Rana Altenburg, Arts ’88, is Associate Vice President for Public Affairs at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. She leads ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s government affairs and community engagement initiatives. She represents ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s priorities at the federal, state, local and tribal levels. In the community, she serves as president of Near West Side Partners and as a member of the boards of directors of Business Improvement District No. 10, Seton Catholic Schools and the Wisconsin Policy Forum. Nationally, she serves on the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation Board of Directors and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). 

Altenburg joined ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ in 1996 and has served as a member of the university’s leadership team since 1998. She previously served as a partner at a public affairs firm in Washington, D.C. 

She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ and an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.