Fels Institute of Government - Fels Alumni

Fels Alumni

  • Ted Gaebler: Co-author of national bestseller “Reinventing Government”
  • Wilson Goode: First African-American Mayor of Philadelphia (1984–1992)
  • Matthew Gallagher '97: Chief of Staff, Governor of Maryland Martin J. O’Malley
  • George M. Leader: Former Governor of Pennsylvania (1955-1959)
  • Jennifer Beck: New Jersey State Senator, Represents the 12th legislative district
  • Chaka Fattah '86: US Congressman
  • Richard Steffens '88: US Diplomat and author & lyricist for the Carnegie Hall production "Mother Russia."
  • Rob Wonderling '91: Former Pennsylvania State Senator and current President and CEO of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
  • Stephen Dilts '96: New Jersey Transportation Commissioner
  • Peter Brown '99: Professor at the University of Minnesota and author of "America's Waterfront Revival Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment."
  • Richard Keevey: Former Director of the Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School's Research Institute on the Region
  • Michael Masch: Chief Business Officer of the School District of Philadelphia
  • Anna Shapoval '04: Country Director, Doctors of the World - Kiev, Ukraine
  • Greg Walker '05: Policy and Planning Officer, Sound Transit
  • Ed DeSeve '71: Senior Adviser for Recovery Act Implementation to President Obama
  • Robert Bittenbender '98: Former Budget Secretary under Governors Tom Ridge, Mark Schweiker and Dick Thornburgh, and former executive director of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
  • Rob Powelson '03: Commissioner, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
  • Donna Cooper '87: Senior Fellow,Center for American Progress,and former Pennsylvania Secretary of Policy and Planning
  • David Byerman '95, Secretary of the Senate of the Nevada Senate
  • Richard Smith '91: Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education
  • Jeffrey Krilla '96: Former Deputy Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
  • Joseph A. Esposito '06: Former Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education
  • Perfecta (Pita) Lacinski '12: Recipient of the John Hope Franklin, Combating Racism Award; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Graduate of the Last Decade

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