In 1990, soon after Lithuania reestablished its independence from the Soviet Union, Grybauskaitė continued her studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., in the Special Programme for senior executives.
Godine 1990., ubrzo nakon što je Litva proglasila obnovu neovisnosti, Grybauskaitė je nastavila svoje studije na Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Washington DC, u posebnom programu za višu rukovoditeljicu.