For more than fifteen years, Kristina Olney Mallek has built a career bridging Congress, the federal government, and nonprofit organizations in pursuit of liberty, human dignity, and democratic self-government, culminating in her founding and leadership of The Remembrance Society.

Carter Skeel is working to build a future for marriage and family as the Executive Director at the Institute for Family Studies (IFS).

A professor, author, speaker, and the Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University, Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson’s lifelong journey in the exercise of intellectual community and socratic dialogue began years ago.

From entry-level appointees to a cabinet secretary, from tacticians to advisors, from the departments of Defense and State to Education and Commerce, our alumni are in the arena.

On November 5, 2025, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced his appointment of Barrett Bowdre (John Jay, Fall 2010) as Solicitor General of Alabama.

Elayne (Allen) Schwalbach, editor for Public Discourse, discusses the phenomenon of loneliness in a world more apparently connected than ever, and how her experience as a John Jay Fellow taught her the importance of building a community around shared values.