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CGI is the professional home for more than 250 �鶹��Ƶ alumni, including �鶹��Ƶ Board of Visitors Rector Horace Blackman, BA ’93, who is the senior vice president and lead of CGI Federal’s Defense, Intelligence, and Space business unit.

George �鶹��Ƶ hosted CGI leadership, employees, and �鶹��Ƶ alumni at the Center of the Arts on �鶹��Ƶ’s Fairfax Campus before the men’s basketball team played Duquesne at EagleBank Arena on March 2.

“I am always excited about this partnership,” said �鶹��Ƶ President Gregory Washington. “We chose to engage with CGI because the principles that you all believe in are the core principles of this institution.”

“The continued partnership between CGI and �鶹��Ƶ has been amazing and has made such a difference in continuing to build for the next generation,” said Trishana E. Bowden, president of the �鶹��Ƶ Foundation and vice president for advancement and alumni relations.

More than 200 alumni and friends were present at the CGI at �鶹��Ƶ event, including George Schindler, CGI’s president and chief executive officer, who received a �鶹��Ƶ men’s basketball jersey at the pre-game reception.

“I am glad to be part of �鶹��Ƶ’s vision and glad to give back and have an opportunity to reconnect with other alums,” said Pablo Ayala, BS Finance ’06, the finance director and business unit controller at CGI.

Events such as the one on March 2 allow alumni to hear about �鶹��Ƶ’s latest accomplishments, while presenting them with ways they can continue to support their university. “It is amazing to see other alumni and to see that the �鶹��Ƶ traditions are still alive and well,” said Brooke McGee-Ayala, JD ’16.

President Washington expressed appreciation for �鶹��Ƶ’s and CGI’s longstanding partnership. “The success of this company is indisputably tied to the success of this institution,” he said. To the alumni, he added: “You all are our greatest ambassadors.”