Rachel McTague

Rachel Witmer McTague (Law ’86) retired in early 2019 after a three-part career in Washington, D.C. After graduating from UVA Law, she practiced law for five years, in the General Counsel’s Office at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, sandwiched between a year each in each of two law firms. She then wrote about securities law and regulation as a legal editor and reporter at the Bureau of National Affairs for 15 years. Beginning in 2008, she was a director of communications at the Investment Company Institute, a trade association representing mutual funds and other investment companies globally. She retired after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Her husband, Jim McTague, retired from a career in journalism in 2015, culminating with 21 years as Washington editor of Barron’s. He is a novelist and regular commentator on The John Batchelor Show on WABC Radio. They live in Alexandria, Virginia, and next year will move to southeast Pennsylvania to be closer to our families (and trout fishing!). They have three children and 10 grandchildren who live far in southern Indiana, Colorado, and Chicago.