Georgetown Alumni Make History in Public Office

Staff Report / DClocal.org

Two alumni from the School of Continuing Studies (SCS) at Georgetown University have recently made history in public office. Alyia Gaskins, a graduate from SCS in 2019, has become the first Black woman elected as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia. Meanwhile, Wendell Felder, who graduated from SCS in 2018, has been elected to the D.C. City Council as the representative for Ward 7. Both Gaskins and Felder will utilize their backgrounds in Urban and Regional Planning to promote positive development in the D.C. metropolitan area (DMV).



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