Directors
Founding Program Director
Bonnie Stabile, Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government
Associate Director
Jill Deering, Senior Assistant Dean of Student and Academic Affairs, Schar School of Policy and Government
Associate Faculty Director
Shea Holman, Assistant Professor and Director of Jurisprudence Learning Community, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University; Counsel at the Purple Method
GAP Advisory Board Members
- Betsy Anderson, FDA Legal and Policy Advisor
- Rebecca Dooley, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
- Kate Hanley, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board Member; Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2006-2010); Chairman, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (1995-2003)
- Ximena Hartsock, PhD, Founder, Phone2Action
- Del. Charniele Herring, Virginia House Majority Leader
- Victoria Lipnic, Resolution Economics; former EEOC Commissioner and Acting Chair
- Shafuq Naseem, Health & Safety Advocate at the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- Dalia A. Palchik, Providence District Supervisor, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
- Bonita Pennino, Founding Advisory Board Member; American Cancer Society Government Relations Director
- Cynthia Reilly, MS, BS Pharm, CAE; Chief Executive Officer, American Society of Transplantation
- Kelly Skoloda, Chief People Officer for Monumental Sports & Entertainment
- Jackie Stennett, Academy Women
- Stacie Whisonant, PYT FUNDS
GAP Undergraduate Advisory Board Committee
Former Board Members
- Susan Bosland, Executive Leadership Coach; former Head of School, National Cathedral School
- Ally Coll, Esquire, President and Co-Founder, The Purple Campaign; Visiting Professor at CUNY School of Law
- Ellen Harpel, PhD, Founder, Smart Incentives and President of Business Development Advisors LLC (BDA)
- Julie Herwig, Senior Vice President, Head of Governmental Affairs at New York Life Insurance Company
- Maryam Ovissi, Founder and Director, Beloved Yoga
- Toni-Michelle Travis, Professor Emerita, Founding GAP Co-Director, Schar School of Policy and Government
In Memoriam
- Martin Tolchin, Senior Scholar, The Wilson Center; Former Congressional Correspondent, New York Times; Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief, The Hill Newspaper
GAP Student Leadership Award Winners
2023
Ryan Barock, Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Policy Analyst at World Shipping Council
2022
Shafuq Naseem, BA, Government and International Politics
Health & Safety Advocate at AFSCME
2021
Lilian Medina Romero, Master of Public Policy (MPP)
Co-Founder – Policy Communications and Operations, The Bridge Sisters
2020
Jatia Wrighten, PhD, Political Science
Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
2019
Aubrey Grant, PhD, Public Policy
Founding Member and Program Manager, Practice and Research, Community Sponsorship Hub
2018
Rebecca Dooley, BA, Government and International Politics
Communications Director for the DC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Danni Melton Russell, BA, Government and International Politics
Policy Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Minding the GAP” Leadership Award Winners – NEW Leadership® Virginia
2024
Naomi Barry-Perez, Director, Civil Rights Center, US Department of Labor
Kinsey Fabrizio, President, Consumer Technology Association
Diana Ortiz, Chief Executive Officer, Doorways