Please note the main title indicated here reflects the Fellow’s title during the time they were at Georgetown.

Luis Fortuño (F ’82) served as the 10th Governor of Puerto Rico from 2009-2013. He is currently a partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Reed Smith LLP, where he represents and assists investors in corporate transactions globally, with expertise in Latin America, Spain, and Puerto Rico.

Luis served from 2005 to 2008 in the US House of Representatives, holding the roles of vice-president of his House Republican freshman class and later as vice-chair and then chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference during the 109th and 110th Congresses, respectively. Additionally, he served as co-chair of the Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus. In 2007, he was appointed as the Republican minority's ranking member on the Natural Resource Committee's Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. He also served as a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure, International Relations, and Education and Workforce committees.

In Fall 2015, his discussion group was: "The 2016 Presidential Election: Can the GOP win the White House again?"