jean-Guy Afrika has been fascinated by global trade from the very start.