Bush School DC News

Col. J.P. McDonough—a decorated retired Marine Corps officer and former U.S. Naval Academy Commandant of Midshipmen—has been named the new associate vice president and chief operating officer for Texas A&M University’s Washington, D.C., teaching site and leader of the Bush School DC. He’ll begin on June 1, 2025, succeeding the interim leadership.

At the height of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in May of 2022, four Bush School DC students seized the once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, four-star Air Force General Tod D. Wolters. For a group of students with military and security backgrounds, the opportunity to chat with NATO's Allied Commander at the height of one of the greatest transatlantic security crises of the decade was invaluable. The opportunity presented itself thanks to a summer trip to Belgium for Bush School DC students.