BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Join Maxwell Tuesday\, June 30 at 2:00 p.m. ET for an alumni pa nel exploring issues of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion.Professor Glady s McCormick\,\n Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relati ons\, \nAssociate Professor of History\, and Maxwell’s Director of Diversi ty\, \nEquity\, and Inclusion\, will moderate the discussion. She will be joined \nby Maxwell alumni and Advisory Board members Nicole Collier\, Wes Dias\, Lisa Gordon\, Travis Mason\, and James Willie.Register for the Jun e 30 conversationFor questions or more information about this online event \, please contact the Maxwell Alumni Office at \;alum@maxwell.syr.edu. Participants will include: ModeratorGladys McCormick\n is Jay and Debe Mos kowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations and \nAssociate Professor of History at the Maxwell School. Professor \nMcCormick is a longstanding ad vocate for Latinx issues and is one of the\n founders of Maxwell’s Faculty of Color group. She is also the School’s \nincoming Director of Diversity \, Equity\, and Inclusion. Panel Participants Nicole Collier\n ’00 MPA is the Director of Policy &\; Public Affairs for Nestlé\, the worl d’s \nlargest food &\; beverage company. She manages the Government Aff airs \nteam and plays a leadership role in the development of Nestlé’s \np ositions on US public policy. She is also responsible for building \nrelat ionships and engaging with NGOs and thought leaders on various \ntopics\, including sustainability. She serves on the board of The \nRecycling Partn ership and Smithsonian Institute’s Anacostia Community \nMuseum.Wesley Dia s\n ’74 BA (PSc) was co-founder and CEO/President of the Argosy Consulting \nGroup\, a multi-disciplinary consulting firm providing expert technical \nservices and program support to public and private organizations in the \nareas of information technologies and management services. He received \nSyracuse University’s Orange Circle Award\, recognizing extraordinary \n service and philanthropy\, in 2009. Lisa Y. Gordon\, CPA\,\n ’90 MPA is Pr esident and CEO of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity\, one of the top 10 \nHabi tat for Humanity International affiliates in the United States. She \nis a recognized leader in transformational redevelopment efforts for \nquality affordable housing\, creating community spaces and neighborhood \nrevital ization. She was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of \nPublic Administration in 2016 and received the University’s Orange \nCircle Award in 2020. Travis Mason\n ’06 BA (PSc) was most recently Vice President fo r Certification and \nRegulatory Affairs at Airbus. In this role\, he over saw the company’s new\n business and emerging technology investments in au tonomous air taxis\, \nunmanned aircraft\, urban air mobility and more\, w orking with governments\n and industry on the legal\, regulatory and polic y requirements to scale \nthese technologies. He serves on the board of th e Aspen Institute’s \nVanguard Leadership. James Willie\n ’98 MPA is Divi sion of Grants Policy Branch Chief\, Health Resources and\n Services Admin istration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human \nServices. As Branch Chief\, he manages the Policy and Special Initiatives\n branch for HRSA\, the primary federal agency for improving access to \nhealth care in the c ountry through the awarding of more than 10 billion \ndollars annually in grants and funding. DTEND:20200630T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260518T130139Z DTSTART:20200630T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Virtual Event - Maxwell Conversation on Diversity\, Equity and Incl usion\, Alumni Panel Discussion UID:RFCALITEM639146916990808260 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join Maxwell Tuesday\, June 30 at 2:00 p.m. ET for an alumni panel exploring issues of diversity\, equity\, and inclu sion.

Professor Gladys McCormick\,\n Jay and Debe M oskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations\, \nAssociate Professor of History\, and Maxwell’s Director of Diversity\, \nEquity\, and Inclusion\ , will moderate the discussion. She will be joined \nby Maxwell alumni and Advisory Board members Nicole Collier\, Wes Dias \, Lisa Gordon\, Travis Mason\, and James Willie.

Register for the June 30 conversation

For questions or more infor mation about this online event\, please contact the Maxwell Alumni Office at \;alum@maxwell.syr.edu.


Participants will include:

Moderator< /p>

Gladys McCormick\n is Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowe d Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations and \nAssociate Professor of History at t he Maxwell School. Professor \nMcCormick is a longstanding advocate for La tinx issues and is one of the\n founders of Maxwell’s Faculty of Color gro up. She is also the School’s \nincoming Director of Diversity\, Equity\, a nd Inclusion.

Panel Participants

Nicole Collier\n ’00 MPA is the Director of Policy &\; Publ ic Affairs for Nestlé\, the world’s \nlargest food &\; beverage company . She manages the Government Affairs \nteam and plays a leadership role in the development of Nestlé’s \npositions on US public policy. She is also responsible for building \nrelationships and engaging with NGOs and though t leaders on various \ntopics\, including sustainability. She serves on th e board of The \nRecycling Partnership and Smithsonian Institute’s Anacost ia Community \nMuseum.

Wesley Dias\n ’74 BA (PS c) was co-founder and CEO/President of the Argosy Consulting \nGroup\, a m ulti-disciplinary consulting firm providing expert technical \nservices an d program support to public and private organizations in the \nareas of in formation technologies and management services. He received \nSyracuse Uni versity’s Orange Circle Award\, recognizing extraordinary \nservice and ph ilanthropy\, in 2009.

Lisa Y. Gordon\, CPA\,\n ’90 MPA is President and CEO of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity\, one of the top 10 \nHabitat for Humanity International affiliates in the United Stat es. She \nis a recognized leader in transformational redevelopment efforts for \nquality affordable housing\, creating community spaces and neighbor hood \nrevitalization. She was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academ y of \nPublic Administration in 2016 and received the University’s Orange \nCircle Award in 2020.

Travis Mason\n ’06 BA (PSc) was most recently Vice President for Certification and \nRegulatory Affairs at Airbus. In this role\, he oversaw the company’s new\n business and emerging technology investments in autonomous air taxis\, \nunmanned aircraft\, urban air mobility and more\, working with governments\n and in dustry on the legal\, regulatory and policy requirements to scale \nthese technologies. He serves on the board of the Aspen Institute’s \nVanguard L eadership.

James Willie\n ’98 MPA is Division of Grants Policy Branch Chief\, Health Resources and\n Services Administr ation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human \nServices. As Branch Chi ef\, he manages the Policy and Special Initiatives\n branch for HRSA\, the primary federal agency for improving access to \nhealth care in the count ry through the awarding of more than 10 billion \ndollars annually in gran ts and funding.

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