Hoang '95 Honored as a Washburn University Alumni Fellow

Francis “France” Hoang was recently honored as a Washburn University Alumni Fellow. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Hoang grew up in Tumwater, Washington, and resides in Alexandria, Virginia. He is chief strategy officer at MAG Aerospace. MAG Aerospace, a veteran-led enterprise, operates manned and unmanned aircraft systems on five continents to meet the needs of federal, international and commercial customers. He is also a partner at FH+H, a veteran-owned company that was the fastest growing law firm on the 2013 Inc. 5000 list. Hoang graduated in the top 1 percent of his class at West Point, received a Masters in Criminal Justice from Washburn University, and graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where he received his juris doctor. He has had military deployments in the former Yugoslovia and Afghanistan and was deputy chief of police and SWAT commander at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Hoang has 20 years of national security experience and has served all three branches of the U.S. government. In 2007, President George W. Bush appointed him Associate White House Counsel and Special Assistant to the President. He supports a number of veteran reintegration causes and serves on numerous non-profit boards.