Professor of Government, Leadership & Communications; President of the Preparing Global Leaders Forum; Known as One of "America's Best Professors" by Princeton Review

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Sam Potolicchio Biography

Dr. Sam Potolicchio is a professor of government, leadership, and communications. He was named one of “America’s Best Professors” by the Princeton Review, the Future Leader of American Higher Education by the Association of Colleges and Universities, and was also profiled in a cover story on his leadership curriculum by Newsweek Japan as the "Best Professor in America." Potolicchio is the Founding Executive Director of American Councils for International Education's Center for Global Leadership and President of the Preparing Global Leaders Forum.

Potolicchio also teaches in Executive Education EMBA programs at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown and at the Mannheim Business School (Germany). He is a visiting lecturer at University of Bologna (Italy) and teaches two classes (US Political Systems and Preparing to Be President) to Georgetown University undergraduates.

He is a columnist for Newsweek Japan, a Distinguished Global Scholar at the Canterbury School of Fort Myers, and the lecturer on Leadership at the Library of Congress for COIL, an international leadership program of the United States Congress.

Potolicchio has served as the Distinguished University Professor, Department Chairman and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at RANEPA, Director of Global and Custom Education at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, a visiting Professor at NYU's DC campus and co-taught with Senator Richard Lugar at UIndy's Semester in Washington Program.

Potolicchio has delivered lectures in over 85 countries, from Oxford, LSE, Cambridge and Yale to Iraq's Komar University, and Donetsk State University. As a middle-school basketball coach he led his Little Hoyas to 6 league titles and previously served as a 5th grade Latin teacher, public high school teacher of Law and History, and secondary school admissions officer.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/23/2025.

Sam Potolicchio Videos

EducationUSA Mongolia Interview with Dr. Sam Potolicchio

EducationUSA Mongolia Interview with Dr. Sam Potolicchio

On April 27th, Sam Potolicchio, the Founding Executive Director of American Councils for International Education's Center for Global Leadership, and...

How To Make the Divine Jealous: Lessons From My Students: Sam Potolicchio at TEDxAUBG

How To Make the Divine Jealous: Lessons From My Students: Sam Potolicchio at TEDxAUBG

SAM POTOLICCHIO (Faculty, Georgetown University, Semester in Washington). 2012 Princeton Review "America's Best Professors". 2011 K. Patricia...

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