Erin Conaton (SFS '92)
Former Under Secretary of Defense - Fall '18 Fellow
Please note the main title indicated here reflects the Fellow’s title during the time they were at Georgetown.
The Honorable Erin C. Conaton (SFS ’92) is currently president of Conaton Strategies and a Strategic Advisor for Cambrian Futures, Inc. Conaton also taught as a Visiting Professor at the U.S. Army War College. From 2010 to 2012, she served first as Under Secretary of the Air Force and then as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Prior to that, she served nine years on the staff and then as Staff Director of the House Armed Services Committee. She was also previously Research Staff Director for the Hart Rudman Commission. She holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
In Fall 2018, her discussion group was: “Politics and National Security."