The Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability, an annual lecture series presented by the Department of Public Administration and Policy is made possible by UGA alumni Katherine Getzen Willoughby (PhD ‘91) and Dan Hall Willoughby, Jr. (JD ‘86) in honor of her parents, Evangeline Sferes Getzen and Forrest William Getzen, lifelong advocates of public service and education.
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2024 Getzen Lecture - March 12, 2024
2024 Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability
presented by
Christopher A. Wray
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Christopher Wray became the eighth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on August 2, 2017. He began his law enforcement career in 1997 as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. He later served in the Department of Justice as associate deputy attorney general and principal associate deputy attorney general. Mr. Wray was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2003 to be the assistant attorney general for DOJ’s Criminal Division, supervising major national and international criminal investigations and prosecutions. At the conclusion of his tenure, Mr. Wray was awarded the Edmund J. Randolph Award, DOJ’s highest award for leadership and public service.
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
1:30-2:30 pm
A reception will immediately follow in the Founders Memorial Garden.
WHERE:
UGA Chapel
109 Herty Drive
Athens, GA 30602
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EVENT PARKING:
Pay-by-the hour parking is available in the North Campus Parking Deck located on S. Jackson Street or in the Washington Street parking deck in downtown Athens.
ACCESSIBILITY:
Requests for accommodations for those with disabilities should be made as soon as possible but at least 7 days prior to the lecture.
QUESTIONS:
Lauren Ledbetter at [email protected] or 706-975-8443
PREVIOUS GETZEN LECTURERS
2006: David M. Walker, Former Director, Government Accountability Office | Watch recording of lecture »
2007: Alice M. Rivlin, Former Director, Office of Management and Budget | Watch recording of lecture »
2008: Lee H. Hamilton, Former U.S. Congressman / Co-chair, Iraq Study Group / Former vice chair, 9/11 Commission | Watch recording of lecture »
2009: Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | Watch recording of lecture »
2010: Johnny Isakson, U.S. Senator | Watch recording of lecture »
2011: Thad W. Allen, Retired Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard / Chief Federal Officer, Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Watch recording of lecture »
2012: Cynthia Tucker, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
2013: Henry J. Aaron, Health care expert and economist, The Brookings Institution
2014: Betsy Fretwell, City Manager, Las Vegas | Watch recording of lecture »
2016: James Clifford “Jim” Miller III, Former Director, Office of Management and Budget
2017: Charles H. Ramsey, Former Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department / Former Co-Chair, President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing | Watch recording of lecture »
2018: Walter M. Shaub, former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics | Watch recording of lecture »
2019: Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States | Watch recording of lecture »
2020: Shelley Metzenbaum, Founding President of the Volcker Alliance | Watch recording of lecture »
2021: Mark Lee Greenblatt, Inspector General, U.S. Department of the Interior | Watch recording of lecture »
2022: Tristan L. Leavitt, Member, Merit Systems Protection Board | View Event Photos » | Watch Lecture Recording »
