Who We Are

The Alexander Hamilton Society (AHS) is a non-partisan, not-for-profit, national organization that seeks to identify, educate, and launch young men and women into foreign policy and national security careers imbued with the Hamiltonian perspective of strong and principled American leadership in global affairs.

Founded in March 2010 by Professor Aaron Friedberg of Princeton University, Daniel Blumenthal of the American Enterprise Institute, and Roy Katzovicz of Saddle Point Group LLC, we were established to confront U.S. foreign, economic, and national security policy failures at their source — American universities — and to provide our students with the experiences they would otherwise not gain, in all the fields from which they will influence U.S. policy. We supply what American higher education lacks: vital, constructive programming that is critical to the intellectual and professional development of a new generation of American leaders. With the world more chaotic and dangerous today than it has been in a half-century, we seed the ground for the future of American foreign policy.

Grounded in a strong and growing national foundation of student-led campus chapters, our network is central to the revitalization of our foreign policy. It acts as a bridge for our student leaders to promising internships, graduate programs, and professional opportunities in the worlds of academia, business, finance, policymaking, politics, and journalism. Our robust professional chapters in New York and Washington are convening vehicles for our members to meet like-minded peers and hear from our thought and political leaders, and our distinguished board of advisors assists us in maintaining the integrity of our programs. While our focus is on the long term, our alumni have already achieved significant influence in their professional pursuits, building the bench of talented people looking to serve the country over the course of their lives and careers.

National Staff

We accept internship applications on a rolling basis for the summer, fall semester, and spring semester. Click below to apply for our internship program.

Board of Directors

Board of advisors

James C. Kraska, U.S. Naval War College

William Kristol, Defending Democracy Together

Daniel Leger, MGG Investment Group LP

Robert Lieber, Georgetown University

Thomas Mahnken, Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments

Peter Mansoor, Ohio State University

Wess Mitchell, Center for European Policy Analysis

Henry R. Nau, George Washington University

Michael O’Hanlon, Brookings Institution

Mackubin Thomas Owens, Foreign Policy Research Institute

General David Petraeus (Ret.), KKR Global Institute

Ambassador Mitchell Reiss, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Stanley Renshon, City University of New York

Stephen Rosen, Harvard University

Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute

Paul D. Ryan, Fox Corporation

Eric Sayers, Beacon Global Strategies

Kori Schake, American Enterprise Institute

Randall Schriver, Project 2049 Institute

Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, Business Roundtable

Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Roger Zakheim, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

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