Kappa Omega Alpha (KOA) is the premier public policy professional fraternity at the University of Maryland. The University of Maryland KOA chapter was established in 2018 by Jacqueline Ford '20. KOA is open to anyone, regardless of year, major or background. KOA members are public leadership scholars, world travelers, business minors, first-semester freshmen, change-the-world consultants, community service volunteers, journalism majors, state senate campaign interns and everything in between.