In contrast to the Board of Regents and the Board of Governors, which serve advancement and alumni affairs functions, respectively, and advisory roles to the President, the President and Directors of Georgetown College is the legal entity of the incorporated Georgetown University.The authority of the body is enumerated in the March 1, 1815 federal charter of Georgetown University passed by the Thirteenth United States Congress and signed by President James Madison.[1][2] The corporate charter of the University was amended by "An Act to Incorporate Georgetown College in the District of Columbia" in 1844.[4] The current chairman is Thomas A. Reynolds III, partner at Winston and Strawn LLP and the Vice Chairs are Suzanne O. Donohoe and Fr.James Martin, SJ, Editor-at-Large of America magazine, Frank McCourt, Chairman and CEO of McCourt Global and former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, former Georgetown Hoyas basketball star and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Dikembe Mutombo, and Kenneth A. Samet, President and Chief Executive Office of MedStar Health Inc.