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:Maxwell alumni and friends are invited to a Maxwell \;virtu al alumni opportunity \;Wednesday\, May 28\, at 12:00 p.m. ET. During this online event\, Dean David M. Van Slyke will provide an update from th e Maxwell School and will lead a panel conversation with alumni affirming the continued importance of public service.Pre-registration is required to attend\, and can be completed at the event registration page. Questions c an be directed to director of alumni relations Jessica Murray.The conversa tion will be moderated by Dean Van Slyke\, and alumni panelists will inclu de:Amma Felix '95 A&\;S/'01 M.P.A.\, President and CEO\, Collegiate Dir ections\, Inc.Patrick Mocete '12 B.A. (PSt/PSc)\, Chief of Staff to U.S. R epresentative Young KimWhitney Shepard '14 M.P.A.\, Program Coordinator\, Department of Children and Family Services\, Onondaga County\, N.Y.Jacquel yn Williams-Bridgers '77 B.A. (UrSt)/'78 M.P.A.\, \;Former Chief of Pa rty\, USAID Serbia Improving Public Procurement Project with Deloitte Cons ulting\, LLC.Panelist bios:Amma Felix is a strategic senior executive with over 25 years of public sector leadership experience in education\, phila nthropy\, and community development. She has a successful track record lea ding board governance work\, strategic planning and execution\, nonprofit fundraising/revenue growth and evidence-based program planning. Her accomp lishments led to her induction as a Fellow into the National Academy of Pu blic Administration (NAPA)\, one of the highest honors for those serving i n the sector. \;As president and CEO of Collegiate Directions\, Inc. ( CDI)\, Amma leads their efforts to close the education opportunity gap for students who are first in their families to attend college and who are fr om households with limited financial means. 90% of CDI Scholars graduate f rom college\, a rate nearly five times that of the national average for th eir peers. Previously\, Amma was the Vice President of Strategy and Secret ary of the Board of Directors at UNCF. She also held key strategy position s at the Abyssinian Development Corporation and the Local Initiatives Supp ort Corporation in NYC. \;As an adjunct lecturer at the City Universit y of New York/Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs\, she taught publi c and nonprofit management to graduate students. \;Amma holds degrees from Syracuse University and Cornell University\, including a master’s in public administration from the Maxwell School. She serves on the Maxwell S chool Advisory Board\, is on NAPA’s board finance/investment committee and serves on a local county board.Patrick Mocete currently serves as Chief o f Staff for Representative Young Kim\, a role he’s held since she was swor n in to the House of Representatives in January of 2021. Prior to his time in Kim’s Congressional office\, Patrick managed and advised prominent pol itical campaigns across the nation. His contributions have extended to the campaigns of former Representative John Katko\, former House Foreign Affa irs Committee Chairman Ed Royce\, and most recently then candidate Young K im. Patrick is a proud native of Syracuse\, New York and a graduate of Syr acuse University.Whitney Shepard currently serves as the Program Coordinat or for Onondaga County’s Department of Children and Family Services. In th is role she oversees two teams of staff. One team is responsible for the a dministration and monitoring of the 180+ annual contracts for services. Th e other is the Data Analytics team whose purpose is to visualize data for multiple human services departments to help inform policy questions and pr ogrammatic decisions. Whitney holds a Bachelors of the Arts in economics f rom Le Moyne College\, a Masters in Education from the University of Maryl and\, and a Masters in Public Administration from the Maxwell School at Sy racuse University. Her prior work experience includes 10 years as a middle school teacher and seven years working for a non-profit with leadership r oles related to delivering social emotional and behavioral supports in sch ools as well as helping districts build out mental health services. She re sides in Fayetteville NY with her husband\, their two teen sons\, and thei r dog. She also serves as the President of the Board of Trustees for the F ayetteville Free Library.Jacquie Williams-Bridgers is a leader of public s ector reforms and good governance with over 25 years’ experience in evalua tion\, audit\, and investigation of public sector policy and programs. She has advised government leaders and parliamentarians across Asia\, Africa\ , Eastern Europe\, and South America. Her expertise has been pivotal in th e construction of policy\, legislative\, regulatory\, and investigative re forms impacting implementation of governance frameworks\, both within the U.S. and internationally. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jacquie as the Inspect or General of the U.S. Department of State where she provided counsel to t hree Secretaries of State on foreign policy matters derived \; from he r organization’s evaluations of foreign policy and intelligence operations \, and criminal investigations of security assistance and counter-terroris m activities in U.S. embassies. She concurrently served as Chair of the Bo ard of Audit for the Organization of American States and as a member of th e North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Board of Audit. After State De partment\, the U.S. Comptroller General appointed Jacquie as the Managing Director of International Affairs and Trade for the U.S. Government Accoun tability Office. Jacquie extended her public service to lead multiple U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) anti-corruption and rule of law projects in the Philippines and Serbia. Most recently\, she served as Deloitte Consulting LLC’s Chief of Party for USAID Serbia’s Improving Publ ic Procurement project where she supported audit\, law enforcement\, judic ial\, legislative\, and civil society organizations to implement policies and strategies to curb corruption and advance Serbia’s path toward Europea n Union accession. Jacquie’s career stands as a testament to her dedicatio n to public service and her impact on fostering transparency\, accountabil ity\, and integrity in governance worldwide. DTEND:20250528T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260515T150220Z DTSTART:20250528T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Maxwell Virtual Alumni Conversation UID:RFCALITEM639144397409370490 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Maxwell alumni and friends are invited to a Maxwell \;virtual alumni opportunity \;Wednesday\, Ma y 28\, at 12:00 p.m. ET. During this online event\, Dean David M. Van Slyk e will provide an update from the Maxwell School and will lead a panel con versation with alumni affirming the continued importance of public service .

Pre-registration is required to attend\, and can be completed at t he event registration page. Questions can be directed to director of alumni relations Jessica Murray< /a>.

The conversation will be moderated by Dean Van Slyke\, and alum ni panelists will include:

Panelist bios:

Amma Fe lix is a strategic senior executive with over 25 years of public sector leadership experience in education\, philanthropy\, and community d evelopment. She has a successful track record leading board governance wor k\, strategic planning and execution\, nonprofit fundraising/revenue growt h and evidence-based program planning. Her accomplishments led to her indu ction as a Fellow into the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA )\, one of the highest honors for those serving in the sector. \; As president and CEO of Collegiate Directions\, Inc. (CDI)\, Amma leads th eir efforts to close the education opportunity gap for students who are fi rst in their families to attend college and who are from households with l imited financial means. 90% of CDI Scholars graduate from college\, a rate nearly five times that of the national average for their peers. Previousl y\, Amma was the Vice President of Strategy and Secretary of the Board of Directors at UNCF. She also held key strategy positions at the Abyssinian Development Corporation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation in N YC. \;As an adjunct lecturer at the City University of New York/Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs\, she taught public and nonprofit mana gement to graduate students. \;Amma holds degrees from Syracuse Univer sity and Cornell University\, including a master’s in public administratio n from the Maxwell School. She serves on the Maxwell School Advisory Board \, is on NAPA’s board finance/investment committee and serves on a local c ounty board.

Patrick Mocete currently s erves as Chief of Staff for Representative Young Kim\, a role he’s held si nce she was sworn in to the House of Representatives in January of 2021. P rior to his time in Kim’s Congressional office\, Patrick managed and advis ed prominent political campaigns across the nation. His contributions have extended to the campaigns of former Representative John Katko\, former Ho use Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce\, and most recently then c andidate Young Kim. Patrick is a proud native of Syracuse\, New York and a graduate of Syracuse University.

Whitney Shepard currently serves as the Program Coordinator for Onondaga County’s Dep artment of Children and Family Services. In this role she oversees two tea ms of staff. One team is responsible for the administration and monitoring of the 180+ annual contracts for services. The other is the Data Analytic s team whose purpose is to visualize data for multiple human services depa rtments to help inform policy questions and programmatic decisions. Whitne y holds a Bachelors of the Arts in economics from Le Moyne College\, a Mas ters in Education from the University of Maryland\, and a Masters in Publi c Administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Her prior work experience includes 10 years as a middle school teacher and seven ye ars working for a non-profit with leadership roles related to delivering s ocial emotional and behavioral supports in schools as well as helping dist ricts build out mental health services. She resides in Fayetteville NY wit h her husband\, their two teen sons\, and their dog. She also serves as th e President of the Board of Trustees for the Fayetteville Free Library.

Jacquie Williams-Bridgers is a leade r of public sector reforms and good governance with over 25 years’ experie nce in evaluation\, audit\, and investigation of public sector policy and programs. She has advised government leaders and parliamentarians across A sia\, Africa\, Eastern Europe\, and South America. Her expertise has been pivotal in the construction of policy\, legislative\, regulatory\, and inv estigative reforms impacting implementation of governance frameworks\, bot h within the U.S. and internationally. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jacquie a s the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of State where she provided counsel to three Secretaries of State on foreign policy matters derived&n bsp\; from her organization’s evaluations of foreign policy and intelligen ce operations\, and criminal investigations of security assistance and cou nter-terrorism activities in U.S. embassies. She concurrently served as Ch air of the Board of Audit for the Organization of American States and as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Board of Audit. A fter State Department\, the U.S. Comptroller General appointed Jacquie as the Managing Director of International Affairs and Trade for the U.S. Gove rnment Accountability Office. Jacquie extended her public service to lead multiple U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) anti-corruption and rule of law projects in the Philippines and Serbia. Most recently\, s he served as Deloitte Consulting LLC’s Chief of Party for USAID Serbia’s I mproving Public Procurement project where she supported audit\, law enforc ement\, judicial\, legislative\, and civil society organizations to implem ent policies and strategies to curb corruption and advance Serbia’s path t oward European Union accession. Jacquie’s career stands as a testament to her dedication to public service and her impact on fostering transparency\ , accountability\, and integrity in governance worldwide.
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