Meet the Officers

The officers of the Board of Governors of the Georgetown University Alumni Association include the President, President-Elect, Executive Director, Treasurer, Parliamentarian, and Immediate Past President.

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Born and raised in Jersey City, N.J. and the product of 11 years of Jesuit education, Frank Ciatto was the first person in his family to graduate college. During his time on the Hilltop, Ciatto took Georgetown’s creed of “men and women for others” to heart, and has since dedicated himself to the betterment of the university and the Georgetown community.

Ciatto has been a Georgetown volunteer for 20+ years. He served as the fundraising chairman of his 10-year reunion class, served on the Annual Fund Council for two years, and acted as a mentor to McDonough School of Business students for six years.

He was elected to the GUAA Board of Governors in 2003 and has since served in a number of leadership roles, including GUAA Treasurer as well as Chair of the Audit and Finance, Awards, and Class Advancement Committees. Frank enjoys his time on the Board and, like many, bleeds Hoya blue!

Ciatto is a Partner at Venable LLP, a nationally recognized law firm. In his legal practice, he helps entrepreneurs succeed in new and existing business ventures. With over 20 years’ corporate law experience, his practice covers many areas, including mergers and acquisitions, and succession planning. In addition, Frank is a CPA, formerly with Coopers & Lybrand in New York—experience he uses to add value to for his clients. Frank lives with his wife Deanne (C’89) and three terrific daughters, Sophia (C’21), Francesca, and Julianna, in Bethesda, Md. They are a very active family. When they are not attending Hoya games, you can find Frank watching his girls play soccer, softball, tennis, or basketball games somewhere around Montgomery County.

Julia Farr, a sixth-generation Washingtonian and third generation Hoya, is the first female executive director of the alumni association. Farr is an attorney, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. She has 17 years of experience as a corporate securities attorney and executive, beginning her legal career at K&L Gates as an associate and later serving as vice president and chief compliance officer for Sotherly Hotels, a public real estate investment trust. In 2010, Farr left the practice of law to build a business in fashion. She opened her eponymous boutique in Washington, D.C. In 2012, she launched the Julia Farr Collection, a U.S.-based women’s apparel design, manufacturing, and sales company focused on the sartorial needs of the professional woman, with a portion of sales donated to women’s and children’s charities.

Since graduating from Georgetown in 1988, Farr has had an extensive history of volunteerism with the university. In addition to serving on the GUAA Board of Governors and as a class ambassador for many years, she served as president of the Georgetown University Alumni Association from 2010 to 2012. During her term, she enhanced opportunities for alumnae to connect with Georgetown and one another and also connected alumni based on special interests and professional affiliations. During her GUAA presidency, she served simultaneously on the university’s Board of Directors, as all GUAA presidents do. She chairs the Women of Georgetown and serves on the advisory board for the Georgetown Women’s Forum.

Farr oversees the GUAA, Alumni Career Services, Law Alumni Relations, Professional Alliances, and Regional Teams.

Kelly Mulvoy Mangan graduated from the Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1991 and has remained connected to the University and the Alumni Association ever since. She has been a member of the Georgetown Clubs of Boston, Hong Kong, and New York, which she served as President when the Club hosted the John Carroll Awards Weekend in 1998. She has been a member of the Class of 1991 Committee since graduating, and has served as co-chair of their last five Reunions. Mangan joined the Board of Governors of the Georgetown University Alumni Association in 1999.

Mangan practiced law after graduation from Boston College Law School, as an associate and partner at Cassin Cassin & Joseph LLP, in New York City. She is now serving her third, three-year term as a trustee on the Harrison Central School District Board of Education in New York. Since 2016 she has served as President of the Board of Education, which is responsible for the education of 3,700 students and oversight of a $123 million budget.

Mangan lives in Harrison, NY with her husband Jim, (C’92, L’95) and their three sons, Leo, Teddy and Tommy. When she is not driving around the New York tri-state area watching her boys compete in golf tournaments, basketball games, and regattas, she is an active volunteer in the local community, where in addition to her service on the Board of Education, she has taught religion and served on the parish council at the Church of the Resurrection in Rye, NY.

Mike Yaeger and his wife Laura Horos Yaeger (N’03) have been actively involved in the Georgetown community for many years and look to always keep volunteering and leadership at Georgetown as core principles in their family. Yaeger came to Georgetown from Medford, MA and has been active across Georgetown athletics, Class of 2003 leadership, and the GUAA Board of Governors. Most recently, he ran the Investments subcommittee for the GUAA.

Professionally, Yaeger is a Managing Director and Private Wealth Advisor at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in New York. He serves as a member of the Family Office Committee, Market Intelligence Group, Client Experience Group and Advisor’s Council. Prior to Goldman, he worked as a senior global investment specialist at J.P. Morgan and was a member of the First Scholars Program. As part of this program, Yaeger received his MBA in Finance, Economics and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Outside of Georgetown and Goldman, Mike, Laura and their three children (Copley, Hudson and Bayley) are active in the Robin Hoods Kids initiative in New York City and their hometown of Rye, NY.

Patrick J. Grant is a retired senior partner at the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C., where for many years he was the head of the firm’s telecommunications, internet & media practice group.

As an undergraduate, he was elected vice president of the student government and president of the student senate, and in that capacity he served on a number of other university committees. He also was the captain of the sailing team for four years. Since the mid-1970s, he has been an active member of the Alumni Admissions Program.

Pat serves as an emeritus member of Georgetown’s National Law Alumni Board, of which he was a founding member several years ago, and he has been involved in numerous fund-raising activities on behalf of the Law Center. Pat has served on the Board of Governors since 2005. During his time on the Board, he has chaired the Campus Engagement Committee and served as co-chair of the Career Service Committee.

Pat and his wife Mary (F’74) have four children: Patrick C. Grant, Michael Grant (L’09), Bridget Grant (C’07), and Caitlin Grant (C’07).

Richard Hluchan is a retired partner at the law firm Hyland Levin LLP, Marlton, N.J., where he concentrated his practice on land use and environmental law. Rich served as law clerk to the Honorable John F. Gerry, U.S. District Court, Camden, N.J. He was a Deputy Attorney General in Trenton, N.J., where he served as Assistant Chief of the Environmental Section and first Chief Counsel to the Pinelands Commission. In that capacity, he assisted in drafting, and successfully defended in court, the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan, a national model for regional land use regulation which has preserved the 1 million acre Pinelands of New Jersey.

Hluchan is a member of the editorial board of the New Jersey Law Journal, and just concluded a term as President of the Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court in Philadelphia. He was selected as a Leadership New Jersey Fellow, and was elected to membership in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Rich is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and The Best Lawyers in America, and has an AV peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

He graduated from the Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1971, and went on to earn his JD magna cum laude from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1974. During his time on the Hilltop, Hluchan was a member of the editorial board of The Hoya and worked at WGTB-FM radio. He has remained connected to Georgetown as a member of the Board of Governors from 2003-2012 and as a Senator from 2012 through the present term. He has been active in the Georgetown Club of Southern New Jersey, and served as President from 2000 to 2011. He is a member of the board of Hoyas Unlimited, a longstanding Hoya Hoop Club member and season ticket holder, and co-chair of his class reunion.

Hluchan is married to Deborah Miner Hluchan (F’71), and they have two daughters who are Hoyas: Sarah Hluchan (MPP’09) and Christine Hluchan (C’08, M’17). In his spare time, Rich enjoys tennis, boating, skiing, travelling, and flying his drone. In 2014, Rich and Christine climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.