Sam Potolicchio

Sam Potolicchio
Potolicchio in 2014
Education	B.A. in Psychology B.A. in Government M.A. in Government M.T.S. in Theology and Culture PhD in Government
Alma mater	Georgetown University Harvard University
Occupation	Professor
Employer	Georgetown University Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration New York University Preparing Global Leaders Forum
Title	Director of Global and Custom Education at McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Political Communications at RANEPA President of Preparing Global Leaders Forum (PGLF)
Website	www.sampotolicchio.com

Sam Potolicchio (/pɒtɒˈlɪkɪɒ/) is a professor specializing in government, leadership and political communications. He serves as Director of Global and Custom Education at Georgetown University and Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Political Communications at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).^[1][2] Potolicchio is founder and President of the Preparing Global Leaders Forum (PGLF), an international leadership training program with campuses in Russia, Macedonia and Jordan.^[3]

Education

Potolicchio graduated from Georgetown's College of Arts and Sciences with B.A. degrees in both psychology and government. He went on to earn an M.T.S. in Theology and Culture from Harvard University's Divinity School and a PhD in Government from Georgetown's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.^[4]

Career

Potolicchio teaches at Georgetown University, RANEPA and New York University.^[5][6]

Since 2015, Potolicchio has served as Director of Global and Custom Education for the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.^[7] He is the academic director of Georgetown’s Global Visiting Student Program and a lecturer at Georgetown's Global Education Initiative, where he lectures to high-level government officials and businessmen from China and Japan.

In 2013, Potolicchio was named Distinguished Professor and Department Chair in Political Communications at the RANEPA's School of Public Policy. In 2016, he started the first English language bachelors program in global governance and leadership in Russia.^[8]

Potolicchio founded and serves as President of the Preparing Global Leaders Forum (PGLF), which convenes and trains rising leaders from around the world. PGLF is composed of Preparing Global Leaders Summit in Moscow, Russia, Preparing Global Leaders Institute in Skopje, Macedonia and Preparing Global Leaders Academy in Amman, Jordan.^[9]

Potolicchio is the official lecturer on American Federalism for the Open World Leadership Program at the Library of Congress, where he speaks weekly to visiting dignitaries from the post-Soviet republics.^[10] He has delivered keynote lectures at over 200 different universities in 75 countries including Oxford, Yale, Cambridge, Sorbonne, LSE, Brown, Dartmouth, Bologna and Warwick. In addition to public lectures, Potolicchio advises political and business leaders internationally.^[11] Potolicchio was, along with Senator Richard Lugar, the Senior Lecturer at the University of Indianapolis Lugar Academy Washington Semester program.^[12]

Potolicchio was the scholar-in-residence at the Landon School where he had taught fifth grade Latin and served as assistant director of admissions.^[13]

As a youth basketball coach he guided his team, the Jelleff Hoyas, to 6 undefeated championship seasons.^[14][15][16]

Awards

In 2012, Princeton Review named Potolicchio one of the “Best Professors in America”, the only professor chosen from his field.^[17][18] Prior to that, Potolicchio received the K. Patricia Cross Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities in 2011, as one of the future leaders of American higher education.^[19] He has won numerous teaching awards at Georgetown University.^[20]

Publications

Potolicchio's book chapters on religion and politics have been published in volumes by Congressional Quarterly Press and Oxford University Press.^[21]

References

External links

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• Official website
• Global and Custom Education, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
• RANEPA Global Governance and Leadership Undergraduate Degree Program
• Preparing Global Leaders Forum
• Preparing Global Leaders Institute (Macedonia)
• Preparing Global Leaders Summit (Russia)
• Preparing Global Leaders Academy (Jordan)