Program Coordinator, Ignatian Leadership Seminar
Brittany Fried has supported the Ignatian Leadership Seminar since 2019; first as an Ignatian Fellow and now as the Program Coordinator. In her daily capacity, Brittany serves as Director of Operations for Georgetown University’s Space Studies Initiative.
Brittany returns to Georgetown after serving as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Federal Aviation Administration and with Catholic Relief Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She previously worked in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service as the Assistant Director of the Center for Jewish Civilization, and served on the School’s Board of Advisors.
Raised in Hong Kong, Singapore and the U.K., Brittany is deeply committed to Jesuit education and its global mission. She stays highly involved with AJCU and the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU). She helped create the AJCU Formation Program Compendium, and led English editorial communications at the IAJU’s 2025 Assembly (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) and 2022 Assembly (Boston College).
Brittany is a double Hoya, with a B.S. from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and a MPP from the McCourt School of Public Policy. She also holds professional certificates in education finance, education program evaluation, and instructional design.