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The Maxwell School Advisory Board is comprised of 40 men and women who have a keen appreciation for the mission of the school. Their role is to provide advice and counsel to the dean and other school leaders.

Board members are accomplished, distinguished members of the world of business, government, and policy. Many of them are also graduates of the Maxwell School.

The board meets twice each year, and gathers at other times as needed, in smaller groups to address specific issues. The board plays a key role in helping to shape the Maxwell School's future.

Note: Members marked with an asterisk serve also as members of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees.

Michael Lewan '74 M.P.A.
Principal, Brown Rudnick

William D. Eggers
Senior Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP

Randy Adams '72 M.P.A.
President/Executive Director, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Alwaleed bin Talal bin AbdulAziz Alsaud ’85 M.S.Sc./’99 LL.D.
Founder and President, Kingdom Holding Co.

Scott Bailey '96 M.P.A.
Founder/Partner, SWBailey Consulting LLC

Lawrence D. Bashe, '66 B.A.; '68 M.P.A.
Director, Public Finance, Raymond James & Associates Inc.

Darren Carroll ’83 B.A./’87 M.P.A./’93 J.D.
Executive Director, New Ventures, Eli Lilly and Company

John H. Chapple* ’75 B.A.
President, Hawkeye Investments LLC

R. Theodore Clark Jr. ’62 B.A.
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Betsy Cohn '59 B.A.
Director (retired), MGM/United Artists

Angel Collado-Schwarz* ’74 M.B.A.
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, NAZCA Saatchi & Saatchi

Gerald B. Cramer* '52 B.S.
Managing Director, GOM Capital LLC.

John C. Crowley '67 M.P.A./'77 Ph.D.
Vice President for Federal Relations (retired), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cathy Daicoff '79 M.P.A.
Managing Director and Senior Credit Policy Officer, Credit Market Services, Standard & Poor's

Wesley C. Dias '74 B.A.
CEO, Argosy Inc.

Michael Elefante ’65 B.A.
Partner, Hemenway & Barnes

Donald Erenberg '61 B.A.
Managing Partner, First New York Securities Company

Samuel V. Goekjian* ’52 B.A.
Chairman and CEO, Intracon Associates L.L.C.

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen, '72 B.A.
Corporate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Johnson & Johnson

Patrick Hennigan '75 M.P.A. / '78 Ph.D.
Managing Director (retired), Public Finance Department, Morgan Stanley

John D. Hogan Jr. ’49 B.A./’50 M.A./’52 Ph.D.
Dean Emeritus, College of Business Administration, Georgia State University

Philip L. Holstein '79 M.P.A. / J.D.
Executive Vice President, Unity Life

George Ann Hyams ’64 B.A.
Producer and President, George Spota Productions Inc.

Peter C. Kissel ’69 B.A.
Partner/Attorney, GKRSE

Helen Lefkowitz ’60 B.S.
Partner (retired), Lefkowitz & Poulos

Walter G. Montgomery ’67 B.A.
CEO and Partner, Robinson, Lerer, and Montgomery LLC

Ronald P. O'Hanley III '80 B.A.
Vice Chairman, Mellon Financial Corporation

Sean O'Keefe '78 M.P.A.
Chancellor, Louisiana State University

Doris L. Payson* ’57 B.S.
Travel Consultant, Jeffrey’s World of Travel

Susan C.V. Penny* ’70 B.A.
Managing Partner, SCPenny Private Investments LLC

Howard G. Phanstiel* '70 B.A./'72 M.P.A.
Chairman and CEO (retired), PacifiCare Health Systems

William A. Polf '71 M.A./ '73 Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Office of External Relations, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

John N. Prevas ’68 B.A.
Circuit Court Judge, City of Baltimore

Caroline Rapking ’82 M.P.A.
Responsible Officer, Lebanon Tech Development LLC

Raj-Ann Rekhi '98 B.A.
Director of Individual Giving, San Jose Museum of Art

Ellen P. Roche ’76 M.P.A.
Chair, Board of Directors, For Love of Children

Ford Rowan ’97 M.S.Sc.
Chairman (retired), Rowan & Blewitt Inc.

Claude A. Seguin '74 M.P.A./ '78 Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, CGI Group Inc.

Donna E. Shalala ’70 M.S.Sc./’70 Ph.D./’87 LL.D.
President, University of Miami

Richard J. Sirota
Chairman, Walter N. Danrich Organization

Roscoe B. Starek III ’69 B.A.
Attorney at Law

Paul A. Volcker
Chair/CEO (retired), Wolfensohn & Co. Inc.

Joseph E. Whitbread Jr. '73 Ph.D.
Vice President (retired), Loomis Sayles & Co. LP

Joseph A. Strasser '53 B.A./'58 M.P.A.
CFO (retired), City of Jacksonville (Fla.)

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