The Special Committee on the Colonials Moniker is composed of a broadly representative group of university community members and includes faculty, students, staff and alumni, as well as three advisors. Committee members were selected with the input of the Faculty Senate, GW Student Association, GW Alumni Association and academic leadership of the university.
The committee includes:
Chair
Mary Cheh
Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law
GW Law
Faculty
Nemata Blyden
Professor of History
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth Rule
Assistant Professor of Professional Studies
College of Professional Studies
Director, AT&T Center for Indigenous Politics and Policy
David Silverman Professor of History
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Staff
Curtis Davis-Olegario
Associate Director, Direct Response Annual Giving
Development and Alumni Relations
Gregg Ritchie Head Coach, Baseball
Students
Jamison Battle, GWSB ’23
Men’s Basketball
Georgie Britcher, ESIA ’22
Brandon Hill, CCAS ’22
Student Association Executive Vice President
Lara Negron, ESIA ’21 Women's Rowing
Alumni
Annemargaret Connolly, GW Law ’88
Sarah-Jo Lawrence, CCAS ’08
Darren Menaker, ESIA ’00
Eugene Pair, CCAS ’92
Advisors
Denver Brunsman
Associate Professor of History
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Patricia Carocci
Associate Vice President of Development
Alumni Relations and Annual Giving
Development and Alumni Relations
Brigette Kamsler University Archivist
Libraries and Academic Innovation
