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Tamara E. Holmes

The program also invites notable speakers with careers in public service to share their experiences with the fellows. Among the past speakers are former secretaries of state Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice; Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton; and NASA astronaut Mae C. Jemison.

Patricia Roberts Harris, A Trailblazing Alumna and Pioneer in Public Service

Widely known for being the first African American woman to serve as on a presidential cabinet, Roberts Harris was President Jimmy Carter’s U.S. Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 1970s.

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