Announcing the Dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy

Dear Members of the Georgetown University Community,

It is my pleasure to share that Carole Roan Gresenz, Ph.D., has been appointed the next dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy, beginning August 1, 2025.

Carole first joined the Georgetown faculty in 2012. Since 2022, she has held a joint faculty appointment at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the School of Health, where she is currently the Bette Jacobs Endowed Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy. Carole has demonstrated exemplary leadership in advancing the University’s health sciences mission, serving as interim dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies from 2019 to 2021, and subsequently as senior advisor for Strategic Health Initiatives in the Office of the President from 2021 to 2022.

Before joining the Georgetown community, Carole had a long career at the RAND Corporation where she held a variety of leadership positions including Director of the Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department; Director of the Health Economics, Finance and Organization Program; and Associate Director of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice.

She is a respected scholar with a 30-year record of research spanning a broad set of substantive areas, with a primary focus on health care and health policy.

Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Defense, Department of Labor, and various philanthropic organizations. In 2023, Carole was awarded a four-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to pursue research on early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

She received her doctorate and master of arts degrees in economics from Brown University and her bachelor of arts from Loyola University Maryland (formerly Loyola College).

I want to thank Thomas DeLeire, Ph.D., distinguished professor of Public Policy, for his service and strong leadership as interim dean as well as the ongoing dedication of colleagues in the dean’s office. Their efforts have enabled us to continue many areas of important work including the launch of new graduate programs and the undergraduate major in public policy.

I am also grateful to the members of our University search committee—especially Daniel Kelemen, Ph.D., who served as Chair—for their dedication and efforts to ensure we identified the best leader to assume responsibility for this role.

Please join me in welcoming Carole into this important new leadership role where she will lead the McCourt School of Public Policy into an exciting new chapter of excellence.

Sincerely,

Robert M. Groves
Interim President