Conan N. Louis (SLL’73, G’78, L’86) is an experienced senior advisor, association executive, chief advancement officer, and fundraising management consultant.

Louis is the founder and president of CNL Solutions LLC, a private management consulting firm. He is also a founding partner in the law firm of Washington Law Partners. Prior, Louis funded quantitative and qualitative social science research.

With nearly 35 years of experience in philanthropy, Louis served as associate vice president for alumni relations, and associate vice president for external relations at Georgetown University. He then served as vice president for university advancement at Howard University before joining one of the nation’s top fundraising management consulting firms. He has since served as chief development officer for prestigious organizations.

Louis holds a Bachelor of Science in applied linguistics and a Master of Science in sociolinguistics from Georgetown University. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, where he received the Thurgood Marshall Award as the most outstanding student in the Class of 1986.

Louis has remained an active alumni senator since completing two terms on the Board of Governors. A former track athlete, he is a founding member of the Spiked Shoe Club and has served as vice president of Hoyas Unlimited. He has been the Washington, DC, chair of the Alumni Admissions Program, and co-chair of the Law Alumni of Washington. He continues to serve as co-chair of both his undergraduate and law school classes, and fundraising committee chair of the Hoya Hoop Club Board. Louis was a founding member of the African American Advisory Board. He is also a founder of the Black Alumni Council and serves as its parliamentarian. He is a 2002 recipient of the John Carroll Award.