Mike Ryan (C’74, Parent’ 09, ’11) has worked in the fields of finance and accounting since graduating from Georgetown University in 1974.  He also attended the University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA degree from the Wharton School in 1977.

From 1977 to 1985, Ryan worked as a certified public accountant in the Washington, DC, office of Arthur Andersen & Co.  His clients included Radio Free Europe, Children’s Hospital, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

From 1985 to 2018, Ryan worked in companies founded by Steven and Mitchell Rales. Their largest company is Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR), a science and technology leader with 60,000 associates and annual revenues in excess of $24 billion. 

Ryan has also served as a director of a number of local non-profit organizations including the Seed Public Charter School and The National Theatre. 

For the past 25 years, Ryan has been a member of the Georgetown faculty.  He has taught a Personal Finance course to more than 2,500 students as an adjunct professor in the College of Arts & Sciences. In connection with Georgetown’s Prison & Justice Initiative, Ryan has taught another 250 students in the DC Jail and in Georgetown’s PIVOT Program for returning citizens.  

Ryan is married to Sheila Doherty (NHS ’77). They have three daughters:  Molly (NHS’09), Christine (C’11), and Kathleen, who graduated from Princeton University in 2014.